The BASEL collection of E. coli #phages is limited by its host strain. @humollidorentina.bsky.social @damienpiel.bsky.social @aharms485.bsky.social &co use a modified host to add 36 new phages, revealing roles of O-antigen in recognition & R-M systems in immunity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4jirGvX
Looking forward to attending this conference for the 1st time and co-chairing this session with amazing speakers!
Join us on 2 and 3 April and listen to @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social , @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social and Tim Blower!
#Microbio25
Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Viral AlphaFold Database (VAD) is live in Science Advances
~27,000 predicted viral protein monomers & homodimers
Conserved folds across bacteria, archaea & eukaryotic viruses
New toxin–antitoxin system KreTA uncovered
Vast “functional darkness” remains uncharted
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Had a bit of a break from the socials and forgot my Bluesky password, but really happy to belatedly share some great work from PhD student Jose Nakamoto on the diversity of toxin-antitoxin-chaperone systems
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ooo this looks fun, and in ❤️York❤️
Looking forward to this!
Really excited to share our resource and analysis of AlphaFold-predicted monomers and homodimers across viruses and phages. Project driven by fab PhD student @rodai.bsky.social and with our great collaborators Joana Pereira @joanampereira.bsky.social and @ninjani.bsky.social
Reminder about two open positions:
1) tenure track group leader position on data driven infection research lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
2) post-doc in mine/Vasili's join team lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phagesky #microsky
Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates
last day to apply for a post-doc position in my group #phagesky #microsky
VAD is a Viral AlphaFold Database of protein monomers and homodimers from viruses infecting hosts across the tree of life.
www.science.org
Toxin-antitoxin-chaperone (TAC) systems are three-part gene clusters encoding a toxin, antitoxin, and specialized SecB-like chaperone (SecBTA) with em…
Description of the Workplace In the Atkinson lab we are interested in making discoveries about protein function and structure, with a focus on bacterial immune system components that protect against b
Microbes in Combat! Join us at #Microbio25 for Microbial Warfare: Conflicts Between Species, Strains, and Mobile Genetic Elements. Delve into microbial defence mechanisms and the implications for microbial evolution. Registration is still open -
Fancy a journey back in time to Roman Eboracum by walking on the city walls?And a visit to the Norman Clifford Tower? A stroll down the Middle Age Shambles? All this whilst enjoying a full immersion into chromosome biology? 🧬 Join us at The Biology & Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes!
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Hello everyone! I am pleased to share information on the first ever Computational Structural Virology Symposium, conducted August 4th on zoom and highlighting work in this emerging field. You can register for this event here: forms.gle/CNiqskMwQEuV.... Please re-post!
Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project.
Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics
The Viral AlphaFold Database of monomers and homodimers reveals conserved protein folds in viruses of bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.653371v1
