Can expression of a peptide lead to antimicrobial resistance? Yes it can! We discovered this for a toxin we work with and started exploring how #peptides, #antimicrobialresistance and de-novo gene birth can come together. @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Amazing work by @rianneprins.bsky.social

Small proteins and peptides conferring protection against antimicrobial compounds

Now online: can small proteins and peptides play a role in antimicrobial resistance? With @billerbecks.bsky.social we explore this question here: www.cell.com/trends/micro... @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social For download: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For yeast and fungi fans: I’ll be speaking about our work on the yeast toxicome on March 13th. Hybrid attendance possible. www.imperial.ac.uk/events/18820...

The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do https://go.nature.com/41amXq2

Out now! We consolidated >600 Dutch yeast and characterised their activity against spoilage yeasts and relevant human and plant pathogens, focusing on yeasts that secrete antifungal proteins. Great resource for biocontrol and beyond. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39875071/

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...

New preprint from the group of @billerbecks.bsky.social!