Exploring our views on the impact of Post Translational Modifications elicited by #phage to rapidly finetune #bacteria #metabolism during #infection .
Review with vera van noort in
Current Opinion in #Microbiology :
bit.ly/phagePTM

#bioinformatics #alphafold #omics

Excellent review article on 'The type IVc pilus: just a Tad different' by Greg Whitfield sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to highlight our newly posted paper
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
We show that P. aeruginosa prophages encode a component of the type IV pilus. This protein, which is homologous to the bacterial FimU protein, can be incorporated into the type IV pilus.

So excited for our latest story on a tunable-spectrum antibiotic to be published. We desperately need microbiome-sparing strategies to treat P. aeruginosa. Amazing effort led by the fantastic @ConnorChain

Excited to share our latest work on an interesting TLS pathway in bacteria - initiated by MSc Andriana Tetenych🇨🇦🇺🇦 and brought over the finish line by newly minted MSc Kristi L, with support from the rest of the team! doi.org/10.1002/pro.49…

A video summary for those of you who do not have time to read our paper on how antibodies interact with type IV pili nature.com/articles/s4146…! 👇
Thanks and congrats again to all collaborators!

Persistence and evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa following initiation of highly effective modulator therapy in cystic fibrosis

mBio by Catherine Armbruster et al from Jennifer Bomberger
with Vaughn Cooper (vaughnscooper 🧵, vscooper@bsky)

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

In a bold new approach to #admissions to our MD Program Queen's Health Sciences, all qualified applicants will have an equal chance of being offered an interview. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #innovation #meded #access

Bacteriophages avoid autoimmunity from cognate immune systems as an intrinsic part of their life cycles | Nature Microbiology nature.com/articles/s4156…

🚨Happy to share that our paper 'Characterization and genomic analysis of the Lyme disease spirochete bacteriophage ϕBB-1' is now published PLOS Pathogens !

doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Great story - T4P-dependent temperate #phages that encode an alternate version of their own receptor! Prophages express a type IV pilus component to provide anti-phage defence biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are happy to announce that the 10th ASM Conference on Biofilms will be held in Portland, Oregon, from Nov 9-13, 2025. We look forward to gathering the biofilm community for what should be a fantastic meeting. See the ASM website for details. asm.org/Events/ASM-Bio…

In vitro development of resistance against antipseudomonal agents: comparison of novel β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations and other β-lactam agents | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aa…

Preventive nasal administration of flagellin restores antimicrobial effect of gentamicin and protects against a multidrug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aa…

Quorum-sensing regulation of phenazine production heightens Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to ciprofloxacin | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aa…

Antimicrobial resistance currently kills millions of people every year in the world. However, it has become a neglected topic. Over the past 30 years, there has been a severe decrease in the numbers of researchers and published papers in this field. Funding has also plummeted. I…

If you’re a fan of DIY lab equipment, you’ll love the phenotype-o-mat, a customizable DIY 96-well plate imager from ArcadiaScience that you can now build for only $400 🧵 1/7
protocols.io/view/building-…

Until now, bacterial mRNA stability has been hugely overestimated...

Great to see this out in PNASNews ‼️

Finally, a precise assessment of the global stability of Salmonella RNA transcripts

Congrats to Lars Barquist Westermann lab Jörg Vogel & team

Nice! Reconstitution of a biofilm adhesin system from a sulfate-reducing bacterium in Pseudomonas fluorescens | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Delighted to share our results from HTS screening of libraries donated by 3 Japanese Pharma that identified antibacterials against clinically relevant multidrug-resistant A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae sciencedirect.com/science/articl…