I’m very excited to finally share the results of a passion project that has been on my mind for nearly a decade. You can find the pre-print below, but what follows is the saga of how this project came to be:

Interested in phages? Live in the Bay Area & feel like spending a morning at Stanford? You're invited to a special phage seminar with 2 of my favorite phage profs, visiting us all the way from Europe: Speakers: Joana Azeredo (University of Minho) Joana Azeredo & Martin J.

This paper has been a long time coming: We looked at the genomes of historical bacterial samples over a century to look for trends of antibiotic resistance genes, finding multiple instances of them in infections before the age of antibiotics...

We're hiring here at DARPA! A "Program Manager" is effectively an intrapreneur and we're going after Synthetic Biology #SynBio super hard. Please fwd to interested people! buff.ly/40LGnjF

MSE virtual seminar next week on “Defending against Phage Predators: Trading Public Goods via Integrons”, presented by Dr. Landon Getz, Feb 26, 2025, 12:00 ET. Register here: sueishaqlab.org/2025/02/19/mse…

Daniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Katrine Whiteson (Katrine Whiteson) about diabetes, the history of insulin production, and Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff. iheart.com/podcast/105-da…

We're hiring a bioinformatics postdoc to join our growing lab and explore viral ecology, metagenomics, and host-microbe interactions! integrativeviromicslab.com/open-positions

There are only two weeks left for students and postdocs to send in their application to receive support for a visit to a host institution outside of their country of study. Submit by 31 March 2025! 🔗isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar-m… #MicrobialEcology #microbes

Students and postdocs planning to visit a host institution outside of their country of study can apply for support with the ISME Scholar Mobility Fund. There is only one week left to apply: submit now! 🔗isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar-m… #MicrobialEcology #microbes

Job Call: My lab is hiring for a new phase of studies on symbiotic microorganisms and their molecular mechanisms. Candidates with a strong interest in symbiosis, microbiomes, Drosophila, and genetics are well poised to love the work. Know anyone? psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Staf…

Me and a few of my mates got together and wrote a review on the current state of clinical translation of microbiome research. A great summary of the state of the art for microbiome research. nature.com/articles/s4159…

🌎🦠 Microbes + AI = Climate Resilience! Our latest in Nature Reviews Microbiology explores how artificial intelligence can supercharge microbial solutions to climate change, speeding up innovation and safeguarding ecosystems. #ClimateChange #AI #OpenScience 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41579…

Excited to attend the 11th Annual Southern California Microbiome Symposium on September 19th at CalTech - with presentations by Sarah Allard, Ariane Briegel, Nandita Garud, Sarakis Mazmanian, Joel Sachs, Julia Schartzman, Emily Stein and David Underhill - an epic line up.

Why do some patients with infections get YEARS of intravenous antibiotics, or multiple amputations, while a select lucky few are offered phage therapy? Does the FDA need to change, or do patients just need a voice?

In the right conditions, antibiotic resistance can happen extremely fast. Here is an example from my own work of bacteria overcoming an antibiotic in just eleven days in a giant petri dish: 1/

Come work with me, Martha Clokie ,Spyridon Megremis, PhD (he/him)🇬🇷🏀☘️🎧 in the Becky Mayer Centre for phage research on the isolation and genomes sequencing of 1000s of phages for a biobank. jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/vaca…

Science covered our recent meeting, as we try and get microbial conservation integrated into the IUCN. ‘A publicity problem’: New group pushes for microbes to be conserved like other endangered species | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Late-decision abstract submissions are open for Phage Biology, Dynamics, and Therapeutics: iasusa.org/bacteriophage-…

Very excited to be at American Society for Microbiology #ASMicrobe meeting. I’m here with a large suitcase of, what could it be? Science swag and also just science. Come talk to us about transforming the future of #metagenomics and #phage research. Phase Genomics (booth 1109)

Where does microbiome-based medicine stand today, and where is it headed? In this new article, we explore five simulated clinical cases, featuring insights from experts Prof. Jack Gilbert Jack A Gilbert (he/him/his) and Dr. Katrine Whiteson gutmicrobiotaforhealth.com/paving-the-way…