David Bikard
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David Bikard
@dbikard.bsky.social
Bacterial Immunity and Synthetic Biology enthusiast. Head of Lab at Institut Pasteur. Co-Founder of Eligo Bioscience.
Wow! Very cool.
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
January 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Also a big thanks to @cresslab.bsky.social and @therubinlab.bsky.social who came up with the idea to start this meeting and were instrumental in making it happen! And congratulations to @therubinlab.bsky.social and @paulwilmes.bsky.social for their elections as vice-chairs for the next one!
January 19, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Reposted by David Bikard
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Streptomyces secretes a siderophore that sensitizes competitor bacteria to phage infection - Nature Microbiology
A secondary metabolite sensitizes competitor Bacillus subtilis to a wide panel of lytic phages by sequestering iron and preventing the activation of Spo0A.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Incredibly greatful to the EMBO for the recognition and to all my past and current colleagues @institutpasteur.bsky.social and Eligo Bioscience!
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM