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A glimpse into the role of auxiliary metabolic genes in cyanophages during infection

Our BEHIND THE STORY. A glimpse into the role of auxiliary metabolic genes in cyanophages during infection communities.springernature.com/posts/a-glim...

A woman writing on a flipchart during a course. Text highlighting the next EMBO Lab Leadership for Postdocs course running in Germany on 27–29 January 2026 still has places available. Register now and we can still issue the invoice this year.

Still need to use up 2025 funding? Places available for @embo.org Lab Leadership for #Postdocs course 27–29 January! Take time to focus on interpersonal skills + discover tools to support development. Sign up now and still get invoice this year: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol... #EMBOLabLead

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Dr. Ayala Shiber from the Technion has been selected to join the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Program - הטכניון-מכון טכנולוגי לישראל

Dr. Ayala Shiber from the Technion has been selected to join the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Program www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/arti...

ד"ר אילה שיבר מהטכניון נבחרה לתוכנית החוקרים הצעירים של הארגון האירופי לביולוגיה מולקולרית (EMBO) - הטכניון-מכון טכנולוגי לישראל

ד"ר אילה שיבר מהטכניון נבחרה לתוכנית החוקרים הצעירים של הארגון האירופי לביולוגיה מולקולרית (EMBO) www.technion.ac.il/blog/article...

Congratulations to the new cohort of 28 EMBO Young Investigators! They are joining an international network of more than 800 life scientists – Welcome!

Read the press release here:
https://www.embo.org/press-releases/twenty-eight-group-leaders-become-embo-young-investigators/

Congratulations to our Dr. Ayala Shiber for becoming a member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme (YIP) www.embo.org/press-releas...

Call for Nominations for the Annual Faculty of Biology Conference Award, 2026 - פקולטה לביולוגיה Biology Faculty As part of the Faculty of Biology Annual Research Conference, which will take place on February 3–4, 2026, an Excellence Award will be presented to an individual with a significant connection to the F...

Call for Nominations for the Annual Faculty of Biology Conference Award, 2026 biology.technion.ac.il/en/call-for-...

Paper of the Month September 2025 Winner – Almog Angel! - פקולטה לביולוגיה Biology Faculty The winner of Paper of the Month for September 2025 is Almog Angel from Dr. Dvir Aran’s lab, whose article has been accepted for publication in Genome Biology! This is an impressive achievement that m...

Paper of the Month September 2025 Winner – Almog Angel! biology.technion.ac.il/en/paper-of-...

xCell 2.0: robust algorithm for cell type proportion estimation predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade - Genome Biology Background Accurate estimation of cell type proportions from bulk gene expression data is essential for understanding the cellular heterogeneity underlying complex tissues and diseases. Here, we intro...

xCell 2.0: robust algorithm for cell type proportion estimation predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Using a combination of X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, a new study from @landaulabcssb.bsky.social shows that amyloids,form different structures that could be useful as a natural mechanism of immune protection.

More info: t1p.de/4n8se

@amyloid-sam.bsky.social @emilgustavsson.bsky.social

Light-harvesting by antenna-containing xanthorhodopsin from an Antarctic Pseudanabaenaceae cyanobacterium www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Behavioral age-detection in individuals reconstructs minute-scale developmental transcriptomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Distinct cis-acting elements combinatorically mediate co-localization of mRNAs encoding for co-translational interactors in cytoplasmic clusters in S. cerevisiae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Machine Learning Identifies Common Risk Variants and Implicates Abnormal Vision Physiology in ASD www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Molecular mechanisms underlying p62-dependent secretion of the Alzheimer-associated ubiquitin variant, UBB+1 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Dynamic Tumor Immune Microenvironment Remodeling Predicts Response of Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Inferring single-cell heterogeneity of bacteriophage lysis-associated life-history traits from population-scale dynamics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A functional cyanophage thioredoxin increases competitive phage fitness www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @rantahan.bsky.social

The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus - הטכניון-מכון טכנולוגי לישראל

The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/arti...

Distinct cis-acting elements combinatorically mediate co-localization of mRNAs encoding for co-translational interactors in cytoplasmic clusters in S. cerevisiae www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A Resilient Journey Through Science – People – EMBO Meet Sheila Roitman, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Biology

A Resilient Journey Through Science www.embo.org/people/a-res...

"EMBO steps in and shows you that interpersonal #skills are learnable, which provides instant results at any point of your #career,” says Alina Pushkarev, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the @humboldtuni.bsky.social. 🧪

Learn more here:
https://www.embo.org/people/thinking-out-of-the-box/
#research

Photo of a piece of paper cut and re-joined to form a Möbius band, with physics formulas written all over it.

Several years ago I told students in my Electrodynamics class that they could make a final exam formula sheet using "one side of a piece of paper." Needless to say, the instructions now specify that the surface must be orientable. 🧪 ⚛️

A study conducted in the @biologytechnion.bsky.social reveals a unique mechanism in immune system aging www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/arti...

Calcium-Regulated Mitochondria Remodeling by Myo19 is Required for Filopodia Tip-Extension www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

SLAYER: a computational framework for identifying synthetic lethal interactions through integrated analysis of cancer dependencies Abstract. Synthetic lethality represents a promising therapeutic approach in precision oncology, yet systematic identification of clinically relevant synth

SLAYER: a computational framework for identifying synthetic lethal interactions through integrated analysis of cancer dependencies academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...

An upland landscape in Scotland with trees and open areas.

PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP.

On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.

Pic: one of our Scottish sites.

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