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If you're after some light reading to start your week, here's a short piece I wrote for The Conversation (The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand) on our recent anti-#CRISPR regulation work and its relevance for understanding #phage–host interactions: theconversation.com/viruses-can-wo…

Academics will write "interestingly" and then impart the driest piece of information you have ever heard in your life

Anti-CRISPRs deconstruct bacterial defense dlvr.it/TD17Kg

The link for the faculty position is now posted! Deadline is October 15th. Please share widely with talented scientists in your network. Come join us at UCSF! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05243

Finally at #BMH2024! Couldn’t help but expose twitter to the creation Shaharn Cameron and I made for #Serratia day earlier this month for the BMH2024 baking competition 💕💗💖🌸🐷🎀 May the best baked item win (although ours is pretty slay ✨) Biomolecular Horizons 2024

I’m happy to share my first publication of my PhD, which is online now in mSystems titled ‘Advancing microbiome research in Māori populations: insights from recent literature exploring the gut microbiomes of underrepresented and Indigenous peoples’ 🦠 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

Excited to share my first co-corresponding opinion piece written in collaboration with the wonderful Mojgan Rabiey …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…. We cover our thoughts on advancements in phage biocontrol for agricultural pathogens and where the field might develop next.

Type III CRISPR systems can provide robust immunity against phage and plasmids without harming the host bacterium: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…

Get your abstract ready and register now for the Genetics Otago Annual Symposium! Full details and registration on our website: blogs.otago.ac.nz/go/events/

The role of noncoding RNAs in bacterial immunity Review by Rafael Pinilla-Redondo and colleagues Mario R Mestre Huijuan li Rafa Pinilla-Redondo dlvr.it/TFL77G

Deadline Extension for Abstract Submissions Good news! The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to Monday 28 October. This is your chance to showcase your research by submitting either an oral or poster presentation for CRISPR 2025. #crispr #crispr2025 #phage

Excited to share our work published in Nature Biotechnology! We uncover and characterize a unique and highly versatile ancestral form of CRISPR-Cas12a (ReChb)! A big thanks to the whole team. 🧬 nature.com/articles/s4158… #SynBioLab CIC bioGUNE Igor Tascon Beisel Lab FUNDELA

Bacteriophages, phage proteins and organic acids offer potential as biocontrols for bacterial fruit pathogens. This piece outlines current advances and future directions in  developing sustainable methods for pest management  ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/1751-7…

Don't forget to submit your abstract and award nominations for the GO Symposium by the 14th of November. Full details here: blogs.otago.ac.nz/go/events/

Super excited that our paper on isoniazid resistance in M. tuberculosis is now published in Nature Communications . Massive effort from all involved, especially lead author Cecilia Wang!! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Bacteria be like This is my resistance era

.@JoJofoth at University of Liverpool, UK is hiring a #postdoc to design optimized #phage cocktails targeting biofilm-growing bacteria in #cysticfibrosis lung infections. buff.ly/3YyGmhR

📢 Calling all Early Career Researchers! 🌟 Apply now for travel grants to attend the CRISPR 2025 Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿 💰 Up to US$500 for travel/accommodation Deadline: Dec 6, 2024 🗓️ 👉 crispr2025.org/grant #CRISPR #ECR #Travelgrant #CRISPR2025

Honored to be a 2024 Fondation L'Oréal-UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #ForWomeninScience Fellow. Great fun in Melbourne at the ceremony & talking science with students at the #GirlsinScience event! 🙏 to mentors past/present University of Otago UMass Dartmouth Rhode Island College & Marsden Fund for supporting my #phage research #FWIS

Super fun project working with the Zorya team. Lots of interesting discussions and crazy biology, still lots to explore!