One week to go until close of applications for a postdoctoral position on phage defence with us here in Durham tinyurl.com/mvwtjvxf

Anti-CRISPR proteins block CRISPR-Cas systems from working. Phages use these anti-CRISPR proteins to overcome bacterial defenses. This study predicted structures for 300,000 proteins using AlphaFold2, and found an anti-CRISPR protein against Cas12a. nature.com/articles/s4146…

I'm just starting to work on mycobacteriophages, and if you're in the same situation as me, here's a website I think you should check out!👀👀 phagesdb.org/about/#

I am officially looking for a PhD student to work with me on questions regarding the evolution of lichens algal partners. I would be really grateful if you can help me spread the add as far as possible. jobb.uu.se/details/?posit… #PhD #lichens #photobionts #jobsearch

I am glad to share a review that we wrote at EcoMicroLyon. Out today in SpringerEnvironment . It contains all the current information about ligninolytic enzymes and PCB (Polychlorinated bihenyls). I wish I'd had it during my PhD... doi.org/10.1007/s11356…

Complete Genome Sequences of Four Mycobacteriophages Involved in Directed Evolution against Undisputed Mycobacterium abscessus Clinical Strains mdpi.com/2675092 #mdpimicroorganisms via Microorganisms MDPI

🧐 My host’s enemy is my enemy: plasmids carrying CRISPR-Cas as a defence against phages biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Crazy 😱

*📣 **Research associate position** Excited about microbiology, microbial ecology, & all aspects of phage biology in the context of microbial community dynamics in heavy metal contaminated sites?#Enigma_SFA Apply 👉🏽 lbl.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/research-…

.Berkeley Lab (California, USA) is hiring a Research Associate to join the Vivek Mutalik Lab in the ENIGMA program, focused on #phage research and microbial ecology understanding. buff.ly/4b1uSIx

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 👀👀 "we generate three phage-antibiotic cocktails, each effective against >96% of 153 Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates, including when used in biofilm cultures and wound infections in vivo"

Unusual finding from #swabandsend. Unknown bacteria turns dark blue when grown on agar plates in the presence of E. coli. Doesn't do this in the presence of other bacteria. Does anyone have an idea what bacterium this is and what it is producing? Will identify it and update.

academic.oup.com/g3journal/arti… "Here, we describe the construction of a plasmid-based overexpression library of 94 genes encoded by Hammy, a Cluster K mycobacteriophage [...] identifying 24 gene products capable of inhibiting growth of the host bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis"

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doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.… Vivek Mutalik and Simon Roux, this is your new graphical abstract:

Does anyone know where I could find that kit ? : MaxPlax™ Lambda Packaging Extracts us.vwr.com/store/product/…

My lab is up and running and just needs enthusiastic phage biologists to populate it! Contact me or apply in the link if you are interested in a postdoc exploring plasmid-dependent phage biology in beautiful (and super affordable!) upstate New York🍎healthresearch.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HRI_Care… 1/3

12 years ago, the revolutionary genetic tool #CRISPR/Cas9 was published in Science, work that Emmanuelle Charpentier and @doudna_lab won a #NobelPrize for in 2020. On #WorldCRISPRDay, read the landmark paper that describes the discovery: bit.ly/3BO74LP

Exciting news! I started the junior research group 'Complexes in Phage-infected Cells' at Helmholtz Centre for Infection research Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung –inaktiv looking forward to explore new jumbo phage biology. We’re hiring! Join us for a PhD position.

Surprised to see that misconceptions about long reads are still around. Maybe I'm living in a bubble.. This from a new paper: nature.com/articles/s4155…. Not saying anything about their work but this info is way outdated