New online! Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages

Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41579-026-01318-7The life cycle of temperate bacteriophages involves lytic or lysogenic cycles and has historically served as a model for studying genetic regulation. This Review provides an updated overview of these cycles and highlights their complexities, supporting a greater appreciation of the ecological roles of temperate phages.

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Had a great time at the Chesapeake Aquatic Viral Ecology meeting last week. Thanks all for the science and discussions, to fellow coorganizers @tgoel.bsky.social , @juliepourtois.bsky.social and Eric Schott, and to Maryland Sea Grant for supporting our meeting.

Quantitative Biology postdocs (x3) available at University of Maryland, College Park. Best consideration date is March 13, to start in summer 2026. Please share and consider joining us! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

Please join us for a @smtpb.bsky.social panel discussion about publishing theory in biology w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social (Co-Chief Editor of J Theor Biol), Mark Lewis (Advising Editor for J Math Biol & Bull Math Biol), and me (Theor Pop Biol) 13 Feb 2026 9:00AM–10:00AM PST smtpb.org/event-6520871

Really excited to share our work on the risk and interpretation of 'breakthrough infections' amidst declines in vaccination rates and a sustained infectious disease outbreaks.

Mallory Harris, PhD@malar0ne.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In a new preprint, we combine modeling with school-level vaccine data to contextualize the risk of 'breakthrough infections' and impacts on the ongoing US measles outbreak. #idsky #episky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027! See you there!! @wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social #microsky #mevosky

New with @tn-marine-micro.bsky.social, exploring how viral-mediated infection and lysis can fuel the marine food web: theconversation.com/viruses-aren...

Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how

Marine viruses attack cells, but the material that spills out helps fuels marine life around the world.

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Looking forward to an amazing week of science with old friends and new!

Mike Blazanin@mikeblazanin.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days! go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC

🚀Excited to share our new paper out in @Virus_Evo : ‘Eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments’. Co-authored by @beckettstephen.bsky.social and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social ! Full article: tinyurl.com/yeyv76tp A thread 🧵

It was so much fun to meet up with aquatic viral ecology colleagues in the area and learn about all the amazing science everyone is doing! Thanks to @beckettstephen.bsky.social for leading the organizing effort and to all the attendees. Looking forward to more meetings and collaborations!

Stephen Beckett@beckettstephen.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a great meeting talking science and discussing avenues for moving frontiers at the Maryland aquatic viral ecology meeting last week. Many thanks to co-organizers @juliepourtois.bsky.social and @tgoel.bsky.social, and to all who participated!