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RIP Tassos Economou! I will always remember your passion for science and our intellectual discussions. You were an inspiration to me and all those around you. lnkd.in/g8Q_sUyQ

There is now an opening for a new position in our department, one where you can build your own research program... Are you this ambitious & experienced microbiologist full of new ideas and ready to start or expand your own group, please apply! werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/assistant-a…

Thanks to Catalin Bunduc we now have proof that PPE proteins are not only substrates, but also directly involved in type VII secretion. Possibly they form the elusive OM channel..... to be continued journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

A group photo of all the speakers from the welcome symposium. Thanks to everyone who participated and celebrated with us today! FZ Borstel Caro Barisch (more active on the blue planet) Wilbert Bitter

Check out Stephen Garrett’s review on S. aureus competitive strategies

A new review from our lab: Diving into drug-screening: Zebrafish Embryos as an in vivo Platform for Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Assessment academic.oup.com/femsre/article…

We just published this exciting story of a new anti-TB compound that blocks a new target and synergizes with other antibiotics, highly recommended. Great work of Eva Habjan, Vicky Charitou and Alex Speer, in collaboration with the group of Vadim Makarov. life-science-alliance.org/content/7/7/e2…

A huge congratulations to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for winning the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry! 🏆 At PDBe, we’re proud to collaborate with GoogleDeepMind to host and develop the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database. Here’s to the future of protein science!

We are proud to announce Prof. Carmen Buchrieser (Carmen Buchrieser, Institut Pasteur, since 1887) as FEMS-Lwoff Awardee 2025, for her groundbreaking work on microbial pathogenesis. She will deliver her Prize Lecture at FEMS MICRO 2025. #FEMS2025 Read the full press release: fems-microbiology.org/prof-carmen-bu…

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4 days til songs of a lost world

🆕 #Tuberculosis, also known as TB, resurged as the leading infectious disease killer in 2023. Approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with #TB in 2023 – the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995 bit.ly/3A8WsXw

Delighted to be a recipient of one of these with a fantastic group of scientists - Edith Houben Tom Marlovits and John McKinney. Look out for CombaT7!

ERC-Synergy- Incredibly honored. Many thanks to panel members, reviewers, colleagues, lab members and supporting institutions. Exciting science ahead. PostDoc and PhD positions within a unique and fun international consortium. Get in touch!

Comprehensive pan-genome analysis of Mycobacterium marinum: insights into genomic diversity, evolution, and pathogenicity nature.com/articles/s4159…

The blue community is growing faster than my pile of unanswered emails 💙 Come and join the fun—no spam (yet), just science and smiles! #BlueTeam #JoinTheCommunity