Today, postdoctoral researchers at Rockefeller University filed to form our union, UPROR-UAW, at the National Labor Relations Board with 80% support!

“Having unions, and having postdocs that fight together for better working conditions—that makes a huge difference” science.org/content/articl…

Tomorrow is the first day of our election! For more info, visit rockefellerpostdocunion.org/why-yes/

The votes are in: WE WON OUR UNION! 🎉

Our paper out today @nature: phages reconstitute NAD+ to counter bacterial immunity Phaged invented a new biochemical pathway for NAD+ synthesis - including previously unknown enzymatic reactions - to evade bacterial defenses Congrats Ilya Osterman! nature.com/articles/s4158…

How do past viral infections influence future viral diseases? We found that SARS-CoV-2 recovery protected from severe influenza A virus disease. But how come? There seemed to be some antigen-independent immunological memory going on.. Paper Immunity: authors.elsevier.com/c/1js3h3qNrUxu…

Absolutely thrilled to share our new study, co-led by Puja Majumder and myself, now online in Cell! Here, we characterize a CRISPR-associated adenosine deaminase, Cad1. Incredibly grateful for @MarraffiniLab making it possible. Synopsis below: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Emergency bulletin! 14 journals have co-published an urgent call for the deployment of microbial solutions against climate catastrophe, by Raquel Peixoto et al. nature.com/articles/s4156…

I’m excited to share our latest study in @nature on this novel compound called Gliocidin, that targets glioblastoma (#GBM), the most malignant brain tumor. #drugdiscovery #cancer #cancermetabolism GSK Graduate School Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center nature.com/articles/s4158…

A warm welcome to Rockefeller, Avi! Avi Flamholz's lab will focus on the role of soil microbes in the carbon cycle, with the goal of unlocking new ways to harness the power of microbes to slow down or reverse rising global temperatures. rockefeller.edu/news/36919-new…

Extremely happy to see our paper’s final version published Cell Host & Microbe!

We are delighted to announce our next RNA Society Member Spotlight! rnasociety.org/naama-aviram--… Dr. Naama Aviran is a postdoctoral researcher in the Marraffini Lab at Rockefeller University in New York. In this spotlight, written by Ayushi Rehman and edited by Dr. Julieta

Gut phages fuel food addiction #ResearchHighlights In this study, Castells-Nobau et al. show that bacteriophages present in the gut microbiome contribute to the regulation of food addiction. IDIBGI Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona nature.com/articles/s4157…

Is it “winner-takes all” when the simplest living things compete? Check out my fresh publication on phage coexistence in Science and a thread below🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Cad1 turns ATP into phage poison Highlight of paper by @MarraffiniLab Cell reporting type III CRISPR-Cas accessory effector, Cad1, which deaminates ATP into ITP, causing ITP accumulation & host growth arrest, thereby inhibiting phage propagation cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Very happy to share our new review in Molecular Cell covering nucleic acid recognition and effector mechanisms for various prokaryotic immune systems! Was a great experience creating this with @MarraffiniLab! cell.com/molecular-cell…

Our latest preprint identifies (targetable!) metabolic programs intrinsic to different cancer cell states in rhabdomyosarcoma, out just in time for Katrina Paras's thesis defense tomorrow!

Massive work from Jess Spinelli UMass Chan Medical School demonstrating a SECOND electron carrier in the mammalian ETC cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Things I wish more people knew about doing science in the US (thread):