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Paper of the Day: "An ADP-ribosyltransferase toxin kills bacterial cells by modifying structured non-coding RNAs" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… McMaster University McMaster Health Sciences Harvard Immunology and Infectious Diseases Dept Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard University @CMBI_Imperial Imperial College London ManitobaMicrobiology UManitoba Science University of Manitoba

We are pleased to announce that ETOX 2023, the 21st European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, will be held in Scotland, 25-29 June 2023. Registration opens 1st December. Apply early, this will be a great meeting! etox-meetings.org Please retweet

Excited to share an exciting discovery which I think will help us understand the anti-phage arsenal of bacteria! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/

Veronica Tran champions science with the McMaster Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Initiative. Veronica advocates for diversity through community outreach, mentorship, and conferences. Visit sciencechampions.ca to learn more. #mcmasterscience #sciencechampions

Our latest CBASS story from the Joe Bondy-Denomy lab has arrived! 🙌Through a serendipitous collaboration with Yue Feng's lab, we uncovered an anti-CBASS protein that ‘sponges’ up a broad spectrum of cyclic dinucleotides. cell.com/cell/fulltext/… 1/14

A novel variant of the Listeria monocytogenes type VII secretion system EssC component is associated with an Rhs toxin biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Congrats to the 2022 Biochem Grad Program Impact Award Winners! E. Shepherdson for their paper in PNAS pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36161918/ M. D’Agostino for their co-authored paper in Cell pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35180381/ N. Bullen for their paper in Molecular Cell pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36070765/

Physician in training by day, alarmone biochemist by night – Congrats to McMaster Biochemistry Graduate Program alumnus Sheri Ahmad! Enzymes that specifically hydrolyze (p)ppApp. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Years ago, we wrote a proposal about using phage anti-defense genes to discover new defense systems. The idea was to take advantage of anti-defense gene clustering (islands) to ask what the neighbors of known anti-RM/CRISPR genes are inhibiting. 1/5 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congratulations to Lori L. Burrows and John Whitney, who will receive CSMB investigator awards this week. Both Burrows and Whitney are being recognized for their important research into disease-causing bacteria. | McMaster Health Sciences McMaster IIDR brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/lori-…

McMaster researchers discover molecular ‘barcode’ used by bacteria to secrete toxins #BrighterWorld #McMaster brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/john-…

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The Canadian Society for Chemistry has announced that McMaster University’s John Whitney will receive its 2024 Melanie O’Neill Award. Whitney is being honoured for his cutting-edge research into the molecular mechanisms of antibacterial toxins. McMaster IIDR ow.ly/q34K50QE8ik

My lab is almost set up, and I'm looking for great people to join it! I am currently recruiting a research technician to drive an exciting project on molecular antagonism between bacteria and phage. If you're interested, DM me or apply to this position: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…