Thanks Andrew, @jrchandler.bsky.social and @ajaidandekar.bsky.social for great commentary! I totally agree, so much more to do. One exciting prospect is using regulatory wiring knowledge to improve our abilities to predict bug behaviors 'in the wild'. Our fig 7B is encouraging start, IMO.

Bacterial #QuorumSensing is often assumed to follow a strict hierarchy. @brownlab.bsky.social &co find that #Pseudomonas aeruginosa instead uses a reciprocal, cooperative system that enhances responsiveness to population density & environmental changes @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3I7DhRG

Latest Microbial Primer on 'polymicrobial infections' from @jenniferfarrell.bsky.social @brownlab.bsky.social and published by the @microbiologysociety.org. Check out all Primers which are useful introductions to topics and they are good for teaching. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/micr...

I *finally* get to share our work on plasmid competition– super proud to now have this on bioRxiv: CRISPR-Cas is beneficial in plasmid competition, but limited by competitor toxin-antitoxin activity when horizontally transferred www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/6 👇

Hello world! I'm starting out on bluesky with a job posting - we're looking for lab research tech who shares our love of bugs. More info here brownlab.biology.gatech.edu/opportunities/