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📣 We are live! ⭕️ Welcome to the Plasmid Biology Society Twitter! 👀 We will be sharing all plasmid related content, including highlighting ECRs, new papers, and plasmid Q&A. 🗯️ Follow us to keep updated!

“Evolution of a minimal cell” in nature: nature.com/articles/s4158… Led by R with Brent Lehmkuhl at IU Biology J. Craig Venter Institute collaborators: Lijie Sun, Daniela Bittencourt, Kim Wise, John Glass Along with @dschoolmaster, and Mike Lynch Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University

🔬⚡ Exciting new review on plasmids, my favorite! 🧬 Uncover how plasmids drive local and global AMR spread, bridging diverse habitats. Discover the factors influencing MDR plasmid emergence and persistence within microbial communities! #AMR #OneHealth @EvaTop3 @ThibaultStalder

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From the breathtaking moment he popped the question to the joyous anticipation of saying 'I do,' our love story continues to unfold! 💍✨ Excited to share that we're engaged and counting down the days until our wedding in two weeks! 🥂🎉

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New publication from the TacC Lab in collaboration with the Erhardt Lab. A long-awaited proof of DNA transfer via the extended conjugation pilus. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… 📣Work by Goldlust Kelly et al. from C. LESTERLIN - TacC LAB finally settles a 60-year old debate! 🧵(1/4)

Our new preprint on collateral sensitivity in E. coli is now available! We combined classic experimental approaches with high-throughput analyses of AMR surveillance databases to unravel new CS responses to one of the most relevant mobile AMR mechanisms: β-lactamases🧵👇

Excited to share our new paper where we delve into the possible effects of HGT on mobile gene evolution. We've outlined a framework to define the possibilities and explored this using a horizontally transferred AMR gene. Check out Benjamin Kerr's thread for more information!👇

🎉Our work on the ancestry of innate immune proteins is now published in PLOS Biology! Great insights from postdoc Ed Culbertson on the connections between mammalian immunity and bacterial anti-phage immunity🦠 Original tweet thread on our findings here: x.com/tera_levin/sta…

Applications now open for the 2024 R. C. Lewontin Early Awards, which provide up to $2500 in research funds for 1st and 2nd year PhD students. Deadline: February 23, 2024 evolutionsociety.org/content/societ…

Antibiotic selection does more than the obvious.... new paper out today: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…. Read on to see what we found! Huge congrats to our grad student Varun University of Rochester , & all the undergraduates Barnard College, & collaborator robert smith, for making this happen 1/N

Excited to finally share our work and findings!

Thank you, Benjamin Kerr, for your kind words and support. This recognition also reflects your exceptional mentorship and significant contributions to the research! I’m so grateful for everything you’ve done