Interested in studying towards a Master degree in evolutionary biology? Join our international Master program in Molecular Biology and Evolution in northern Germany! Registration is open until the 15.6. Details: tinyurl.com/3rm273cn

Excited to present this work on bacterial polyploidy from my previous postdoc! Want to know about a genetic diversity strategy that is like having backup codes to unlock the perfect resistance combo? Read all about it (1/4) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to see the latest paper out as a preprint on bacterial heterozygosity in a unique L-form system. Largely pulled together by the fantastic Shraddha Shitut.

International meeting of the VAAM special section Microbial Cell Biology Two days of inspiring talks, poster sessions and discussions on all aspects of bacterial and archaeal cell biology. October 6-8, 2024, in Marburg (Germany) eventbrite.de/e/microbial-ce… Register soon - only a

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🚨Super excited to share our pre-print describing how we used genomics to discover a family of anti-phage lanthipeptides from Actinobacteria 🦠 This marks a significant expansion in the number of bacterial natural products involved in chemical defense. A thread 👇: MDMLab

Always fun to discuss with collaborators on Monday afternoon: Dennis Classen, daniel rozen, Helena Shomar, Pedro Leão, Ariane Briegel and...two members from FrunzkeLab🦜🙃

Having a great week at #GRC Microbial Stress Response in Mount Holyoke and super excited to be nominated as co-chair to organize the next #GRS in 2026! 💚

This is a very important paper suggesting that the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all living species lived 4.2 billion years ago. With Earth being only 4.5 billion years old, this suggests that life originated very soon after conditions were favorable. bit.ly/3Y2wiPC

Skip the Olympics, watch this masterpiece. 🔊

It's out!! Great review on Terrabacteria led by Bacille Diderm Beaud and Najwa Taib with @ChrisBel70. So much to discover on envelope biogenesis and the diderm-to-monoderm transition in this understudied clade! Nature Reviews Microbiology Institut Pasteur, since 1887 Fondation Bettencourt Schueller Read👇rdcu.be/dSegH

Please RT. 1x postdoc and 1xPhD position available in our group to study the role of NLR-like proteins in cellular development and antibiotic production in Streptomyces. Postdoc: shorturl.at/f8NTN PhD position: shorturl.at/qCFmN Email me for more information.

Bacterial cell wall, biofilm and morphology enthusiasts - our new preprint shows how E. coli manages to survive without its essential cell wall! Check it out 👇#microbiology #bacteria LeidenBiology The Claessen Lab Han de Winde @handewinde.bsky.social

Proud of this new preprint from the lab!

Registration is now open for the 2025 Symposium on the Immune System of Bacteria, taking place this year in Paris (April 8-10). We have a fantastic lineup of speakers! Register here: sisb2025.conferences-pasteur.org/home

Join us for @ISBA2025 on Actinomycetes at the lovely beach of Egmond aan Zee (NL), from June 15–19, 2025. Topics include development, drug discovery, ecology and pathogenicity. universiteitleiden.nl/isba2025. Registration and abstract submission here: tinyurl.com/ISBA2025.

Excited that @ISBA2025 will be in the Netherlands in June!! Please register and submit your abstract(s)!

Welcome to Leiden Kelly Chibale. It will be my honour to install you as honorary doctor during the celebration of the 450th birthday of Universiteit Leiden #Praesidiumlibertatis LeidenBiology H3D Foundation

Excited to see our latest paper online Nature Communications. Fantastic team science with great collaborators and friends! nature.com/articles/s4146…

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