Here there are some moments of the first day
@diegromero.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe first day is over. We had fantastic sessions, and discussion. Tomorrow more inspiring science.., and food.
@diegromero.bsky.social · 2mo agoWonderful! Congrats to all coauthors and thanks for the support.
Ana Álvarez-Mena@ana-alvarez-mena.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'm happy to share that the main article of my PhD in the team of @diegromero.bsky.social is out in Science Advances!! Matrix plasticity and the molecular basis of extracellular filament assembly in Bacillus cereus www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wonderful session indeed!
Ákos T Kovács@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 4mo agoThanks to @diegromero.bsky.social, Paolina Garbeva, @vkokkoris.bsky.social, and Yixu Wang for the superb talks exploring the various faces of bacteria-fungi interaction at #KNVM2026 I was glad to chair the session together with Vasilis
Diego compares Bacillus attachment and biofilm matrix dependency during Botrytis (their results) and Aspergillus (from our lab) interactions #KNVM2026
Congrats to @camolsan.bsky.social @aliciaperezlorente.bsky.social and colleges for this fantastic work.
Alicia Pérez Lorente@aliciaperezlorente.bsky.social · last yr.Happy to share our paper from a new research line led by @camolsan.bsky.social, where we engineered the T6SS of Pseudomonas putida to deliver effectors against bacterial competitors and fungal pathogens like Botrytis cinerea. @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social jbioleng.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
I am extremely proud to see our work about Hepatitis B now published in @cellpress.bsky.social From basic research to identifying the key step of infection & a potential first drug for curing this devastating disease. This has been an incredible journey.🧵 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A nucleosome switch primes hepatitis B virus infection
A reconstituted cccDNA platform facilitated the discovery of an early chromatinization event that promotes transcription of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) regulatory X gene. The use of a small-molecule c...
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Excited to share our latest collaboration with UNIBO, @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social, and ICMS 🌿 on developing a sustainable cling film for food packaging 🍃. A step forward toward greener materials and a more eco-friendly future! 🌍✨ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Triphenyl Acetic Glyceroate as a sustainable multifunctional additive for developing transparent, biodegradable, and flexible polylactide green alternative to polyethylene-based films for food packagi...
Polylactide-based materials represent a promising bio-based alternative to traditional food packaging polymers. However, their widespread use is still…
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The spread of agriculture didn’t just change our diets—it altered our jaws as well, making it easy to pronounce "f"s and "v"s and opening a whole new world of words. Learn more on #WorldAnthropologyDay: https://scim.ag/4gLysc0
Researchers have developed a deep learning protein language model, ESM3, that enables programmable protein design. Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3Qo3HPw
A novel regulation on the developmental checkpoint protein Sda that controls sporulation and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis #JBacteriol from Yunrong Chai journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A novel regulation on the developmental checkpoint protein Sda that controls sporulation and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis | Journal of Bacteriology
Genome-wide ribosome profiling in Bacillus subtilis shows that under serine limitation, ribosomes pause on the four TCN (N for A, C, G, and T), but not AGC/AGT serine codons, during translation at a g...
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Well done Alicia. A wonderful piece work showing the complexity and beauty of microbial interactions.
Alicia Pérez Lorente@aliciaperezlorente.bsky.social · last yr.Excited to share our latest preprint! A fascinating story of chemical dialogue and microbial warfare: the Bacillus extracellular matrix acts as a key driver in the antagonistic interaction with Botrytis, while the fungus mounts a multi-layered defense. 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to share our latest preprint! A fascinating story of chemical dialogue and microbial warfare: the Bacillus extracellular matrix acts as a key driver in the antagonistic interaction with Botrytis, while the fungus mounts a multi-layered defense. 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The offensive role of the Bacillus extracellular matrix in driving metabolite-mediated dialogue and adaptive strategies with pathogenic fungi
Bacterial□fungal interactions have traditionally been attributed to secondary metabolites, but the role of the bacterial extracellular matrix (ECM) in shaping these relationships has remained unclear....
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The offensive role of the Bacillus extracellular matrix in driving metabolite-mediated dialogue and adaptive strategies with pathogenic fungi https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.06.636830v1
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them. https://go.nature.com/40YJGp4
US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers
The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.
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Co-zorbs: Motile, multispecies biofilms aid transport of diverse bacterial species PNAS - contributed by Jo Handelsman www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Nature research paper: Fine-tuning gibberellin improves rice alkali–thermal tolerance and yield https://go.nature.com/3CvoEVy
Fine-tuning gibberellin improves rice alkali–thermal tolerance and yield - Nature
Precise regulation of the phytohormone gibberellin to optimal levels may not only confer alkali–thermal tolerance to Green Revolution rice varieties but may also further enhance their yield, and ATT2, by enabling the fine-tuning of gibberellins, is expected to be a potential new post-Green Revolution gene.
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Researchers present in Science a sustainable and biodegradable adhesive derived from a natural, microbially produced polyester that also exhibits exceptional adhesive properties. scim.ag/3PTgCZB
Stereomicrostructure-regulated biodegradable adhesives
Commercial adhesives are petroleum-based thermoset networks or nonbiodegradable thermoplastic hot melts, making them ideal targets for replacement by biodegradable alternatives. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate...
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Super happy to share my first article at @diegromero.bsky.social´s lab, about Bacillus cyclic lipopeptides and how the diversification of structural variants production impacts biological activities!! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Diversification of Lipopeptide Analogues Drives Versatility in Biological Activities
Cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) are potent secondary metabolites with diverse biological functions. Bacillus strains primarily produce CLPs of three key families, namely, iturins, fengycins, and surfactins...
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Don’t be glum about the long, cold winter. Look around: the trees are busy, not sleeping. When the temperature permits, cells in this bud are dividing, maturing into flowers, leaves, stems. The cambium, maker of all the trees, is preparing for its spring festivities. Be like a tree: keep growing.
Slow-motion videos reveal tree frogs making some of the most dramatic landings in nature. Learn more: scim.ag/4gTAurn
Nature research paper: Elemental cryo-imaging reveals SOS1-dependent vacuolar sodium accumulation https://go.nature.com/3PDa9lG
Elemental cryo-imaging reveals SOS1-dependent vacuolar sodium accumulation - Nature
This study demonstrates that cryo nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (CryoNanoSIMS) enables direct multi-elemental imaging at subcellular resolution of macro- and micronutrients or trace elements in plants and may provide insights into the in vivo roles of many transporters.
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Absolutely breathtaking ….A pan across the stunning star cluster Westerlund 2... 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫👏💫 (Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScIAURA), A. Nota (ESASTScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team)
Post Doc position on discovering of circadian clock components within the #MicroClock #ERCSyG project at #LeidenUniversity with Ákos T. Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social 👉 deadline on 17 January 2025
Ákos T Kovács@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin our #MicroClock @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG team as #Postdoc to discover the components of a bacterial circadian clock Apply by 17 Jan 2025, if you have experience -with liquid handling robots/screening of bacterial strains -in molecular biology of model bacteria tinyurl.com/2d2c8fe5
Our EU project iCULTURE is on BBC!!!! Of course, we are not trying to producing classical antibiotics but #bacteriocins and other antimicrobial peptides to start with. But once this is achieved, anything is possible. www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
How seaweed could be used to make sustainable antibiotics
A lab in Norway is working on a new method to make antibiotics by training bacteria to eat seaweed.
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