Danny Ward

The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01256-wIn this Review, Basler and colleagues examine the type VI secretion system (T6SS), focusing on the diversity of antibacterial T6SS effectors and the evolutionary forces that shape them. They explain how effectors diversify and highlight interbacterial antagonism as a key driver of this process.

New online! The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins

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Microbiology blockcourse teaching 🦠🔬🧫

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The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins - Nature Reviews Microbiology In this Review, Basler and colleagues examine the type VI secretion system (T6SS), focusing on the diversity of antibacterial T6SS effectors and the evolutionary forces that shape them. They explain h...

Happy to share our latest T6SS review:
nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you, Jan, Danny (@dannyjamesward.bsky.social), Joana (@joanampereira.bsky.social), as well as reviewers and editors @natrevmicro.nature.com!

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Interested in the T6SS and its effector proteins? Check out the new review from our lab!

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Lab outing to the Basel Herbstmesse (the autumn fair) 🍁🍂

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Department hike - out and about in Baselland 🏞️

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Biozentrum symposium 2025 - great to see and hear all the current research going on at our institute 🔬🧪🦠

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Hello world! This is my first post on Blue Sky 🌅🦋

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