Fascinating to hear about the unseen diversity in the viral world, the pros & cons of sequencing methods, and the massive biases in current databases - much work still to do!
Thanks also to the sponsors - Starlab, BIO-RAD & BMKGENE - whose support allows us to put together such a great programme!
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Inspiring seminar by Andrew Millard this week for the York #Microbial_Life series. His lab's work with viruses in cow pats and slurry took me back to my PhD days sampling #phage from Cheshire farm puddles.
@milja001.bsky.social, @biologyatyork.bsky.social, @york.ac.uk
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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
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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 π§¬π§ͺ. 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.
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Jobs - The University of York
π¨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs: 3-year post based @biologyatyork.bsky.social to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #Cryo-EM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at bit.ly/3Iz3bOu #ScienceJobs
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