Valentin Conte
@valentinconte.bsky.social
Reposted by Valentin Conte
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Valentin Conte
All living organisms face the problem of parasites - but what happens when DNA has invaded the genome?
go.nature.com/3MDiJCq
go.nature.com/3MDiJCq
SOS: RNA-processing mechanism rescues genes from invasive DNA
Transposable elements can insert into genes, disrupting protein-coding potential. Researchers discover a mode of RNA processing, ‘SOS splicing’, that provides a quick fix.
go.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
All living organisms face the problem of parasites - but what happens when DNA has invaded the genome?
go.nature.com/3MDiJCq
go.nature.com/3MDiJCq
Reposted by Valentin Conte
Excited to share the work that’s been on my mind for the past 2 years, now on bioRxiv!
Led with Matt Walker, and my first project in the Sternberg Lab .
Check it out ⬇️
tinyurl.com/mshwjd77
Led with Matt Walker, and my first project in the Sternberg Lab .
Check it out ⬇️
tinyurl.com/mshwjd77
Temperate phages enhance host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodeling
Bacterial flagella drive motility and chemotaxis while also playing critical roles in host-pathogen interactions, as their oligomeric subunit, flagellin, is specifically recognized by the mammalian im...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Excited to share the work that’s been on my mind for the past 2 years, now on bioRxiv!
Led with Matt Walker, and my first project in the Sternberg Lab .
Check it out ⬇️
tinyurl.com/mshwjd77
Led with Matt Walker, and my first project in the Sternberg Lab .
Check it out ⬇️
tinyurl.com/mshwjd77
Reposted by Valentin Conte
It was an honor for my lab and myself to host the meeting on the Immune Systems of Bacteria. Such a high from all the incredible science and sharing with scientists from the whole world the greatness of Paris in the spring.
Vive la science, et vive Paris!
Vive la science, et vive Paris!
April 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It was an honor for my lab and myself to host the meeting on the Immune Systems of Bacteria. Such a high from all the incredible science and sharing with scientists from the whole world the greatness of Paris in the spring.
Vive la science, et vive Paris!
Vive la science, et vive Paris!