With Eugene Koonin, we propose a concept of “the selfish ribosome”, under which evolution of life is viewed as a ribosomal takeover, where the ribosome evolved to consume most of the cell’s resources, while other cellular componentry ensures the propagation of the ribosome. arxiv.org/abs/2602.23268

A tymczasem w Poznaniu na Jeżycach... taki oto mural. Podoba się?

Our first paper in 2026 We worked on cornflower (C. cyanus) and mined metatranscriptomes of susceptible vs highly herbicide-resistant plants and discovered seq of previously unknown viruses (tentatively named cornflower partitivirus 1 & 2) enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Where is coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) produced? After decades of research, the new data show that FVIII comes from liver sinusoidal endothelial cells located in zones 2 and 3 of hepatic lobules in mice and humans, with minimal expression in Zone 1 @rkaczmarekdr.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ydtaar2a

Can adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies for hemophilia trigger tumorigenesis? Not really, as @rkaczmarekdr.bsky.social explains... tinyurl.com/3wpfsw3p #hemophilia

Rereading these two papers: Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them

The final version appeared today! Our paper on the expression of antigens belonging to the P1PK human blood group system in birds, and how they make them resistant to Shiga toxins. tinyurl.com/bdv7zdaa #glycotime

Wrocław, Odra River and A8 highway bridge. 📷Minolta X-300 🔘28-70 mm 🎞️Ilford FP4+ #BelieveInFilm #turpism

Bacteria associated with beetle increase the plant's emission of VOCs, incl. GLVs and benzenoids. The blend content & amount of induced VOCs in plants depends on the insect's developmental stage and the type of damage to the plant #insect #holobiont #microbiome link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"As HOLOBIONTS, insects are associated with diverse microbiota (Bacteria, Archaea, eucaryotic microorganisms, and viruses) that affect their fitness (positively or negatively)." Sidenote: microbes that do not impact fitness are also part of the holobiont www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ally or adversary? Insect #symbionts contribute to insect adaptation to protease inhibitors but impair their development and survival in suboptimal laboratory conditions Results of #NCN Preludium by my former PhD, Beata #beetle #proteaseinhibitors #insectmicrobes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia impedes Bacillus biocontrol of tomato wilt disease by degrading its lipopeptide antibiotics -in #ISMEJournal academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

🧪 #RNAsky If you aren’t using RNAcanvas to draw your RNA structures and explore alternative structures, you are missing out! 56 citations in a year, with multiple ones in top journals like Nature, Science & Cell. Easy to use and packed with unique features! Try it! academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Excited to share our new preprint co-led by @jnoms.bsky.social! Here we reveal an exceptional diversity of viral 2H phosphodiesterases (PDEs) that enable immune evasion by selectively degrading oligonucleotide-based messengers. This 2H PDE fold has evolved striking substrate breath & specificity.

So actually potato comes from tomato! 🤯🤯 A cross between a Solanum and a tuberosum derived in the actual potatoes! (Another) Incredible work by the lab of Sanwen Huang and colaborators www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Out now in its final peer-reviewed form @asm.org's Journal of Virology! doi.org/10.1128/jvi.... @dome-vienna.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @amersocvirology.bsky.social

🚨Microbiologists! Can you recommend a bacteria collection to deposit a strain type? I’m already working with @westerdijkinst.bsky.social (amazingly efficient), but have contacted others and no luck. Thank you!

Registration is now open! You can spread the word psepb2025.pl

On May 12th, we celebrate International Plant Health Day. Nothing without them #PlantHealth #OneHealth

So nice to see more and more work on visualizing interactions to dive into replication cycles… here with acanthamoeba and giant viruses ! Congrats @willemsenanouk.bsky.social !

New "toy" almost ready

We cordially invite you to the Experimental Plant Biology conference #PSEBP2025 which will be held at the University of Warsaw. I will chair, together with Magda Krzymowska, a session on Plant Biotic Interactions. Registration opens in a few days. #plantsci psepb2025.pl

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A must-read for any microbiome researcher 🦠📐and a new addition to our #bestpractices series Planning and describing a microbiome data analysis by @amydwillis.bsky.social and @davidandacat.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We cordially invite you to the Experimental Plant Biology conference #PSEBP2025 which will be held at the University of Warsaw. I will chair, together with Magda Krzymowska, a session on Plant Biotic Interactions. Registration opens in a few days. #plantsci psepb2025.pl

1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬 But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯 Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A short thread 🧵👇

What's that? The world is insane, but you need your wonderfully-alien-yet-beautiful critters? Say. No. More. 😎 Welcome to the microscopic world of #whitefly pupae. Under your nose & on your plants, these tiny bugs are suckin' juices & lookin' snazzy [adults, not so much] #Hemiptera #Aleyrodidae

Individual leaf microbiota tunes a genetic regulatory network to promote leaf growth @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social from Gabriel Castrillo www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Co jest największym skarbem naszej Pracowni? Nie zaskoczę - nie sprzęty czy zbiory danych (a trochę mózgów ponagrywaliśmy i poskanowaliśmy), ale ludzie, którzy mimo wszystkich przeciwności dalej chcą robić naukę i dociekać co z tą samotnością.. #SkarbyNaukowców #3procentnanaukę #pokolenieNCN

A link between yogurt intake and reduce risk of colon cancer, from cohort of over 130,00 participants, with inverse relationship to Bifidobacterium in gut microbiome www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... open-access

Genetic variability in the 3'UTR RNA1 of tomato torrado virus - implications for virus #transmission by whiteflies The next paper from our lab with Marta Budziszewska - the lead scientist 🦠🍅 #torradovirus #plantscience #virology #plantpathology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In a satellite meeting at ISMPMI2025, I will talk about mentoring. I would like to know what mentors and mentees want to know. Let me know~

The poison of the black widow #spider acts like a #resistosome. 😲 #PlantScience meets #Arachnology phys.org/news/2024-10...

This is the second year since I started working as an independent researcher and lecturer. My full offer is available at contrea.eu

🧪Cool new science showing that delivery of an miRNA appears to affect aging #RNA #RNAsky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A very interesting day and still a few hours to go 🙂 We have a new team member - Diksha Kumari - welcome to our lab! 👋🙂 Moreover,we started the search for a signal from microcosm, namely from inside of cells in our samples,in cooperation with IBCH. We hope for interesting results!

For coffee lovers: 'Conclusions Drinking coffee in the morning may be more strongly associated with a lower risk of mortality than drinking coffee later in the day' academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...

Our publication on satellite RNAs associated with plant viruses ( onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ) appeared in the first issue of 'Biological Reviews' in 2025, along with a number of very interesting papers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1469185x...

More Plant Virologists joining Blue Sky! Check out and follow our updated members! go.bsky.app/426v1X8

Reguła Pareta, czyli matematyczne podstawy dysproporcji. Wiesław Seweryn o tym, dlaczego w każdej dziedzinie życia natykamy się na nierówności. eksperymentmyslowy.pl/2023/05/29/r...

Do you know these three Russian agronomists? If you're interested, you're in for a real #ScienceDrama in four acts! 🧪🎭 Their story is the central piece of my Short History of Vernalization, but let me tell you about them here: 👇🧵🧵🧵🧵 #PlantScience #ScienceHistory

For interested in the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis), my colleague from the Department (and former PhD student) and an Institute colleague wrote a pest profile for this insect, with information on biology, invasiveness, control and nice pics

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

Happy New Year! Good luck and FUN in 2025! 🥂🤗

Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness

well, well... Kuafuorterviruses, a novel major lineage of reverse-transcribing viruses in the genomes of animals (of 11 phyla) academic.oup.com/ve/advance-a...

How fast are viruses spreading in the wild? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...