The 2024 symposium on the immune system of bacteria is over. Thank you everyone for the great science, discussions and vibes.
See you next year in Paris on April 8th-10th 2025.

I’m excited to share my preprint on how Kiwa is used by bacteria to defend against phage infection!

Graphical abstract and thread below 👇👇👇

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New preprint on phage defense from the lab co-led by Owen Tuck and Ben Adler - check it out!

Mechanism of the Hachiman immune system finally deciphered

A beautiful study from the Doudna lab shows that Hachiman is a genome integrity sensor

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congrats Doudna Lab and colleagues!

Today I am excited to share our preprint “Rapid DNA unwinding accelerates genome editing by engineered CRISPR-Cas9” from Doudna Lab, with co-authors Kai Chen, Kasia Soczek, Owen Tuck, Erin Doherty, Brittney Thornton, Bryant Xu, and Marena Trinidad. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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A historic day — U.S. FDA approval of the first #CRISPR -based therapy.