A promising-looking tool for the manipulation of obligate non-culturable symbionts #SymbioSkydoi.org/10.1038/s415...

In vivo interference of pea aphid endosymbiont Buchnera groEL gene by synthetic peptide nucleic acids - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - In vivo interference of pea aphid endosymbiont Buchnera groEL gene by synthetic peptide nucleic acids

Phage proteins target and co-opt host ribosomes immediately upon infection www.nature.com/articles/s41...#jcampubs

Phage proteins target and co-opt host ribosomes immediately upon infection - Nature Microbiology

Biochemical, genetic and structural analyses show how phage ΦKZ co-opts the Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene expression machinery using a factor that binds to host ribosomes at 5S ribosomal RNA.

This paper was really fun to write! Unpicking the subtle differences between dependencies, facilitation and cooperation in microbial communities, and why it matters. With Elze Hesse (not here yet!)

Ecological dependencies and the illusion of cooperation in microbial communities

Ecological dependencies – where organisms rely on other organisms for survival – are a ubiquitous feature of life on earth. Multicellular hosts rely on symbionts to provide essential vitamins and amin...

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I am honored :) Can’t wait for both of your reviews to be out! Sounds like an amazing issue

Can’t wait to read it!

Thanks, Tera! And hopefully see you soon

Thanks so much, Mike! Here’s to catching up soon

Looking back, this study has been a long time in the making. Some of our earliest samples were collected back in 2015 during a mid-conference walk #GRCsymbioses. 9/n

Incredibly proud of this hugely collaborative effort, led by Marleny, together with members of the Mutualisms Lab @MPI_Bio, Shana Goffredi, Takema Fukatsu, and Don Windsor! 8/n