Danny Ward
@dannyjamesward.bsky.social
Postdoc-ing in Basel, Switzerland. Molecular microbiology of pathogens. Currently T6SS in Burkholderia. Previously T3SS in Pseudomonas.
Really pleased to see this work published in PLOS Pathogens. Thanks to all authors for their help with this. Here we show how cyclic-di-GMP regulates type III effector export in Pseudomonas syringae using genetics, infection assays, and biochemistry.
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Cyclic-di-GMP controls Type III effector export and symptom development in Pseudomonas syringae infections via the export ATPase HrcN
Author summary Pseudomonas syringae is a bacterial plant pathogen that uses a molecular needle; the type 3 injectisome (T3I), to secrete specialised effector proteins into plant cells. Effector secret...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Really pleased to see this work published in PLOS Pathogens. Thanks to all authors for their help with this. Here we show how cyclic-di-GMP regulates type III effector export in Pseudomonas syringae using genetics, infection assays, and biochemistry.
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Reposted by Danny Ward
New online! The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins
The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01256-wIn this Review, Basler and colleagues examine the type VI secretion system (T6SS), focusing on the diversity of antibacterial T6SS effectors and the evolutionary forces that shape them. They explain how effectors diversify and highlight interbacterial antagonism as a key driver of this process.
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New online! The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins
Microbiology blockcourse teaching 🦠🔬🧫
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Microbiology blockcourse teaching 🦠🔬🧫
Reposted by Danny Ward
Happy to share our latest T6SS review:
nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you, Jan, Danny (@dannyjamesward.bsky.social), Joana (@joanampereira.bsky.social), as well as reviewers and editors @natrevmicro.nature.com!
nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you, Jan, Danny (@dannyjamesward.bsky.social), Joana (@joanampereira.bsky.social), as well as reviewers and editors @natrevmicro.nature.com!
The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Basler and colleagues examine the type VI secretion system (T6SS), focusing on the diversity of antibacterial T6SS effectors and the evolutionary forces that shape them. They explain h...
nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Happy to share our latest T6SS review:
nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you, Jan, Danny (@dannyjamesward.bsky.social), Joana (@joanampereira.bsky.social), as well as reviewers and editors @natrevmicro.nature.com!
nature.com/articles/s41...
Thank you, Jan, Danny (@dannyjamesward.bsky.social), Joana (@joanampereira.bsky.social), as well as reviewers and editors @natrevmicro.nature.com!
Interested in the T6SS and its effector proteins? Check out the new review from our lab!
New online! The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins
The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01256-wIn this Review, Basler and colleagues examine the type VI secretion system (T6SS), focusing on the diversity of antibacterial T6SS effectors and the evolutionary forces that shape them. They explain how effectors diversify and highlight interbacterial antagonism as a key driver of this process.
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Interested in the T6SS and its effector proteins? Check out the new review from our lab!
Lab outing to the Basel Herbstmesse (the autumn fair) 🍁🍂
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lab outing to the Basel Herbstmesse (the autumn fair) 🍁🍂
Department hike - out and about in Baselland 🏞️
October 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Department hike - out and about in Baselland 🏞️
Biozentrum symposium 2025 - great to see and hear all the current research going on at our institute 🔬🧪🦠
June 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Biozentrum symposium 2025 - great to see and hear all the current research going on at our institute 🔬🧪🦠
Hello world! This is my first post on Blue Sky 🌅🦋
December 10, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Hello world! This is my first post on Blue Sky 🌅🦋