The view from my new workplace :) Can't possibly be happier to be working on phage satellites with @jmouradesousa.bsky.social@epcrocha.bsky.social and the team!

My official PhD graduation last month was the closing step of an incredible journey, marking the end of my time in Cornwall!

We have another position advertised 😃 with @taylorlabgroup.bsky.socialwww.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... Applications close on 9th September.

New paper looking at the spread of CRISPR-Cas in bacterial populations. Congratulations to @josie-e.bsky.social on her first, first author paper 🎉! Check out her brilliant thread below. Happy to see this work out in the wild.

JEjosie-e.bsky.socialAug 13, 2024 11:58am

Excited to share my 1st paper with @bridgetwatson.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social Edze Westra Sylvain Gandon & David McLeod academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... where we ask “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?”1/10

Conditions for the spread of CRISPR-Cas immune systems into bacterial populations

Abstract. Bacteria contain a wide variety of innate and adaptive immune systems which provide protection to the host against invading genetic material, inc

Excited to share my 1st paper with @bridgetwatson.bsky.social@taylorlabgroup.bsky.socialacademic.oup.com/ismej/articl... where we ask “when would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?”1/10

Conditions for the spread of CRISPR-Cas immune systems into bacterial populations

Abstract. Bacteria contain a wide variety of innate and adaptive immune systems which provide protection to the host against invading genetic material, inc

1st foray into T6SS with talented @mermanchester.bsky.socialwww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Multiplicity of Type 6 Secretion System toxins limits the evolution of resistance

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Hiring a bioinformatician at @uniofexeter.bsky.socialjobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

🆕 I’m looking for a postdoc to join the group! This is for a project as part of the @multidefence.bsky.socialmy.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...

I'm so happy to see the main part of my PhD work published in Cell Host & Microbe! We discover and characterise MADS (Methylation Associated Defense System) in its native host, a clinical isolate of 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢 strain SMC4386 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

The bacterial defense system MADS interacts with CRISPR-Cas to limit phage infection and escape

The coevolution between bacteria and mobile genetic elements has resulted in a large diversity of defense systems. Maestri et al. describe an innate immune system, MADS (methylation-associated defense...

7 yrs ago, I got very lucky when I got my permanent researcher position @cnrs.bsky.social Now, even more so. I just got promoted to director of research (associate professor?) Thx to all who contributed closely or loosely & special thx to PhD student julie for a wonderful & unexpected gift!