📣 New paper alert! Just out in Cell Reports! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40644298/
Thrilled to share that we have discovered a brand-new anti-phage defense system! Bacteria have evolved various defense strategies (CRISPR etc) to counter phage attacks. We found a new one - fascinating and dramatic
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marumarumayae meaning “ancient home”...connecting unique Aboriginal culture in Australia and the ancient microbe we discovered that calls the mats of Gathaagudu “home”...https://theconversation.com/first-contact-that-may-have-led-to-complex-life-on-earth-finally-witnessed-by-scientists-280173
Was thrilled to see colleague @kmichie.bsky.social awarded a prestigious #UNSW Vice Chancellors Award. Kate leads the Structural Biology Facility and has been the tour d’ force developing the computational structural biology community in Australia. Awesome achievement and throughly deserved 👏
Really grateful to Malgana language experts and elders for allowing us to bring Indigenous language and culture into our work. It was an immensely rewarding experience for me as non-Indigenous to learn and engage in this space. Words do matter. #IndigenousKnowledge #Malgana #SharkBay
Archaea and bacteria reveal the ancient origins of another ‘eukaryotic’ complex. Membrane trafficking is old… check this out for an integrative approach showing how bioinformatics and computational structural methods marry with x-ray crystallography and cryo EM to reveal biology in all its beauty.🧶🧬