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Paul Fogg @pcmfogg.bsky.social · 1d

Still a couple of days left to apply for this postdoc #job. With access to world-class facilities, you will unravel the DNA-packaging mechanisms used by #phages and the unusual #GeneTransferAgents, and explore the impact of these tiny machines on evolution, resistance, and biotech. @ukri.org #bbsrc

Paul Fogg @pcmfogg.bsky.social · 15d

🚨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs: 3-year post based @biologyatyork.bsky.social to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #Cryo-EM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at bit.ly/3Iz3bOu #ScienceJobs

Jobs - The University of York

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@ArteCalabria @artecalabria.bsky.social · 1d

Bizantine style:
Vicino al castello aragonese di Reggio #Calabria troviamo la Chiesa degli Ottimati, edificio sacro di età bizantina (X sec. d.C.) con il suo pavimento cosmatesco del XII sec.
I normanni apportarono modifiche strutturali
#Calabria #arte #heritage #beauty #medieval #love #church

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 21h

ECRs, you cannot miss this great opportunity!

Grainger Lab @graingerlab.bsky.social · 1d

Our lab is offering 3 PhD projects this year across 3 different topics: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, evolution of pathogenic bacteria, and fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation.

www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

grainger birmingham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 3 PhDs Listed

FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in grainger birmingham. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.

www.findaphd.com

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Grainger Lab @graingerlab.bsky.social · 1d

Our lab is offering 3 PhD projects this year across 3 different topics: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, evolution of pathogenic bacteria, and fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation.

www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

grainger birmingham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 3 PhDs Listed

FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in grainger birmingham. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.

www.findaphd.com

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Olivier Borkowski @oborkowski.bsky.social · 1d

SHARK: a specialized host for assembling R6K plasmids
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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The Daum Lab @daumlab.bsky.social · 2d

Out in Science Advances: Our #cryoEM structure of HFTV1, a virus infecting the halophile #archaea. *First full atomic structure (containing all structural proteins) of any tailed virus!* Congrats and thanks to all co-authors and our fantastic collaborators! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cryo-EM resolves the structure of the archaeal dsDNA virus HFTV1 from head to tail

This structure of an archaeal tailed virus (arTV) provides detailed insights into arTV assembly and infection mechanisms.

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Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 8d

Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production

Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Underpinning Bioscience - Paul A Hoskisson

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 3d

Holgate windmill, a little jewel and proper working mill consisting of five lovingly restored floors in #York. Visited last weekend for free during #YorkUnlocked #VisitYork #Yorkshire

Holgate Windmill painted black with mill stones on the external wall and a cloudy sky in the background.

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Emmanuele Severi @emmseveri.bsky.social · 4d

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#microsky

Chromosome architecture affects virulence and competitiveness in Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58

Chromosome architecture influences Agrobacterium fitness, competitiveness, and virulence, shaping its adaptation and evolution.

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Paul Fogg @pcmfogg.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic @biologyatyork #Microbial_Life seminar yesterday by Mark Dillingham, @dillinghamlab.bsky.social 🧬🧪. An engaging talk and fascinating to hear about RecBCD, phage-host arms race, DNA mimics and the enigmatic retrons! Massive thanks to BIO-RAD, Starlab and BMKGENE for their sponsorship.

Mark Dillingham facing the audience while presenting a talk at the University of York. Protein structures of the RecBCD complex are shown on the projector screen.

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Giulio Tesei @giuliotesei.bsky.social · 6d

I'm hiring for a PhD position at Malmö University, Sweden!

The project will focus on molecular modelling of proteins, lipids, and biomolecular condensates at cell membranes.

More details and application form: tinyurl.com/4zm92365

Please feel free to share!

@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social | @mau.se

Snapshot of a condensate near a lipid membrane with Swedish Research Council and Malmö University logos.

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Steve Quinn @steve-quinn-lab.bsky.social · 5d

We are delighted that our latest @york.ac.uk & @ybri-uoy.bsky.social work showcasing our photonic biosensor for Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers has been published in @optica.org!
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opg.optica.org/optica/fullt...

Thanks to @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social & @alzheimersresearchuk.org for support!

Optica Publishing Group

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Martin Thanbichler @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social · 14d

Now published as a Version of Record, with various new results compared to the initial preprint:

Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin

Available at:
elifesciences.org/articles/100...

@synmikro.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 6d

#ChooseEurope for Science is live!

With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:

🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects

Europe is where science thrives.

More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp

A visual featuring a black-and-white photo of Marie Skłodowska-Curie. On the left, text reads "Choose EUROPE for Science." Below it says, "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions €22.5 million for researchers." On the right is the European Union flag with yellow stars on a blue background.

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Dirk-Jan Scheffers 🟥 @dirkscheffers.bsky.social · 6d

One would hope that King Charles III withdraws the royal predicate until the moment this Society has relocated its spine and has removed a member that has basically called for the overthrow of Charles’ government.

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 6d

"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society

A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.

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(not) Imran Khan @imrsankhan.bsky.social · 8d

Our work deciphering the substrate preferences of a di-/tripeptide transporter from S. aureus is now available as a proof at @plos.org Pathogens! Big thanks to the reviewers and to all the brilliant co-authors, particularly Callum who helped get those last few crucial experiments across the line

Defined roles for the Staphylococcus aureus POT transporter DtpT in di/tripeptide uptake and glutathione utilisation inside human macrophages

Author summary The environments where bacterial pathogens thrive are often rich in proteins and their degradation products, including oligopeptides, which can be taken up by the bacterium and used as ...

journals.plos.org

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 6d

Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

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Dan Portik @dportik.bsky.social · 6d

New pre-print from the Banfield lab, highlighting an interesting case of 1.5Mb megaplasmids found in human gut.

Plasmid genomes were resolved using #PacBio HiFi sequencing with hifiasm-meta for #metagenome assembly. Host association was detected using epigenetic signals.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Megaplasmids associate with Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae

Humans and animals are ubiquitously colonized by Enterobacteriaceae , a bacterial family that contains both commensals and clinically significant pathogens. Here, we report Enterobacteriaceae megaplas...

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Nature Reviews Microbiology @natrevmicro.nature.com · 7d

ICYMI: New online! Prophage against phage

Prophage against phage

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 24 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01246-yThis study reports the identification of two prophage-encoded systems involved in anti-phage defence through Abi.

www.nature.com

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 7d

What an inspiring and evocative title, Ricordanze, and what a great story! Congratulations on the final product after many years of work. 👏

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Emmanuele Severi @emmseveri.bsky.social · 8d

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#phagesky #phage defence

Molecular mechanisms of CBASS phospholipase effector CapV mediated membrane disruption - Nature Communications

CBASS systems trigger bacterial suicide via membrane disruption. Here, authors show that effector CapV relocates to the cell pole upon sensing 3’3’-cGAMP, where it cleaves phospholipids and ruptures membranes, revealing a filament-dependent activation mechanism for antiviral defense

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Lucas Farnung @lucas.farnunglab.com · 9d

New week, new tool: Find our Protein Domain Designer tool to generate publication-ready protein domain diagrams here: domaindesigner.farnunglab.com

Protein Domain Designer tool for the generation of publication-ready protein domain diagrams

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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 11d

open.substack.com/pub/genomely... Another write up on the recently published Simplefold by @apple

SimpleFold and the Future of Protein Folding

A Generative Shift in Protein Folding

open.substack.com

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@ArteCalabria @artecalabria.bsky.social · 11d

Castello di Condojanni frazione Sant'Ilario dello Ionio (RC), eretto dai Normanni nel 1068 su un'altura che domina la locride e la costa.
Spicca possente donjon a basa quadrata, da documenti sappiamo che nel periodo svevo furono aggiunte delle torri.
#Calabria #art #beauty #love #landscape

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 11d

Saturn, rising behind its largest moon Titan.

This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.

Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans

In the foreground is Saturn's giant moon Titan, its hazy, peach-coloured atmosphere extending into space. Behind is Saturn itself, its upper hemisphere crossed by the shadows of its vast ring system.

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