César Sánchez
@twistedbacteria.bsky.social
Microbiology editor at a multidisciplinary open-access journal.
Born & raised in Asturias, Spain.
In the UK since 2008.
Dad ×3, husband ×1.
Posts in English and Spanish.
LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/CesarSanchez
The views expressed are my own.
Pues eso.
Born & raised in Asturias, Spain.
In the UK since 2008.
Dad ×3, husband ×1.
Posts in English and Spanish.
LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/CesarSanchez
The views expressed are my own.
Pues eso.
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Really cool paper from @vincentdebakker.bsky.social @jonbakerlab.bsky.social now published @natcomms.nature.com #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multi-omics profiling reveals atypical sugar utilization and a key membrane composition regulator in Streptococcus pneumoniae - Nature Communications
The pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae can adapt to diverse microenvironments in the human body. Here, De Bakker et al. study these adaptation responses, showing unusual sugar utilization and identifyi...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really cool paper from @vincentdebakker.bsky.social @jonbakerlab.bsky.social now published @natcomms.nature.com #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Beni: Surviving Sleeping Sickness
"Meet Beni, a young boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo who survived sleeping sickness.
His life changed after a tsetse fly bite transmitted this neglected disease, which attacks the central nervous system and can be fatal without timely treatment"
"Meet Beni, a young boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo who survived sleeping sickness.
His life changed after a tsetse fly bite transmitted this neglected disease, which attacks the central nervous system and can be fatal without timely treatment"
Beni: Surviving Sleeping Sickness
YouTube video by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Beni: Surviving Sleeping Sickness
"Meet Beni, a young boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo who survived sleeping sickness.
His life changed after a tsetse fly bite transmitted this neglected disease, which attacks the central nervous system and can be fatal without timely treatment"
"Meet Beni, a young boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo who survived sleeping sickness.
His life changed after a tsetse fly bite transmitted this neglected disease, which attacks the central nervous system and can be fatal without timely treatment"
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Q: Why does AI re-imagine a photo instead of editing it?
A: It doesn't "restore" your photo — it paints a new one, guessing details from millions of other images. Eye color, skin tone? Fabricated. Always label. Always cite. Illustration, not evidence. #genealogy
A: It doesn't "restore" your photo — it paints a new one, guessing details from millions of other images. Eye color, skin tone? Fabricated. Always label. Always cite. Illustration, not evidence. #genealogy
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Q: Why does AI re-imagine a photo instead of editing it?
A: It doesn't "restore" your photo — it paints a new one, guessing details from millions of other images. Eye color, skin tone? Fabricated. Always label. Always cite. Illustration, not evidence. #genealogy
A: It doesn't "restore" your photo — it paints a new one, guessing details from millions of other images. Eye color, skin tone? Fabricated. Always label. Always cite. Illustration, not evidence. #genealogy
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Very happy to share our work on lipopolysaccharide assembly by the Lpt complex, published today in @natcomms.nature.com
Fantastic collaboration with @raffaeleieva.bsky.social l and t @pstansfeld.bsky.social
Congrats to all authors, especially Haoxiang, Axel & Violette
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Fantastic collaboration with @raffaeleieva.bsky.social l and t @pstansfeld.bsky.social
Congrats to all authors, especially Haoxiang, Axel & Violette
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Structural basis of lipopolysaccharide assembly by the outer membrane translocon holo-complex - Nature Communications
The asymmetric distribution of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the surface of the bacterial outer membrane is essential and crucial for antibiotic resistance. Here, authors characterize the LPS translocon...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Very happy to share our work on lipopolysaccharide assembly by the Lpt complex, published today in @natcomms.nature.com
Fantastic collaboration with @raffaeleieva.bsky.social l and t @pstansfeld.bsky.social
Congrats to all authors, especially Haoxiang, Axel & Violette
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Fantastic collaboration with @raffaeleieva.bsky.social l and t @pstansfeld.bsky.social
Congrats to all authors, especially Haoxiang, Axel & Violette
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
"En estos 44 días desde que se rubricara el alto el fuego, el Gobierno de Gaza contabiliza la muerte de 342 civiles -la mayoría de ellos niños, mujeres y ancianos, según el ministerio de Sanidad gazatí-, 875 heridos y 35 detenciones arbitrarias durante incursiones y redadas"
efe.com/mundo/2025-1...
efe.com/mundo/2025-1...
Hamás acusa a Israel de haber violado el alto el fuego en Gaza casi 500 veces - EFE
Según Hamás, este sábado hubo 27 incumplimientos, cuando una nueva oleada de ataques israelíes mató a 24 personas y causó 87 heridos.
efe.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"En estos 44 días desde que se rubricara el alto el fuego, el Gobierno de Gaza contabiliza la muerte de 342 civiles -la mayoría de ellos niños, mujeres y ancianos, según el ministerio de Sanidad gazatí-, 875 heridos y 35 detenciones arbitrarias durante incursiones y redadas"
efe.com/mundo/2025-1...
efe.com/mundo/2025-1...
"Work-life flexibility is no longer optional, it’s fundamental. For academic institutions, embracing hybrid models, flexible scheduling, and caregiver-friendly benefits isn’t just about empathy; it’s about sustainability. These policies protect productivity, performance, and institutional health"
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Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Balancing Work and Caregiving: Flexibility That Works for Everyone scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/24/m...
Mental Health Awareness Mondays - Balancing Work and Caregiving: Flexibility That Works for Everyone - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today, nearly one in four adults serves as a caregiver. Because of this, work-life flexibility isn’t just a nicety it’s a game-changer, for individuals and organizations alike.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Work-life flexibility is no longer optional, it’s fundamental. For academic institutions, embracing hybrid models, flexible scheduling, and caregiver-friendly benefits isn’t just about empathy; it’s about sustainability. These policies protect productivity, performance, and institutional health"
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To keep antibiotics effective for everyone, here’s what NOT to do:
❌ Do not use antibiotics for colds, flu or sore throats. Antibiotics do not treat viruses.
❌ Do not share your antibiotics with others.
❌ Do not save leftover antibiotics for use later.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4otAEcV
❌ Do not use antibiotics for colds, flu or sore throats. Antibiotics do not treat viruses.
❌ Do not share your antibiotics with others.
❌ Do not save leftover antibiotics for use later.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4otAEcV
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
To keep antibiotics effective for everyone, here’s what NOT to do:
❌ Do not use antibiotics for colds, flu or sore throats. Antibiotics do not treat viruses.
❌ Do not share your antibiotics with others.
❌ Do not save leftover antibiotics for use later.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4otAEcV
❌ Do not use antibiotics for colds, flu or sore throats. Antibiotics do not treat viruses.
❌ Do not share your antibiotics with others.
❌ Do not save leftover antibiotics for use later.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4otAEcV
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This week is World #AntimicrobialResistance Awareness week
To mark the occasion, Dr Scott-Dearing reflects on her @natcomms.nature.com paper published in January, noting the setbacks and progress made in tackling #AMR since
To mark the occasion, Dr Scott-Dearing reflects on her @natcomms.nature.com paper published in January, noting the setbacks and progress made in tackling #AMR since
World AMR Awareness Week call to action: Patient and public involvement and engagement to improve impact on antimicrobial resistance – the time to act is now
A step change is required in citizen awareness of the global AMR health crisis and, crucially, public involvement in tackling it. The global context presents new challenges but real-world examples show what is possible and an historic moment approaches, that we can leverage for positive action.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This week is World #AntimicrobialResistance Awareness week
To mark the occasion, Dr Scott-Dearing reflects on her @natcomms.nature.com paper published in January, noting the setbacks and progress made in tackling #AMR since
To mark the occasion, Dr Scott-Dearing reflects on her @natcomms.nature.com paper published in January, noting the setbacks and progress made in tackling #AMR since
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After two years of violence, #Gaza’s children are finally breathing moments of quiet.
The fragile ceasefire has given children a chance to breathe, connect, play and even start to heal.
But trauma, injury, grief, and shattered childhoods will take far longer to heal.
The fragile ceasefire has given children a chance to breathe, connect, play and even start to heal.
But trauma, injury, grief, and shattered childhoods will take far longer to heal.
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
After two years of violence, #Gaza’s children are finally breathing moments of quiet.
The fragile ceasefire has given children a chance to breathe, connect, play and even start to heal.
But trauma, injury, grief, and shattered childhoods will take far longer to heal.
The fragile ceasefire has given children a chance to breathe, connect, play and even start to heal.
But trauma, injury, grief, and shattered childhoods will take far longer to heal.
'Alabama rot'
or cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) "is rare but often fatal in dogs, causing blood vessel damage that leads to skin sores and potential kidney failure"
"Vets believe the disease could be caused by a bacteria or a toxin"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
or cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) "is rare but often fatal in dogs, causing blood vessel damage that leads to skin sores and potential kidney failure"
"Vets believe the disease could be caused by a bacteria or a toxin"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Deadly Alabama rot warning to dog owners - BBC News
Pet owners who have lost their dogs to Alabama rot warn others about the disease.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
'Alabama rot'
or cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) "is rare but often fatal in dogs, causing blood vessel damage that leads to skin sores and potential kidney failure"
"Vets believe the disease could be caused by a bacteria or a toxin"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
or cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) "is rare but often fatal in dogs, causing blood vessel damage that leads to skin sores and potential kidney failure"
"Vets believe the disease could be caused by a bacteria or a toxin"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟♂️
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resistant zombies: how drug-resistance plasmids manipulate the behaviour of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa at University of Liverpool on Fin...
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resistant zombies: how drug-resistance plasmids manipulate the behaviour of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa at University of Li...
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟♂️
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Fabulous opportunity to study phage biology with Andreas Haag in St Andrews. Don’t miss out.
EASTBIO: When Phages Collide: Understanding How Multiple Prophages Shape Bacterial Behaviour at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: When Phages Collide: Understanding How Multiple Prophages Shape Bacterial Behaviour at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Fabulous opportunity to study phage biology with Andreas Haag in St Andrews. Don’t miss out.
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Gut Microbes Can Make Mice Lazy
"Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too"
@microbiome.bsky.social
#microbiome
"Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too"
@microbiome.bsky.social
#microbiome
Gut Microbes Can Make Mice Lazy
Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too, providing insight into animal evolution.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Gut Microbes Can Make Mice Lazy
"Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too"
@microbiome.bsky.social
#microbiome
"Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too"
@microbiome.bsky.social
#microbiome
Editorial @elpais.com :
Franco, medio siglo después
"Cincuenta años después de la muerte del dictador y en pleno auge de la extrema derecha, el 17% de los jóvenes cree que la democracia que protege sus derechos es peor que la dictadura que no sufrieron"
elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Franco, medio siglo después
"Cincuenta años después de la muerte del dictador y en pleno auge de la extrema derecha, el 17% de los jóvenes cree que la democracia que protege sus derechos es peor que la dictadura que no sufrieron"
elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Franco, medio siglo después
Es preocupante que, a 50 años de la muerte del dictador, una parte de los jóvenes considere que la democracia es peor que la dictadura
elpais.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Editorial @elpais.com :
Franco, medio siglo después
"Cincuenta años después de la muerte del dictador y en pleno auge de la extrema derecha, el 17% de los jóvenes cree que la democracia que protege sus derechos es peor que la dictadura que no sufrieron"
elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Franco, medio siglo después
"Cincuenta años después de la muerte del dictador y en pleno auge de la extrema derecha, el 17% de los jóvenes cree que la democracia que protege sus derechos es peor que la dictadura que no sufrieron"
elpais.com/opinion/2025...
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Nice write up of our paper here, thanks! 🧫🦠
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
How Gut Microbes Transmit Behavior Across Generations - Daily Neuron
A new study reveals how gut microbes transmit behavior, showing microbes alone can pass traits like activity levels between generations.
dailyneuron.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Nice write up of our paper here, thanks! 🧫🦠
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
El país de las 6.000 fosas
"La Guerra Civil y el franquismo convirtieron España en una gran fosa común, donde fueron enterradas las víctimas de la violencia política. Más de 140.000 personas fueron asesinadas por los sublevados y la dictadura hasta 1950. Y más de 49.000 a manos de republicanos"
"La Guerra Civil y el franquismo convirtieron España en una gran fosa común, donde fueron enterradas las víctimas de la violencia política. Más de 140.000 personas fueron asesinadas por los sublevados y la dictadura hasta 1950. Y más de 49.000 a manos de republicanos"
Fosas de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo | RTVE.es
Primer mapa audiovisual de fosas de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo. Más de 6.000 fosas documentadas con información histórica, geolocalización y multimedia.
www.rtve.es
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
El país de las 6.000 fosas
"La Guerra Civil y el franquismo convirtieron España en una gran fosa común, donde fueron enterradas las víctimas de la violencia política. Más de 140.000 personas fueron asesinadas por los sublevados y la dictadura hasta 1950. Y más de 49.000 a manos de republicanos"
"La Guerra Civil y el franquismo convirtieron España en una gran fosa común, donde fueron enterradas las víctimas de la violencia política. Más de 140.000 personas fueron asesinadas por los sublevados y la dictadura hasta 1950. Y más de 49.000 a manos de republicanos"
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🔶RTVE ha presentado hoy 'El país de las 6.000 fosas', el primer mapa audiovisual que se ha hecho de las fosas comunes de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo. www.rtve.es/play/videos/te...
RTVE presenta el mapa audiovisual 'El país de las 6.000 fosas'
RTVE ha presentado hoy 'El país de las 6.000 fosas', el primer mapa audiovisual que se ha hecho de las fosas comunes de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo
www.rtve.es
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🔶RTVE ha presentado hoy 'El país de las 6.000 fosas', el primer mapa audiovisual que se ha hecho de las fosas comunes de la Guerra Civil y el franquismo. www.rtve.es/play/videos/te...
El país de las 6.000 fosas
El mapa de fosas de RTVE: imágenes y sonidos para recuperar la memoria
www.rtve.es/n/16796627/
El mapa de fosas de RTVE: imágenes y sonidos para recuperar la memoria
www.rtve.es/n/16796627/
El mapa de fosas de RTVE: imágenes y sonidos para recuperar la memoria
El mapa de fosas de RTVE: imágenes y sonidos para recuperar la memoria
www.rtve.es
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
El país de las 6.000 fosas
El mapa de fosas de RTVE: imágenes y sonidos para recuperar la memoria
www.rtve.es/n/16796627/
El mapa de fosas de RTVE: imágenes y sonidos para recuperar la memoria
www.rtve.es/n/16796627/
"Todos los españoles viven a menos de 50 kilómetros de una fosa común del franquismo"
"El Gobierno y RTVE presentan un mapa interactivo con los cerca de 6.000 enterramientos clandestinos repartidos por todo el país"
elpais.com/cultura/2025...
"El Gobierno y RTVE presentan un mapa interactivo con los cerca de 6.000 enterramientos clandestinos repartidos por todo el país"
elpais.com/cultura/2025...
Todos los españoles viven a menos de 50 kilómetros de una fosa común del franquismo
El Gobierno y RTVE presentan un mapa interactivo con los cerca de 6.000 enterramientos clandestinos repartidos por todo el país
elpais.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Todos los españoles viven a menos de 50 kilómetros de una fosa común del franquismo"
"El Gobierno y RTVE presentan un mapa interactivo con los cerca de 6.000 enterramientos clandestinos repartidos por todo el país"
elpais.com/cultura/2025...
"El Gobierno y RTVE presentan un mapa interactivo con los cerca de 6.000 enterramientos clandestinos repartidos por todo el país"
elpais.com/cultura/2025...
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The 'AI slop' critics point to? That's just beginner output. Learning LLMs is like learning to ride a bike—you can't read your way to mastery. Smart people try once, produce dreck, then dismiss the tool. But they're confusing their inexperience with the tool's limits.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The 'AI slop' critics point to? That's just beginner output. Learning LLMs is like learning to ride a bike—you can't read your way to mastery. Smart people try once, produce dreck, then dismiss the tool. But they're confusing their inexperience with the tool's limits.
Reposted by César Sánchez
South Africa has begun clinical trials for Africa’s first locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine, aiming to boost regional self-sufficiency as cholera outbreaks and vaccine shortages challenge the continent. apanews.net/south-africa...
South Africa begins trials for continent’s first cholera vaccine
South African pharmaceutical company receives regulatory approval to begin clinical trials for continent’s first fully locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine.
apanews.net
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
South Africa has begun clinical trials for Africa’s first locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine, aiming to boost regional self-sufficiency as cholera outbreaks and vaccine shortages challenge the continent. apanews.net/south-africa...
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We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO
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Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior
Nature Communications - Here, the authors present evidence that the gut microbiome alone, without changes in the host genome, can shape how animals respond to selection, identifying a bacterium and...
rdcu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Healthy Islands vision. @natcomms.nature.com has launched a new collection seeking manuscripts on Pacific Islander health in collaboration with @commsmed.nature.com and Scientific Reports. Please consider submitting your work to us!
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Healthy Islands vision. @natcomms.nature.com has launched a new collection seeking manuscripts on Pacific Islander health in collaboration with @commsmed.nature.com and Scientific Reports. Please consider submitting your work to us!