Secondary vascular field cells underlie zebrafish blood supply – genes Jam2 & Hand2 key for emergence of organ-specific vascular progenitors 📷 Martyna Griciunaite, @jmartinkus.bsky.social & Sanjeeva Metikala et al @ssumanas.bsky.social @usf.edu in @elife.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

BPoD | Vessel Makers

Vessel Makers - Biomedical pictures for February 2026.

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Very happy that our work on the T6SS ADP-ribosylcyclase toxin made the Cover at JBC @asbmb.bsky.social y.social ! Congratulations Julius @jmartinkus.bsky.social for designing this Cover ! @dukasju.bsky.social @laurentterradot.bsky.social

Many thanks to my PIs, collaborators, and team! I'm excited to share this paper from my PhD work!

Cascales Lab@cascaleslab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy to share the last work of @jmartinkus.bsky.social, led by @dukasju.bsky.social Immunity arrays associated with Rhs and CDI toxins and linked to a novel genetic element (XPC cassette) confer protection against competitors. @currentbiology.bsky.social Kudos !! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Many thanks to my PIs, collaborators, and team! I'm excited to share this paper from my PhD work!

@dukasju.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

Happy to share the last paper form the lab: Specialized shuttle proteins recognize T9SS signals and target effectors to their final destinations. Great work by @maellepllt.bsky.social, led by @thicoz.bsky.social in collaboration with @audebertstephane.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Specialized shuttle proteins recognize Type IX secretion signals and target effectors to their final destinations in Flavobacterium johnsoniae

Communications Biology - Bacteroidota use the Type IX secretion system to secrete proteins with a conserved C-terminal domain (CTD) secretion signal domain. Type B CTDs require specific shuttle...

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Widespread deployment of the human CD38 ADP-ribosyl cyclase fold in antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic polymorphic toxins - Journal of Biological Chemistry www.jbc.org/article/S002...

Widespread deployment of the human CD38 ADP-ribosyl cyclase fold in antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic polymorphic toxins

Bacterial polymorphic toxins are modular weapons that mediate intermicrobial competition and host interactions by delivering diverse cytotoxic domains through specialized secretion systems. Here, we i...

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Grateful to my PIs, team, collaborators, and colleagues for their support. Excited to share our paper from my PhD journey!

Cascales Lab@cascaleslab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Happy to share our work on a T6SS effector with ADP ribose cyclase activity, published in JBC @asbmbjournals.bsky.social Great work of Julius Martinkus @jmartinkus.bsky.social and (always) great collaboration with @dukasju.bsky.social and @laurentterradot.bsky.social www.jbc.org/article/S002...