The biggest mistakes I've made during my PhD. Learn from my mistakes. Thread 🧵

Coverage from SRF News on Nora Artico, the extraordinary young woman whose work discovering new phages was supervised by NCCR AntiResist postdoc Enea Maffei Good luck in September, Nora! srf.ch/news/schweiz/s…

The NCCR AntiResist Ascona Conference #nacarb24 is next week with a stellar line-up 📅 9-13 June 2024 The event also features our first school outreach event, with Enea Maffei hosting 80+ students A big thank you to all involved. If you have a query, get in touch! #AMR

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It was a true pleasure doing this. Thank you NCCR AntiResist for the opportunity and the invitation! Talking to curious young minds is always inspiring 🧑‍🔬

This conference is always a highlight, for both the amazing location and the terrific science presented. Looking forward to next time!

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Mitochondria arose through an endosymbiotic event that occurred some 1.45 billion years ago, when a bacterium entered another cell. In the centuries that followed, genes in the mitochondria were stripped away and shuttled into the host cells' nuclei. Importantly, some of those

I am glad I can finally share this: Non-genetic mRNA silencing reveals essential genes in phage-host interplay. Enabled discovery of new important genes of Pseudomonas jumbo phage phiKZ. Also works for defense systems, clinical isolates. Read here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I really fucking hate this trend in tech/fin circles that disparage the massive effort it takes to earn a PhD. It's a decree of YEARS of training, to the point where one literally writes a book on their expertise. These bozos think knowledge generation is trivial and trivia...

Do a nice thing for your lab mates today. Everyone deserves some positivity in their day, and it's probably not going to come from their experiments.

A good positive control has the power to say "it's not you, it's the experiment." It's no fun when an experiment fails, but it helps to know it's not because you did the experiment wrong but because science just doesn't work that way. And it frees you up to try other approaches.

6 main figs and 5 supplementary figs .

Preprint alert 🚨! I present you the second and final manuscript on the BASEL phages! 36 new deeply characterized phages from viral groups that were so far mostly terra incognita - and all infect the E. coli K12 lab strain with easy tricks. 1/12 tinyurl.com/3xdt65f5

when you made a small mess in the lab and then see the "hey everyone, just a friendly reminder ..." email

Fantastic to see the recognition of Nora who has worked with Enea Enea Maffei in our team for her high school graduation! We had many great students, but Nora's ambition to push it further to succeed in national and international science fairs has been unique. 🧬🏆🚀