Take a look! The gut virome is altered in a mouse model of chronic stress and is associated with changes in behavioural and immune response, which can be restored using fecal virome transfer. New paper by John F. Cryan UCC Ireland nature.com/articles/s4156…

JB Editor's Pick: Amazing details of the cell surface interactions of the newly described nanoarchaeote (DPANN archaeon) Nanobdella aerobiophila strain MJ1T and its host Metallosphaera sedula strain MJ1HA. doi.org/10.1128/jb.003… ASM JBacteriology Eds

📢I am so excited to announce the publication of my work characterizing extracellular vesicles of Euryarchaeota! Here, we identify an archaeal small GTPase directly involved in vesicle production with similarities to eukaryotic Arf GTPases. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

We are excited to finally share the story Joshua Mills has been working on for the last few years! Here, we report on the archaeal small GTPase driving extracellular vesicle production. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

In our article published today nature , we report complete all-atom structural models of a fully packaged bacteriophage particle. Congratulations to Kush Coshic on his first publication! Many thanks to Chris Maffeo and David Winogradoff for pushing this 6-year project forward.

How many SAR11 cells are phage-infected in the environment? And what are zombies🧟‍♂️? We studied phage infection in SAR11 using the🔬. Up to 19% of SAR11 cells were phage infected and many host cells were devoid of ribosomes🧟‍♂️! What else did we find? A 🧵 researchsquare.com/article/rs-407…

Increadible story about the discovery of a protein fractal!👇🏻👇🏻🥳

New Research: Ultrastructural insights into cellular organization, energy storage and ribosomal dynamics of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from oligotrophic oceans frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #microbiology

Zombie cells are now published in Nature Communications : rdcu.be/dGywc Enjoy the read and shoot me a message, if you have any questions ;)

We have 2 open PhD positions on archaeal virology at the University of Groningen. Read everything about the EU funded ARCTECH project and its European partners here: archaeaforbiotechnology.eu Apply for these positions before May 12, 2024 here: archaeaforbiotechnology.eu/esr-1/

Great people had some great days at the #ItMatters-conference, organized by our #PhD students, sharing exciting knowledge, offering fruitful discussions & lots of fun, thanks to all participants from Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology There is a new logo! mpi-bremen.de/en/The-It-MA-t…

Spatial mapping of mobile genetic elements and their bacterial hosts in complex microbiomes nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our paper! 🪩 "Spatial mapping of mobile genetic elements and their bacterial hosts in complex microbiomes" Full text link: doi.org/10.1038/s41564…

Globally occurring viral infections create ribosome-deprived bacterial cells a.k.a. "zombie cells"! Jan Brüwer Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @MolEcol_MPIMM #SAR11 #phages #bacteria #microbiology #oceans nature.com/articles/s4146…

Are you going to #ISME19? Will you present a poster? Do you use #anvio for your research? If yes, please consider filling out this form so we can bring stickers to your poster, say hi, and ask your advice on how to make anvi'o better. forms.gle/idoXJbN5bpUPjC… Thank you! 😇

The September issue is live! Cover depicting #phage responses to diverse environmental stressors. Articles on evolution in superabundant microbes, engineering agricultural #soil #microbiomes, modelling Shigella infection, cancer-associated SNPs & more! cell.com/issue/S0966-84…

A scientist who successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruses has sparked discussion about the ethics of self-experimentation go.nature.com/3NXqzEq

We have two open PhD positions in the lab! One together with Meytal Landau on viral amyloids and one on phase separation of viral replication compartments! See v22.desy.de/e67416/records… for viral amyloids, and PM me for the second!

We are scouting for a PhD student in antiphage immunity. Starting spring 2025 at University of Tartu, secondments at Lund University. Please contact me with i) CV and ii) max 2-page cover letter (why you, why this topic and why our team) at [email protected]. RT appreciated!

Looking for a postdoc in environmental virology? Fascinated by giant viruses and their glycobiology? We have a position available at the MPI for Marine Microbiology! Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology HFSP Max Planck Society career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/8cd…