Completely changed the way I think about codon usage and tRNA modifications! Excellent study by Fred Goormaghtigh and Dirk Bumann, with far reaching implementations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We propose immuno-centric view of secreted polymorphic toxin diversification and involvement of novel XPC systems in this process! Fantastic work of @jmartinkus.bsky.social with lab of @cascaleslab.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Poly-immunity arrays associated with Rhs toxins confer wide protection against competitors

Martinkus et al. show that Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus species encode arrays of immunity genes whose protein products neutralize toxins secreted by competitors. These arrays, often linked to Xer pass...

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Extremely happy to receive an ERC-starting grant! Thanks to my team, my department, ULB, FNRS and Welbio for all their help and support 😀

The ERC awards €761m to the next generation of scientists in Europe

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants. With a total funding of €761 million, these grants support excellent...

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Very happy to be in a jury of defense of Rapolas Jamontas, brilliant PhD from team of Agota Aucynaite in lab of prof.Meskys, check out their paper on tRNA de-modifying enzyme pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39166491/