Our new study is out in Cell Reports! We show that the DNA repair pathway ATM-γH2Av is repurposed in the gut during infection, even without DNA breaks. Pathogens, not microbiota, trigger it via NOX to clear damaged cells and drive stem cell regeneration. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

It is difficult to interpret single #pathogen burden during #infection. It is hard to untangle default in resistance and tolerance to explain #susceptibility. We help making sense of with-host dynamics and give tools to study infection, especially in #Drosophila. elifesciences.org/articles/104...

In preprints: are microbes the architects of animal bodies? Alessandro Bonfini, Peter Nagy and @nicobuchon.bsky.social @cornellentomology.bsky.social‬ discuss a recent #preprint from Jinru He, Thomas Bosch and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...