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My first paper as corresponding author is out PLOS Biology! 🤯 Super proud of my amazing collaborators Adrian Cazares 🇲🇽 (co-corresponding), Daniel Cazares, Franklin Nobrega and everyone else! (not in twitter) And so grateful to the fantastic editors and reviewers! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Aiming to unravel the evolutionary trajectories of Pseudomonas in different scenarios, the 'The Long Journeys of Pseudomonas: Evolution and Coevolution' session will discuss the genetic and ecological mechanisms shaping their diversity and adaptability - microb.io/49478lR

Lovely evening, fantastic to see everyone, especially our travel award winners, many of whom are just setting out in their academic careers. Inspirational.

Interested in MGEs? Check out our new short commentary paper 🧬 ⌚ about plasmid-dependent phages (PDPs): their history, the new wave of PDPs research, and their potential applications. Out in Nature Reviews Microbiology👇

Ahead of next week’s High-Level Meeting on AMR, we look at the role of blood cultures in diagnosing infections and contributing to the global effort to contain AMR. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

We are jointly investing £15 million with @LifeArc1 in a translational research programme to accelerate the development of new diagnostic tools and therapeutic approaches for CF lung infections, guided by the insights and experiences of people with CF. ➡️ ow.ly/vyrf50TzN2f

Spacedust: de novo discovery of conserved gene clusters. Combining sensitive Foldseek structure search and conserved neighborhood detection to discover functionally-associated gene clusters in prokaryotic & viral genomes. 🚀github.com/soedinglab/spa… 📄biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/6🧵

Very excited to announce the first conference on Advancements of Microbiology, next April in Warsaw We have an exciting line up for the Pathogen Genomics forum including Andres Floto Lucy Weinert Chris Ruis Registration and abstract submission advmicro2025.pl

We are very excited to announce our latest work on how MRSA conquers antibiotics. We show that high-level resistance to methicillin requires S. aureus to utilise an alternative mode of cell division to ensure its survival! Sheffield AFM Group Abimbola_Olulana doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Thanks to the amazing Adrian Cazares 🇲🇽, Aaron Weimann 🇺🇦, Andres Floto, BacPathLiverpool, Eleri and Martin 🙌

Let the best teachers guide your next steps on your AI Journey! Our #SummerSchool for AI in Medicine brings you top experts to share insights on AI-driven medicine, LLMs, decision support, & real-world impact! 📅 12-14 Sept 2025 Secure your spot today: vanderschaar-lab.com/cambridge-ai-i…

Exciting PhD studentship opportunity on understanding chemical permeability to advance antibiotic drug discovery Floto Group jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50800/. Combines experimental approaches with in silico screening and generative AI.

Hear more from our Professor Eoin McKinney, Andres Floto & Mihaela van der Schaar on how we're unleashing the full potential of AI in health and medicine, and how Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine puts us in the perfect position to be leaders in the field⬇️ cam.ac.uk/opinion-ai-and… #ShapingAIForEveryone

One week left to join Andres Floto's team as a Postdoctoral Research Associate to develop new antibiotics against mycobacteria using permeability-enabled fragment-based #DrugDiscovery. This 2-year position is based in NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. 🧬Apply now: buff.ly/Bjy2gja

Meet Sundeep Chaitanya V Growing up on a leprosy ward in India, he witnessed the impact of the disease. So he decided to do something about it! His latest research into leprosy has a secured £1.3m boost. Watch his story or bit.ly/4no3bQO read about the funding. Medicine at Cambridge

So happy to share my work José R Penadés lab 🤩 We investigated the efficiency of HGT mechanisms in S. aureus🧬, finding that LT is the most efficient one, and that strains defective in immune systems🛡️act as gateways for inter-clonal complex HGT🔀 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

💥 Excited to introduce Bacformer 🦠 - the first foundation model for bacterial genomics. Bacformer represents genomes as sequences of ordered proteins, learning the “grammar” of how genes are arranged, interact and evolve. Preprint 📝: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 🧵 1/n

Most importantly, huge shoutout to everyone who made this possible Aaron Weimann 🇺🇦, Maria Brbic, Andres Floto, David Abelson and others! Thanks to them, the project was first and foremost immense fun! 🧵 15/n

Check out Maciek's tweetorial for our new bacterial protein language model Bacformer, creating a unified representation of bacterial genomes with links to pre-print, code, tutorials and blog post: x.com/wiatrak_maciej…

Pinte, ludovic vallier et al. explore the role of EHF in lung homeostasis & disease by differentiating hiPSCs into lung airway epithelial cells & seeding them in an air–liquid interface culture system that mimics aspects of the respiratory tract environment. doi.org/10.1242/dmm.05…