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Thrilled to share the final version of my postdoc project, out today in nature! We investigated the Bil system – a ubiquitin-like antiphage defense system – and discovered a new defense mechanism! More info in the thread below 👇 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Oh, von Klonierfrust kann ich ein Lied singen. Eigentlich sogar zwei 😉

Out now in nature: Bacteria conjugate ubiquitin-like proteins to interfere with phage assembly Jens Hör Sorek Lab nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are happy to announce the 7th annual Austrian cryoEM symposium. All infos can be found here: imp.ac.at/research/cryo-…

Sorry, I can‘t hear you over the noise of me PARTYING BECAUSE I OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED A PAPER!!! 🥳 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39019978/

MADS, an anti-phage defense. Alice Maestri Anne Chevallereau edze westra describe an innate immune system, MADS (methylation-associated defense system), that interacts with #CRISPR-Cas in its native host to provide strong & long-term protection against #phages cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Shared evolutionary roots for viral defense. New work from Daan F van den Berg Ana Rita Costa & Esser Stan Brouns discovers bacterial homologs of eukaryotic antiviral defenses and demonstrates the anti-phage activity for six previously uncharacterized systems cell.com/cell-host-micr…

Out today in nature! I am thrilled to share our work on the PARIS immune system in its final published form. Huge thanks to my mentor, Kevin Corbett Kevin Corbett, and my teammates. See the thread below in comment section for a quick summary! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Bitter-sweet result. Our paper is out in Nature, but sometimes you're forced to hide your affiliation to make it happen. Viruses encode tRNAs to circumvent tRNA-targeting immune systems, like PARIS. Thanks to David Bikard, Wiedenheft Lab and the teams. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Drs Sylvia Cremer & Chris Pull discuss unconditional versus condition-dependent #social #immunity. #Cooperation #InclusiveFitness #Insect #Superorganism ISTAustria University of Oxford cell.com/trends/parasit…

First day of #IZFC2024 🐟, and we are very excited to have two poster presentations from our lab! Zebrafish peeps in Kyoto, come meet our postdoc Tushna Kapoor and PhD student Laura Hofmann and hear more about their work at their posters on Tue, 20th Aug! Details below 👇 Pls RT

Excited to #welcome #AssistantProfessor Jack Bravo Jack Bravo to ISTAustria. His research on re-engineering bacterial immune systems could advance biotech and gene-editing tools. A warm welcome and thrilled to have him with us! Read interview 🔗 bit.ly/4fQ9f14

A novel modification-dependent type IV restriction system in Vibrio cholerae aides in recognition of non-self DNA, playing a role in defense against phages. Learn more in #JBacteriology: asm.social/21U

Exploring the diversity of anti-defense systems across prokaryotes, phages, and mobile genetic elements biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Shared evolutionary roots for viral defense. Daan F van den Berg Ana Rita Costa & Esser Stan Brouns discover bacterial homologs of eukaryotic antiviral defenses and demonstrate the anti-phage activity for six previously uncharacterized systems cell.com/cell-host-micr…

My favourite discovery ever has just come online. Can I please tell you about some seriously wacky molecular biology? The story starts with a reverse transcriptase that SOMEHOW defends bacteria from viruses. (👇 I recommend sound ON for the video 🎹) 1/

Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is out today Nature Communications !nature.com/articles/s4146… We discovered a new anti-phage system family, Tail assembly inhibition (Tai), found in 17 species.

Take your career to the next level: #FacultyCall ISTAustria is open! We're seeking exceptional group leaders in #chemistry, #ComputerScience, #DataScience, #EarthScience, #LifeSciences, #mathematics, and #SoftMatterPhysics to join our institute. Apply 🔗 bit.ly/47mxEre

A message from ISTA president and professor Martin Hetzer to greet the 77 #students from 28 countries, who start their #PhD journey at ISTAustria this week. Together, let's push the frontiers of knowledge and make an impact on the world. A warm welcome to ISTA!