📢 EVENT | 27th Glasgow Virology Workshop Join us for a day of interesting talks & discussions. Speakers: Adam Bailey, Louis Lambrechts, Kirsty Roy, Judy Breuer, Sheila Graham, Juan Reguera & a selection of students. 📆 Fri 5th Sept 2025 🔗 Register: gla.ac.uk/research/az/cv…

New online! Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications nature.com/articles/s4157…

Small RNA-Mediated Metabolic Reprogramming Enables Ciprofloxacin Utilization in Klebsiella sp. SG01 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_micrbio

Out Now! Within-host bacterial evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity bit.ly/4o2Kgvz #BacterialEvolution #Pathogenicity #Microbiology

Out Now! Expression level of anti-phage defence systems controls a trade-off between protection range and autoimmunity bit.ly/4lNbzZf #Microbiology #PhageDefense #Autoimmunity

Can phages turn bacterial resistance into vulnerability? This new #mBio minireview explores how phage-antibiotic synergy targets efflux systems in ESKAPEE pathogens. #PhageTherapy #AMR #antibiotic Anita Tarasenko EijkelkampLab Jeremy J Barr doi.org/10.1128/mBio.0…

AI-Driven Protein Design Nature Reviews Bioengineering 1. This review article explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on protein engineering. It highlights how AI is revolutionizing the field by enabling unprecedented precision and speed in designing novel proteins with

It’s International Microorganism Day! We asked the Society’s Champions to tell us about their favourite microbes and, our Champion, Eliza Wolfson, has created some fun illustrations to show you a bit more of their character! @eliza_coli - see campsite bio for other socials FEMS #InternationalMicroorganismDay

An example of the dangers of #fracking. Contamination of private water supplies after a well communication event (frac-out) in southwest Pennsylvania rdcu.be/eGTk8 Duquesne University

New online! Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife nature.com/articles/s4157…

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life nature.com/articles/d4158…

Ten microbiology organizations have come together to develop a global strategy to integrate microbial science into climate solutions. ISME is proud to stand alongside these partners in shaping this roadmap. Read more: isme-microbes.org/microbes-witho… #MicrobialEcology #ClimateAction

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New online! Licence to knockdown — the phage gene silencer nature.com/articles/s4157…

We're thrilled to announce SeqHub, an AI-enabled platform for biological sequence analysis. SeqHub brings together sequence search, genome annotation, and data sharing in one place. I dreamed of a single place where I could learn everything about my sequences. Today, a much more

New online! A soothing bite for chikungunya nature.com/articles/s4157…

Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update - The Lancet Microbe (thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…)

In a study involving 23 labs, researchers tested various sequencing/bioinformatic approaches for taxonomic profiling of DNA reference reagents consisting of 20 common gut bacteria, revealing the reality of technical bias in the microbiome field. #mSystems: asm.social/2Fk

Catalog of human oral microbiome: Human reference oral microbiome (HROM) comprises 72,641 genomes from 3,426 species, including 2,019 novel species. HROM reveals disease-assoc. species & ectopic oral species in the gut predictive of systemic diseases cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections - The Lancet (thelancet.com/journals/lance…)