Words cannot describe how excited I am to share the findings from the second half of my postdoc in @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social's lab where we discover that bacteria use functional amyloids to defend themselves from predatory bacteria. rdcu.be/euu5Y. See thread for details on this epic adventure 1/.

Extremely excited to share I have accepted an offer to be an Assistant Professor in the MCDB department at the University of Michigan! Go Blue! The Ledvina lab will investigate the molecular interworking of the bacterial immune systems including defense against both viral and bacterial pathogens.

1/10 New pre-print(s) from the Sternberg Lab in collaboration with Leifu Chang's Lab! We uncover the unprecedented molecular mechanism of CRISPR-Cas12f-like proteins, which drive RNA-guided transcription independently of canonical promoter motifs. Full story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Check out our new story led by @aesully98.bsky.social describing how bacteria turn immune evasion against phage! In collaboration with @benmorehouse.bsky.social lab, we discover that bacteria guard their nucleotide second messenger pool using a nucleotidyltransferase related to Cas10/CRISPR enzymes

Stop your scrolling and read this AMAZING story from my coworker @aesully98.bsky.social in @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social's lab in collaboration with @benmorehouse.bsky.social ! An immune system which detects anti-immune mechanisms, incredible!!

Our paper out @CellCellPress: Structure guided discovery of viral proteins that inhibit host immunity Congrats Erez Yirmiya, Azita Leavitt, Gil Amitai, our collaborators at the Kranzusch lab, and coauthors A 🧵 1/10 www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Check out this incredible preprint from my coworker @emilykibby.bsky.social! Emily developed a computational pipeline to identify activators of phage defense pathways. Incredibly she found that a bacterial NLR-related protein senses multiple phage proteins 🤯 bacteria never stop surprising me!

The @jcchildsfund.bsky.social has been career changing for me! Such a fantastic organization. Check out their first ever Impact Report showing just how amazing they are 🤩

Exciting times! Our latest preprint is now live 🤩! After nearly 16 yrs of running my lab, I truly believe this is one of the most significant contributions we've made. It offers fresh hypotheses about how pandemic Vibrio cholerae spreads globally. Let’s dive in!🧵..1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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It’s here! Thrilled to be sharing a review article I wrote with @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social exploring the similarities and conservation of immune systems across life rdcu.be/dzSa3