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Thanks to the organizers for putting together an excellent conference!

Congrats to longtime collaborator, Alexei Savchenko, for getting this out! Happy to be a part of what should be a good resource for the field–a comprehensive, Alphafold-based analysis of L. pneumophila effectors with yeast-based validation of predictions. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Was happy to be a part and help. amazing work and of course check out the lab of this new Prof! David Sychantha

Our T6SS paper on TssA is now available Nature Communications A publication marathon but so happy to see this accepted on my birthday TssA is an intriguing protein providing specificity and fine tuning in T6SS assembly and firing. Thank you so much for your brilliant work Selina et al

@biophyscanada congratulates Dr. Mazdak Khajehpour on receiving the Michèle Auger Service Award. 🎉 Dr. Khajehpour played a pivotal role in establishing BSC annual meetings and fostering a welcoming atmosphere. Thank you! Read more here: biophysicalsociety.ca/awards/michele…

Officially out today! Turns out my favourite Streptococcus phage protein is an IDP. Congrats to Iman and Nicole on great work! ManitobaMicrobiology U of Manitoba MicroGSA UManitoba Science MiSC U of M onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pr…

Congratulations to John Whitney, who has received an NFRF Exploration Award. The new funding will support the development of a machine learning approach for the discovery of antimicrobial proteins. Congrats also to McMaster's other deserving recipients!

Congrats to the labs scholarship awardees! Left: Kartik Sachar (NSERC-PGSD), Shubham Goyal (Research Manitoba Studentship), Andrew Gierys (NSERC-PGSD), Neil Lorente Cobo (Jamieson Scholarship in Biochemistry). UManitoba Science ManitobaMicrobiology U of Manitoba MicroGSA MiSC U of M

A week in so already rolling, but Happy Pride!

Congratulations to Tasneem Hassan Muna for officially receiving their MSc at convocation last week! UManitoba Science ManitobaMicrobiology U of Manitoba MicroGSA MiSC U of M

The lab had a great time and everyone got to share their research to be part of the amazing science at the Protein Society Annual Symposium in Vancouver! proteinsociety ManitobaMicrobiology UManitoba Science MiSC U of M U of Manitoba MicroGSA

Congratulations to Kartik Sachar (left) and Andrew Gierys (right) for both receiving poster awards at the Protein Society Annual Symposium in Vancouver! proteinsociety ManitobaMicrobiology U of Manitoba MicroGSA UManitoba Science MiSC U of M

Congrats to Muna on her new pre-print! Years ago when Lauren and Michael Federle asked me to solve the structure the Streptococcus phage protein paratox, I had no idea of its incredible biochemistry and importance. UManitoba Science ManitobaMicrobiology U of Manitoba MicroGSA biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A microscopic arms race — bacteria and phages are locked in a never-ending fight for survival. New research from John Whitney and collaborators sheds new light on this ongoing evolutionary struggle. 👇 healthsci.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-u-of-…

Excited to share our latest manuscript in which we analyzed 10,000 Salmonella genomes, identifying 128 T6SS effectors, including 45 new toxin domains (STox). We also characterized STox15, a lipid-targeting NlpC/P60 member. #Salmonella #T6SS biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congrats to Muna on her first author paper now published! The small phage protein paratox (Prx) binds several Streptococcus proteins and other phage proteins to control DNA processing in its host. ManitobaMicrobiology UManitoba Science U of Manitoba MicroGSA Phage Directory doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

Another banger from the John Whitney laboratory! McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences researchers use AI tech to unveil key mechanism of bacterial warfare healthsci.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-resea…

New pre-print! Great structure analysis by PhD students Kartik and Matt. Congrats to Matt Van Schepdael on his first paper! The spike protein VgrS is different from other VgrGs, showing the amazing diversity of the T6SS. ManitobaMicrobiology UManitoba Science doi.org/10.1101/2024.1…

Huge congrats to Muna, Nicole, and Julia! Amazing research into the biochemistry of Streptococcus phages. ManitobaMicrobiology U of Manitoba MicroGSA MiSC U of M news.umanitoba.ca/why-streptococ…

More great work from the Lovering Lab! nature.com/articles/s4146…