Daniela Barillà

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

I have various PhD projects to offer via Midland Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership for candidates that they wish to come to @warwicklifesci.bsky.social. Please check lnkd.in/gQTPnk6W for more info, under the Microbiology section!

Our Pyrodictium cannulae paper is out in its final form! Cannulae assemble into calcium-stabilized tubular filaments stable at 100 °C—a unique archaeal cell–cell connection. Led brilliantly by @mikesleutel.bsky.social & @vinceconticello.bsky.social.

www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8

Happy that the final version of our Lamassu work @yli18smc.bsky.social is now out:

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

Thanks again to our awesome collaborators @mblokesch.bsky.social and David and co and Mark Szczelkun and @steven-shaw.bsky.social and the DCI Lausanne @fbm-unil.bsky.social

QUESTION: anyone knows of a published example of a gene/operon which is toxic in Pseudomonas aeruginosa if in high copy plasmids, but ok in low copy? Got plenty of examples of my own for E. coli (esp of membrane protein genes), but struggling to find for Pae… Cheers!

#microsky #synbio

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

Interesting to consider, on this International #Day of the #Girl #Child!

Research challenges traditional views of #women's #roles in early modern England, revealing their integral contribution to the national #economy before 1700.

From @jwhittle.bsky.social at @exeter.ac.uk.

New in JB: Morgan, Amemiya & Freddolino explore the role of DNA methylation on gene expression and chromatin structure in E. coli.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology

Enjoy the moment! 🎊🎓

“Once everything is about economic feedback, then the very purpose of a university is degraded: every element that cannot be shown to turn a ‘profit’ is eventually discarded”.

FEBS Press The bacterial dynamin-like protein DynA from Bacillus subtilis plays a key role in phage defense. It binds the plasma membrane through a unique paddle domain in its D1 subunit. This membrane associat....

Binding of Bacillus subtilis dynamin-like protein DynA to the bacterial membrane is essential for effective phage defense

@febsj.bsky.social from @bramkamplab.bsky.social

febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Married Nobel prize-winning economists move from US to Europe Other recent departures from Trump’s America include expert on antifascism who fled to Spain after receiving death threats

Two Nobel-winning economists are moving to Europe from an elite US university, becoming the latest academics to leave the country during Donald Trump’s second term

#AcademicSky #highered

We have an exciting PhD opportunity to study ribosome hibernation in archaea using cryo-electron microscopy, tomography, microfluidics, omics, and confocal imaging. @daumlab.bsky.social,
@lsiexeter.bsky.social
Apply via:
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Any questions, IM me.

How do SMC complexes load onto DNA to get ready for loop extrusion?

@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️.

Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)

Amsterdam Time Machine Navigeer door het verleden van Amsterdam

The #Amsterdam Time Machine - new and developing public research tool about the history of Amsterdam, its geography, streets, people, and more. Launched by @uvahumanities.bsky.social and digital colleagues, in this, Amsterdam's 750th birthday year🥳

#UrbanHist #HistGeo #DutchHist #SocialHist 🗃️

#Archaeasky #Microsky 🦠🧪

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Still a couple of days left to apply for this postdoc #job. With access to world-class facilities, you will unravel the DNA-packaging mechanisms used by #phages and the unusual #GeneTransferAgents, and explore the impact of these tiny machines on evolution, resistance, and biotech. @ukri.org #bbsrc

Bizantine style:
Vicino al castello aragonese di Reggio #Calabria troviamo la Chiesa degli Ottimati, edificio sacro di età bizantina (X sec. d.C.) con il suo pavimento cosmatesco del XII sec.
I normanni apportarono modifiche strutturali
#Calabria #arte #heritage #beauty #medieval #love #church

ECRs, you cannot miss this great opportunity!

grainger birmingham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 3 PhDs Listed FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in grainger birmingham. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.

Our lab is offering 3 PhD projects this year across 3 different topics: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, evolution of pathogenic bacteria, and fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation.

www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

SHARK: a specialized host for assembling R6K plasmids
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Cryo-EM resolves the structure of the archaeal dsDNA virus HFTV1 from head to tail This structure of an archaeal tailed virus (arTV) provides detailed insights into arTV assembly and infection mechanisms.

Out in Science Advances: Our #cryoEM structure of HFTV1, a virus infecting the halophile #archaea. *First full atomic structure (containing all structural proteins) of any tailed virus!* Congrats and thanks to all co-authors and our fantastic collaborators! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production

Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

please repost

Holgate Windmill painted black with mill stones on the external wall and a cloudy sky in the background.

Holgate windmill, a little jewel and proper working mill consisting of five lovingly restored floors in #York. Visited last weekend for free during #YorkUnlocked #VisitYork #Yorkshire

Chromosome architecture affects virulence and competitiveness in Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Chromosome architecture influences Agrobacterium fitness, competitiveness, and virulence, shaping its adaptation and evolution.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#microsky

Mark Dillingham facing the audience while presenting a talk at the University of York. Protein structures of the RecBCD complex are shown on the projector screen.

Fantastic @biologyatyork #Microbial_Life seminar yesterday by Mark Dillingham, @dillinghamlab.bsky.social 🧬🧪. An engaging talk and fascinating to hear about RecBCD, phage-host arms race, DNA mimics and the enigmatic retrons! Massive thanks to BIO-RAD, Starlab and BMKGENE for their sponsorship.

Snapshot of a condensate near a lipid membrane with Swedish Research Council and Malmö University logos.

I'm hiring for a PhD position at Malmö University, Sweden!

The project will focus on molecular modelling of proteins, lipids, and biomolecular condensates at cell membranes.

More details and application form: tinyurl.com/4zm92365

Please feel free to share!

@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social | @mau.se

We are delighted that our latest @york.ac.uk & @ybri-uoy.bsky.social work showcasing our photonic biosensor for Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers has been published in @optica.org!
👇
opg.optica.org/optica/fullt...

Thanks to @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social & @alzheimersresearchuk.org for support!

Now published as a Version of Record, with various new results compared to the initial preprint:

Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin

Available at:
elifesciences.org/articles/100...

@synmikro.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social