We studied how exogenous mucins influence phage-bacterium interplay in human epithelial cells. This work is now available in BiorXiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you. Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.

It is not everyday that we can name a virus after a city! Long effort finally out now, adding Finland to the giant virus map. On top of this, in-depth structural data. Thanks @lrsundberg.bsky.social @abrescialab.bsky.social et al. elifesciences.org/articles/103... @cansuit.bsky.social

A postdoctoral position is available in my lab at the CIC bioGUNE (Bilbao, Spain) to work on virus-host interactions using state-of-the-art cryoEM. The position is for a 3-year term. Preferred start date: 1 March 2025. For informal enquiries, please contact me: [email protected]

A question for the #phage community! Where would you publish a ”genome announcement” of a phage isolate? Microbial Resource Announcement is not an option due to Finnish classification system of scientific journals julkaisufoorumi.fi/en Would love to hear your suggestions!

First paper on a collaboration between the @cansuit.bsky.social of the UiT (Norway) and the UNIFAL (Brazil). This paper strengthens mucosal adaptations as the reason why prophylactic phage therapy works and also is symbolic in the revival of phage research in Brazil. rdcu.be/d5rhE

The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) is hiring 10 new researchers as a part of the postdoctoral programme of Finnish research institutes. There is till time to apply for the first 6 positions! Please apply by 25.11.2024: www.syke.fi/en-US/conten... #recruitement #postdoc #rekry

Sharing new tools made by Artyom Egorov in my group! 1) loVis4u sensitively compares & visualises #phage or #plasmid seqs with beautiful vector graphics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2) iLund4u finds diversity hotspots/islands encoding eg virulence/ defence systems www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hello new phage phollowers! I am shamelessly self-promoting mine and Angus Buckling's relatively new review "Critically evaluating the relative importance of phage in shaping microbial community composition" www.cell.com/trends/micro...

20th Nanoscience Days conference registration is open until Sept 22!   Our honorary speaker is the Nobel Prize winner Prof Morten Meldal (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Check other distinguished speakers from our website. See you in Jyväskylä 8th-9th October! www.jyu.fi/en/events/na...