Happy to share our new paper in Nature Microbiology on mapping spatial relationships of the human gut microbiome. We identified distinct spatial hubs between gut bacteria that reflect sub-community assemblies at the micron-scale. Led by Miles Richardson & co nature.com/articles/s4156…

Check it out! Favorite model organism? see what gene(s) you should work on. Favorite gene(s)? See what model organism you should use!

🚨 Fully funded summer research opportunity! 🚨 Yorkshire uni students: Spend 9 weeks in my lab using high-resolution microscopy to visualise Streptococcus pneumoniae! 🦠🔬 📅 Apply by March 8th 🔗generationresearch.ac.uk/studentships/u… #Internship #Microscopy #Microbiology #STEM #AFM

Dive into our lab’s first peer-reviewed publication—co-led with our friends Ben Adler and Muntathar Al-Shimary from the Doudna lab! If you’ve already read the preprint, don’t miss the new updates: doi.org/10.1038/s41564… Nature Microbiology

Punishing Columbia notionally for not keeping students safe by... defunding students

Even JP Morgan Chase thinks charging scientists thousands to publish is a scam!!!

Structural and functional diversity of sensor domains in bacterial transmembrane receptors dlvr.it/TJhY4V

1 year ago, I began to annotate online mobile #integrons their #genecassettes and alleles. I am now freely sharing my data with everyone concerned in #bacterialgenetics or #antibioticresistance. There will be monthly updates available published here: tinyurl.com/Integrons-Anal…

The sequel to our DRT2 story is here, and this one is once again full of surprises! This time around, the Sternberg Lab teamed up with the Wiedenheft Lab to study how DRT9 reverse transcriptases provide antiviral immunity. Here’s what we found: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you are interested in phage satellites, we hope you'll enjoy this. Fun collaboration with the Rocha, Seed, Bikard, and Chen labs! nature.com/articles/s4157…

Synthetic Engineering of Microbes for Production of Terpenoid Food Ingredients "basic genetic circuits applicable for metabolic and genetic control in E. coli and S. cerevisiae" pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

With a bit of a lag for X... 🧪 Finally out after peer review, our work showing that "Mobile #Integrons carry Phage Defense Systems" is now published in Science 🎉 Short 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Hosting oppotunity in my lab MSCA Post-doctoral Fellowship at IBPC Paris on RNA modifications in bacteria (FRANCE) 🦠💫 RT euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting/m…

Excited to share our newest paper, online today nature! We report the discovery of a highly unusual mechanism of antiviral immunity through the synthesis of long, homopolymeric DNA. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Our latest story is now online nature! We discovered a phage defense system that deploys kilobase-long DNA homopolymers to protect against viral infection. Congratulations to all authors, and to the Wiedenheft Lab for a fun and fruitful collaboration! nature.com/articles/s4158…

New pre-print(s) from the Sternberg Lab in collaboration with Leifu Chang! We uncover an unprecedented molecular mechanism of CRISPR-Cas12f-like proteins, which drive RNA-guided transcription independently of canonical promoter motifs. Full story here: tinyurl.com/mr3fd493

Thrilled to see our work on the cover of Nature Biotechnology

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New online! Antimicrobial peptides: structure, functions and translational applications nature.com/articles/s4157…

1/16 New pre-print from the Sternberg Lab! We uncover how temperate phages can use RNA-guided transcription factors to remodel the flagellar composition of their bacterial host and enhance their fitness. Find the preprint and full story here: tinyurl.com/mshwjd77