Competitive inter-species interactions underlie the increased antimicrobial tolerance in multispecies brewery biofilms Ilse Parijs & Hans Steenackers in The ISME Journal nature.com/articles/s4139…

Invited speaker Prof Hans Steenackers (micalab.be) talks about how individual #bacteria exploit public resources produced by others to ensure their own survival. This is part of a study on bacterial #competition and #cooperation's roles in #AntibioticResistance.

Our team in 2019. MICA Lab - Microbial Communities and Antimicrobials KU Leuven micalab.be #microbial_communities #biofilms #antimicrobials #sociomicrobiology #antibiotic_resistance #Salmonella

Good moments in 2019: Wonderful @Eurobiofilms conference in Glasgow. Thankful to give talks on #competition sensing (Bram Lories and Xabier Villanueva) and our #evolutionarily_robust #antibiofilm strategy (Hans Steenackers) micalab.be

Good moments in 2019: #InternationalBiofilmSummit for #foodindustry Proud to give a talk on our last year’s ISME Journal paper on ‘Competitive interspecies interactions underlying antimicrobial tolerance in brewery biofilms’ nature.com/articles/s4139… #foodsafety #IBS2019 #biofilm

Inhibiting bacterial cooperation is an evolutionarily robust anti-biofilm strategy Nature Communications from Hans Steenackers (KU Leuven) and Kevin Foster groups (@OxZooDept) nature.com/articles/s4146…

I’m beyond excited to see our Nature Communications paper out! ‘Inhibiting bacterial cooperation is an evolutionarily robust anti-biofilm strategy’ Based on imidazole EPS inhibitors I started developing in 2008 and an inspiring research stay with Kevin Foster nature.com/articles/s4146…

Behandelingen die de samenwerking van bacteriën tegengaan, kunnen het probleem van antibioticaresistentie mee oplossen, ontdekten Hans Steenackers en zijn collega's 👇 bit.ly/2RhPOUa

Ook bacteriën werken samen. Zoals een beschermende slijmlaag maken (bv tandplak). KU Leuven wetenschapper Hans Steenackers gebruikte dit sociaal gedrag als doelwit voor een nieuwe vorm van antibacteriële therapie waarbij er geen resistentie optreed🦠💀 👉bit.ly/KULeuvenAntibi…

This animation video explains the concept behind the evolutionary robustness of the anti-biofilm strategy we recently published nature.com/articles/s4146…

Professorship Opportunity at KU Leuven! Join us as a Professor in Food Microbiology at KU Leuven, Belgium. We're seeking researchers with expertise in food microbiology to lead innovative research and teaching in food science: bit.ly/4nzX1gV #FoodMicrobiology #KULeuven