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/.

Reading: How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-biofil... via @QuantaMagazine

Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #MicroSKy #Microbiology

Seems like I can't escape the "is there a doctor in the room?" question anymore! Huge thanks to my thesis committee @thethormannden.bsky.social @type3lab.bsky.social @icanper.bsky.social. Science, when shared and discussed with such enthusiasm tastes much better ☺️

Nobody warns you about the true agony of the day before your thesis defense: having to clean and tidy up your entire place so your visiting family can get unrealistic expectations on how you live.

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New preprint led by @brunoluviano.bsky.social & Fernando Santos. We show that filamentation enhances bacterial survival under toxic stress — not as collateral damage, but as a regulated morphological response. TL;DR: Filamentation isn’t a symptom, it’s a strategy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Fascinating new PLoS Biology paper from George Schaible et al in the Hatzenpichler Lab at Montana State “𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘔𝘔𝘉 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩”

🧪 Finally out after peer review, our work showing that "Mobile #Integrons carry Phage Defense Systems" is now published in Science 🎉 Short 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A 5-year work, straight from the oven! #Microsky

How Bacteria Outsmart Plants—Then Flee the Scene! #MicroSky #PlantScience #Pseudomonas Our new research in Nature Microbiology uncovers the sophisticated teamwork of Pseudomonas syringae, a notorious plant pathogen. 🔗 rdcu.be/egczU

I’m very happy to share our latest work on the ParABS system. We investigated the dynamic interaction between the ATPase ParA and the CTPase ParB mediating chromosome segregation in Myxococcus xanthus. I would like to thank all the people involved.

New postdoc position available at IBVF!

Happy 37th birthday to the LTEE! the-ltee.org/history/

Excited to share our latest preprint! A fascinating story of chemical dialogue and microbial warfare: the Bacillus extracellular matrix acts as a key driver in the antagonistic interaction with Botrytis, while the fungus mounts a multi-layered defense. 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Bacteria go to a lot of trouble to control their flagellation pattern 🦠 Late as always, but I just moved from the other side. Hope you enjoy our latest work describing how FimV, FlhF and FleN regulate the polar flagella assembly in Pseudomonas putida. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #MicroSky