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It has been two weeks since the unexpected death of Peer Bork, and all of us in his research group are deeply missing him. His scientific vision brought us together as a team, and we are immensely grateful for the time we spent together. 🧵

YouTube video by Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - FLI e.V. Interview with Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov

➡️ Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov from the School of Humanities and Science | Department of Biology, Stanford University, spoke today at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about “Barcoding Fitness Landscapes of Tumorigenesis”. Before he gave his lecture, we had the opportunity to interview him.

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📢 Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov from the School of Humanities and Science | Department of Biology, Stanford University, will give a lecture on “Barcoding Fitness Landscapes of Tumorigenesis” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on January 22, 2026.

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EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.

We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

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In remembrance of Peer Bork  | EMBL EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General. 

We mourn the passing of Peer Bork, EMBO Member since 2000: https://www.embl.org/news/embl-announcements/in-remembrance-of-peer-bork/

20 | Peer Bork and the scientific candy shop Podcast Episode · Night Science · 09/02/2022 · 29m

20 | Peer Bork and the scientific candy shop
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Peer Bork died yesterday 💔 which shocked me. In 2003 I did a short-term fellowship in Peer’s lab because I idolized him. I met Martin there & we wrote this paper together. Peer was great at bringing people together; a master collaborator with a rare ability to think up big ideas.

In remembrance of Peer Bork  | EMBL EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.

This is such hard news to process. Such an amazing scientist and inspiration for so many of us.
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Super excited to share our new selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 editing protocol for Dictyostelids, generating 80% KO and 30% KI efficiencies without selection in D. discoideum, and being effective in Dictyostelid species that diverged millions of years ago! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

HT-PELSA, a new proteomics tool by EMBL researchers, processes samples 100x faster and works directly with complex crude cell, tissue, and bacterial lysates – developments which could accelerate drug discovery and basic biological research 💊

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Happy to see our HT-PELSA paper now published in @natsmb.nature.com 🎊 Big thanks for the constructive review process! 📖Read the manuscript here (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) & check the thread for additional information ⬇️

Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut - Nature Human host-associated cellular products may act as induction agents for bacteriophages.

Very excited to share the latest work from our lab, which was published today in Nature!
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PhD graduate and now post-doc Sofia Dahlman, along with co-senior author Sam Forster from The Hudson and other researchers from our lab and others.

How nutrient starvation impacts the gut microbiome - Nature Microbiology In this Perspective, Estrela and Huang discuss nutrient starvation in the context of the gut microbiome, outlining what is known and highlighting key questions for future research to address knowledge gaps.

#Perspective

Estrela and Huang discuss nutrient starvation in the context of the gut microbiome, outlining what is known and highlighting key questions for future research to address knowledge gaps.

#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 🦠

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Structure of a distinct β-barrel assembly machinery complex in the Bacteroidota - Nature Microbiology Structural and functional characterization of the β-barrel assembly machinery complex in Bacteroidota reveals a distinct, seven-component complex with a large extracellular domain that may enable β-barrel–surface lipoprotein complex assembly.

Our paper on the Bacteroidota BAM complex is out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! With @madejmar.bsky.social

We found that BAM in Bacteroides and Porphyromonas gingivalis has a distinct architecture from BAM in Proteobacteria.

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E15 Groups The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Researchopens a call for

Looking to start your own lab? 🧬🧪 The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) is offering group leader positions in RNA biology, RNA medicine & RNA technology. Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...

Great collaboration inside and outside @embl.org with @kiranrpatil.bsky.social @indraroux.bsky.social @zimmermannlab.bsky.social @zellerlab.bsky.social
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We systematically compared essential genes, protein domains & non-coding elements, uncovering toxic modalities & functional redundancy as key aspects of species-specific essentiality.

Excited to share our preprint led by Carlos Voogdt et al

We developed new genetic tools & genome-wide libraries for species of the Bacteroidales order; constructed saturated barcoded transposon libraries in key representatives of three genera.
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Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.

High-accuracy SNV calling for bacterial isolates using deep learning with AccuSNV Accurate detection of mutations within bacterial species is critical for fundamental studies of microbial evolution, reconstructing transmission events, and identifying antimicrobial resistance mutati...

Precisely calling mutations across hundreds of bacterial isolates has been hard, requiring manual filtering and expertise.

Until now, using AccuSNV.

Herui Liao trained an ML model based on our previous meticulously called SNVs.
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Bildschirmpräsentation mit der Vita von Prof. Dr. Lisa Maier, Mikrobiologin an der Uni Tübingen, zur Verleihung des Hauptpreises der DGHM in Jena.

Mikrobiologin Prof. Dr. Antje Flieger liest die Laudatio für Prof. Dr. Lisa Maier zur Verleihung des Hauptpreises der DGHM in Jena. Preisträgerin Lisa Maier steht links neben ihr.

🏆 Fighting the Gender Award Gap: Microbiologist Prof Dr Lisa Maier from @unituebingen.bsky.social received the main award of the German Association for #Microbiology and Hygiene at the #DGHM meeting in Jena. Congratulations to @lisamaierlab.bsky.social we are proud of you! 💜
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Looking for a new approach to studying or eliminating phages? Check out our study introducing anti-phage ASOs (antisense oligos) out in @Nature today. nature.com/articles/s4158…

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Dissecting microbial communities with single-cell transcriptome analysis Revealing insights into the function of microbial communities requires moving beyond measuring bulk taxonomic composition to detecting interactions between subpopulations. Following the transformative...

In a new #ScienceReview, researchers investigate how the recent application of single-cell RNA sequencing technology has helped to evaluate function in microbial populations. https://scim.ag/3V2kc6l