A new tool for engineering lytic phages of the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis: | ACS Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #subtiwiki

A single-cell screening platform accelerates functional genetics in plants - @sattelylab.bsky.social go.nature.com/4n8wzLv

Don’t reach for ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana as your first option when creating scientific images There are multiple free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations. #plantscience @stephenturner.us blog.stephenturner.us/p/free-open-...

1/2 The regulatory labyrinth for commercialisation of GE bacteria for deliberate env release eg bioremediation, biofertilization or disease control in the EU. Note that each of the 27 member states must emit an opinion & a vote 😱. No wonder the field is altogether stagnant at this side of the pond ☹️

New Article: "Rice roots recruit Bacillus via the secretion of heptadecanoic acid" rdcu.be/ff7vo With Research Briefing: rdcu.be/ff2X0 Rice plants facing fungal infection mobilize a soil-borne defence force via a previously unknown mechanism. MAPK inside.

Really interesting paper from @grey-monroe.bsky.social lab at UC Davis: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... "Genome degradation in plant tissue culture" #PlantScience The data presented have a lot of implications both on basic biology and applications.

RNA splicing generates a functionally specialized Rep protein isoform in geminiviruses — enabling timely control of the viral cycle. Strikingly, similar strategies might have evolved in DNA viruses infecting different kingdoms: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Spearheaded by @delphinem-p.bsky.social!

In our recent review, we explore how the spliceosome is targeted by effectors from diverse plant-interacting organisms—and how these effectors can serve as powerful molecular probes to uncover the mechanisms of splicing regulation in plants. @geminiteamlab.bsky.social #PlantScience #RNA #Splicing

Thrilled to see this published! 😄 Our dispatch examines potential additional fungal symbionts in lichen partnerships and the key challenges in unraveling their biology. Thanks for involving me in this @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Single-molecule peptide sequencing through reverse translation of peptides into DNA - @bioe-stanford.bsky.social go.nature.com/4sRPr2K

Now online! Bringing the genetically minimal cell to life on a computer in 4D

Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers #microbiology #archaea #bacteria @natrevmicro.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read the paper 👉 Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Engineered geminivirus replicons enable rapid in planta directed evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Delighted to have written this review alongside my former PhD supervisors, Diego Orzaez and Marta Vazquez-Vilar, where we discuss how synthetic gene circuits can unlock the full potential of N. benthamiana as a programmable plant biofactory 🌱🎮 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If anyone wants some plant pathogens in fun colors let me know 🌈🧫 #Xylella #Pseudomonas #Pantoea Shoutout to @atinygreencell.bsky.social for inspiration and high quality source material www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

1/2 What's best: a field-first or lab-first approach? No easy answers but differences between lab and field should not be seen as failure but motivate further inquiry and allow complementary discovery. Read our thoughts on this here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Led by experts in #synbio, large-scale design and #automation programming, the Earlham Biofoundry provides high-throughput #engineering of biological systems, open to the bioscience community. Discover more here:

Happy to share the new article from my former lab at IBMCP — the final chapter of my PhD! We optimized geminivirus-based vectors for the controlled expression of recombinant proteins in plants, using autobioluminescence as a real-time reporter 💡🧬🌱 If you’re curious… 👀: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Inspiring time at @ismpmi.bsky.social, where I had the honour of sharing my PhD work on repurposing viruses for plant biomanufacturing. It was great to reconnect with old friends (special shoutout to @geminiteamlab.bsky.social 💚) and meet so many researchers pushing plant–microbe science forward 🌱🧬🧫