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Gabriel M.F. Almeida

@gabrielmfa.bsky.social

Brazilian virologist who ended up in the Arctic. Phage-therapy enthusiast. Opinions are my own. Associate professor of the CANS-UiT @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social - @cansuit.bsky.social Marine Bioprospecting group leader.

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We reached over 500 people with the 1st Brazilian symposium of viruses of microbes, followed by one in Alfenas and a phage isolation course. It is rewarding to see a high interest from the younger generation! Looking forward to see the South American VoM field grow.

@cansuit.bsky.social

06.08.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Many thanks to the co-discoverers of Jyvaskylavirus:
@lrsundberg.bsky.social @abrescialab.bsky.social

23.06.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finland's first giant virus Investigative gene-ius...

Want to hear about Finland's first giant virus?

@gabrielmfa.bsky.social did an excellent interview for a podcast episode in The Naked Scientist ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ 

www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...

23.06.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great to see Lara Ambrosio Leal Dutra representing CANS and presenting her excellent work on bacteriophages during The Danish Viruses of Microbes symposium in Copenhagen! ๐Ÿ˜€

11.06.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi, would waiting a few months fine? We have a cool (no pun intended) new Escherichia phage from the Arctic. We aim to publish about it soon, and once done I would be happy to share.

26.05.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revealing the clinical relevance of Staphylococcus borealis | Microbiology Spectrum This study contributes novel knowledge on the clinical relevance of Staphylococcus borealis; this is of importance when clinical microbiologists encounter S. borealis identified in patient samples. S....

New publication alert! ๐Ÿฅณ
Jorunn Pauline Cavanagh and colleagues investigated the clinical relevance of the new species Staphylococcus borealis

Have a look ๐Ÿ‘‡
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

03.04.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Your new medicine can be a virus" - small discussion about phage therapy, with a Norwegian perspective and updates from the BFE-NFH Marine Bioprospecting group.

28.03.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Din neste medisin kan vรฆre et virus - UiT Magasin

www.uitmagasin.no/2023/02/02/d...

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28.03.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks for an incredible #CANS-day yesterday! Great discussions and research on #AMR and alternative strategies. Huge thanks to Timothy Walsh and Sรญlvio Santos for their outstanding keynote lectures! ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ”ฌ #AntimicrobialResistance

28.03.2025 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Genomic and structural insights into Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland Jyvaskylavirus, the northernmost isolate of the Marseilleviridae family, shows that giant viruses are also part of the boreal Finnish environment and brings structural information with relevance for u...

It is not everyday that we can name a virus after a city! Long effort finally out now, adding Finland to the giant virus map. On top of this, in-depth structural data. Thanks @lrsundberg.bsky.social @abrescialab.bsky.social et al.

elifesciences.org/articles/103...

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26.03.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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LoVis4u: a locus visualization tool for comparative genomics andย coverage profiles Abstract. Comparative genomic analysis often involves visualization of alignments of genomic loci. While several software tools are available for this task

Excited to share that our paper on locus visualisation tool LoVis4u is out! Entirely driven by fantastic PhD student Artyom Egorov @egorov.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...

25.02.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Itโ€™s Not Your Fault That Academic Life is Getting Harder by Glen Oโ€™Hara Universities are in trouble, and itโ€™s not just money weโ€™re talking about. They are living through something of a crisis of confidence, even of trust and faith. More and more, I find myself, and my col...

"It is impossible to be a top-line manager and administrator and mentor and researcher and writer and outreach officer and IT expert and online instructor and pedagogical innovator and recruiter and teacher and marker and external examiner and press pundit and grant bidder and editor."

04.09.2024 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 562    ๐Ÿ” 198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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Longitudinal phageโ€“bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome - Nature Microbiology Reanalysis of 12,262 longitudinal infant gut microbiome samples using the Marker-MAGu pipeline revealed phageโ€“bacteria dynamics over the first year of life.

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled chaos to bring you some cool microbiome science. ๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ ๐Ÿงฌ
"Longitudinal phageโ€“bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome" now out in Nature Microbiology.

We wanted a way to measure bacteria and phage in metagenomes 1/

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

04.02.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Call for postdoc candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Human Microbiome UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established ยซThe Arctic MSCA-PF programยป (uit.no/project/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skฦšodowsk

Did you know that by being part of The Arctic MSCA-PF program, your chance to win MSCA-PF doubles? Because we provide you with resources and guidance on how to write a successful proposal.

Contact me if interested in exploring human microbiome by metagenomics.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309706

05.02.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A postdoctoral position is available in my lab at the CIC bioGUNE (Bilbao, Spain) to work on virus-host interactions using state-of-the-art cryoEM.
The position is for a 3-year term.
Preferred start date: 1 March 2025.
For informal enquiries, please contact me: nabrescia@cicbiogune.es

27.01.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mucosal-adapted bacteriophages as a preventive strategy for a lethal Pseudomonas aeruginosa challenge in mice Communications Biology - Phage VAC3 adaptations to the mucosal environment (improved replication in mucin-treated hosts and retention in the respiratory tract) are mechanisms that can exploited as...

First paper on a collaboration between the @cansuit.bsky.social of the UiT (Norway) and the UNIFAL (Brazil). This paper strengthens mucosal adaptations as the reason why prophylactic phage therapy works and also is symbolic in the revival of phage research in Brazil.

rdcu.be/d5rhE

06.01.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post-Doc Protist Viruses

Looking for a postdoc in environmental virology? Fascinated by giant viruses and their glycobiology?
We have a position available at the MPI for Marine Microbiology!
@mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/8...

09.12.2024 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

E o pai da mentira? YouTube nรฃo tรก me entregando ou atrasou? Apoiador daqui do fim do mundo, quase no polo norte.

31.12.2024 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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