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Ruben Vazquez Uribe @ruvaur.bsky.social · 16h

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Nature @nature.com · 20h

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Raes Lab @raeslab.org · 1d

Another great day at #UEGWeek 2025! 🎉Congratulations to our colleague Jorge Vazquez Castellanos for presenting his exciting work on microbial dysbiosis, inflammation, and the gut–brain axis in IBS at the United European Gastroenterology Week in Berlin🇩🇪 @myueg.bsky.social @vibmicrobes.bsky.social

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ace-gtdb.bsky.social @ace-gtdb.bsky.social · Apr 18

GTDB release 10 based on RefSeq 226 (R10-RS226) is live at gtdb.ecogenomic.org. This release covers 732,475 genomes (22% increase) and has 143,6141 species clusters (37% increase). Release notes at: forum.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/t/announcing.... Release statistics at: gtdb.ecogenomic.org/stats/r226.

GTDB - Genome Taxonomy Database

The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) is an initiative to establish a standardised microbial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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Raes Lab @raeslab.org · Sep 1

Exams = stress. 📚 Our new study shows that a probiotic strain (L. rhamnosus CNCM I-3690) modulated the gut microbiome during academic stress, with ties to lower anxiety.

🔗 Vázquez-Castellanos et al. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Probiotic-mediated modulation of gut microbiome in students exposed to academic stress: a randomized controlled trial - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Probiotic-mediated modulation of gut microbiome in students exposed to academic stress: a randomized controlled trial

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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · Aug 21

Bacteria expressing an anti-tumor cytokine act as a potent cancer immunotherapy go.nature.com/4ettzUR
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Non-pathogenic E. coli displaying decoy-resistant IL18 mutein boosts anti-tumor and CAR NK cell responses - Nature Biotechnology

Bacteria expressing an anti-tumor cytokine act as a potent cancer immunotherapy.

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Ruben Vazquez Uribe @ruvaur.bsky.social · Aug 17

R.I.P. 🪦 Tesla @Mexico City

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Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ready to lead pioneering research that bridges systems-level investigations of biological systems to molecular mechanism? The EMBL Molecular Systems Biology Unit in Heidelberg is hiring a Group Leader!

Group Leader – Molecular Systems Biology Unit

Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Molecular Systems Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing original biological ...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Jul 24

Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation

#ISMEJournal by @duhitasant.bsky.social et al from @timbarra.bsky.social
with Tom Bell, @kayla-king.bsky.social

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Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation

Abstract. Most knowledge about bacterial evolution and ecological interactions comes from laboratory studies. One difference between the wild and most labo

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Molecular Systems Biology @molsystbiol.org · Jul 3

@skamrad.bsky.social @kiranrpatil.bsky.social show xenobiotics impact growth of gut bacteria and their metabolic homeostasis by affecting amine metabolism ➡️ www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

The paper is definitely worth a read—and if you're curious for a glimpse behind the scenes of how the story developed, don’t miss this short blog post by Anne and Jacobo.
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Silent influencer: How non-antibiotics tip the microbial balance of the gut microbiome

Some human-targeted drugs can alter gut microbes, creating a favorable environment for pathogens like Salmonella to thrive.

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Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Finally online!
Our latest research is out @nature.com: We show that non-antibiotic drugs can disrupt colonization resistance, raising the risk of enteric infections.
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Non-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens

Nature - Non-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of...

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Peter Fineran @peterfineran.bsky.social · Jul 13

Great timing a couple of weeks ago where I got to present our work on the discovery of new phage DNA modifications and their implications for phage defence at #EESMicrobiology one hour after the paper came out in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social! Fantastic conference!

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Tom Ellis @proftomellis.bsky.social · Jun 30

We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Tom Ellis @proftomellis.bsky.social · Jul 11

Online now @ Cell is the yeast multicellular engineering paper from Fankang Meng - the fruits of his productive PhD in our group. He developed modular synthetic biology tools to bring multicellular behaviours to yeast - specific adhesion, juxtacrine signalling and more. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Engineering yeast multicellular behaviors via synthetic adhesion and contact signaling

By designing synthetic toolkits for contact-based signaling (MARS) and cell-cell adhesion (SATURN), we program yeast to form multicellular structures and perform complex tasks, like building logic cir...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Jul 11

🚀 New ERC Classes video released! Thinking of applying to the open call for ERC Synergy grants?

Learn how to apply, build your team, and prepare for the evaluation steps.

▶️ Watch the full video now 👉 youtu.be/qGKoTFqs8Eg

📥 Also new today: Info for #ERCSyG applicants 👉 europa.eu/!w7gPHV

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Jul 11

If you're feeling low on science mojo (if you are not, read more), I recommend talking to a room of excited high schoolers/ undergraduates about science & its future.

I was a vampire for hope & enthusiasm today in the Pathways program started by the late Beverly Torok-Storb @fredhutch.bsky.social

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Raes Lab @raeslab.org · May 27

We are immensely proud of our postdoctoral researcher Doris van Bergeijk @dorisvanbergeijk.bsky.social for being awarded a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social 🎉👏 Her hard work and dedication is truly inspiring. 🧠🦠 Huge congrats Doris! 💪🌟 @vibmicrobes.bsky.social

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology @vibmicrobes.bsky.social · May 27

🎉 Proud to announce that Doris van Bergeijk, postdoctoral researcher at @raeslab.org ( @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social), has been awarded a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social, to study how the gut microbiome can shape our mental health. 🧠🦠

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Ruben Vazquez Uribe @ruvaur.bsky.social · May 27

Big big congratulation @dorisvanbergeijk.bsky.social !!

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology @vibmicrobes.bsky.social · May 27

🎉 Proud to announce that Doris van Bergeijk, postdoctoral researcher at @raeslab.org ( @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social), has been awarded a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social, to study how the gut microbiome can shape our mental health. 🧠🦠

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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology @vibmicrobes.bsky.social · May 27

🎉 Proud to announce that Doris van Bergeijk, postdoctoral researcher at @raeslab.org ( @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social), has been awarded a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social, to study how the gut microbiome can shape our mental health. 🧠🦠

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Sammy Pontrelli @sammy-pontrelli.bsky.social · Apr 28

Excited to welcome our new Agilent Revident Q-TOF! We’re developing new approaches combining mass spectrometry and enzyme assays to study microbial interactions and carbon sequestration. We're hiring postdocs — reach out if interested!

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · May 12

#MVIF 39 recordings are now available!

Huge thanks to Adeshile Oluwatosin for putting together all the talks, available on both platforms:

@cassyni.bsky.social ▶️ cassyni.com/s/mvif-39

#YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Enjoy!

MVIF.39 - 5th May 2025 - YouTube

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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · May 16

CRISPR-associated transposase variants with enhanced gene integration were generated via phage-assisted continuous evolution, enabling insertion of large DNA cargos at therapeutically relevant genomic sites in human cells without double-strand breaks. #NBThighlight www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Programmable gene insertion in human cells with a laboratory-evolved CRISPR-associated transposase

Programmable gene integration in human cells has the potential to enable mutation-agnostic treatments for loss-of-function genetic diseases and facilitate many applications in the life sciences. CRISP...

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Ben Kleinstiver @bkleinstiver.bsky.social · Apr 22

In @nature.com we describe the use of scalable #proteinengineering & #machinelearning to predict millions of bespoke CRISPR enzymes, offering safer & more efficient genome editing tools 🧬🖥️ @rachelsilverstein9.bsky.social @mgbresearch.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Custom CRISPR—Cas9 PAM variants via scalable engineering and machine learning - Nature

Nature - Custom CRISPR—Cas9 PAM variants via scalable engineering and machine learning

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