Well, I've been laid off from The Messenger. If you're looking for an experienced reporter eager to take on complicated stories that explore the intersections of science, health and policy, please get in touch!

A great group effort in identifying broad spectrum,new drug combinations against #MDR bacteria using #AI platform! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…. Dean Ho YHGanLab Edward Chow Oon-Tek

Here's our latest endeavour into #AI-driven identification of synergistic drug combinations (out of half a million possible ones!) with broad spectrum activity against #MDR bacteria Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad….

Here's a little venture of mine🚀! We've launched Scientifica Media, a scientific communication company that helps connect writers with relevant scientific backgrounds to deep tech companies! Website: scientifica.media Email: [email protected]

PhD student opening! We are collaborating with the team of David Johnson Eawag to understand E. faecalis polymicrobial community assembly, interactions, and consequences for AMR and infection. Check out David's lab and work here: tinyurl.com/yrz3e2ae.

Led by Jakob T Rostøl and Nuria Quiles, with Lasa_Lab, we show that prophages utilise noncontiguous operons to balance immunity and autoimmunity. Our results underscore the essential fine regulation of these processes for prophages' life cycle development. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Just missing April fool's, here is something that is no laughing matter: nature.com/articles/s4156… In Nature Microbiology, we describe how a prophage avoids autoimmunity from its own defence systems

Thank you to our excellent reviewers and Editor for helping us to improve significantly this review with their very useful comments!

Our T6SS paper on TssA is now available Nature Communications A publication marathon but so happy to see this accepted on my birthday TssA is an intriguing protein providing specificity and fine tuning in T6SS assembly and firing. Thank you so much for your brilliant work Selina et al

1/7 Happy to share a new publication from the team spearheaded by Keenan Lacey published today in Science Advances. This project was started at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and was completed St. Jude Research by @APickrum and A. Castellaw. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Our paper is finally out at Nature Microbiology. A team effort discovering Tailocin cell factories. Listeria monocytogenes bacteria produce and store ~6000 tailocins per cell in a remarkable way. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Pls share: Microbiology faculty position available at Texas A&M University.

PhD projects at University of Leicester Including three phage projects .... With Martha Clokie , and me. Including an iCASE project with Dr Abhinav Koyamangalath Vadakkepat , using cryoEM le.ac.uk/study/research…

We have a fully funded PhD scholarship for Aug 2025 intake. If you are interested in joining our research group, please check the admission requirement on the website and contact us. ntu.edu.sg/education/grad…

New mechanism of gene transfer! With Tiago Costa CBRB, cf-PICIs form tail-less elements that, once released, spread among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. More exciting news soon! shorturl.at/kRJqE

Happy to share our new preprint describing prophage encoded anti-phage defense system,TERi, that targets the terminase complex of invading phages to inhibit DNA packaging. The system also encode self immunity proteins that protect the prophage. biorxiv.org/content/biorxi…

1/11 New #MRSA #Staph publication from Dr. Diane Boff a talented former postdoc co-mentored by the Victor J. Torres and Dr. Shruti Naik! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A new encyclopedic review, for plasmid lovers: academic.oup.com/nar/article/53… We (Mapi, Eduardo and I) hope you like it!

Pleased to share our latest study Nature Communications. We show that the host metabolites fumarate and itaconate impose selective pressure on Staphylococcus aureus, driving its adaptation via the enzyme FumC. Grateful to all who contributed to this work! nature.com/articles/s4146…