DefensePredictor: A machine learning model to discover prokaryotic immune systems Antiphage defense systems protect bacteria from viral infection and have inspired important biotechnologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 while also revealing the evolutionary roots of eukaryotic innate immunit...

DefensePredictor: A machine learning model to discover prokaryotic immune systems
#microbiology #prokaryotes #CRISPR #MicroSky
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🧬 Last call to join us in Cambridge for #EMBOMBoA26 (July 6th-10th)!

We are just one week away from the registration and abstract submission deadline for the EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea!

Postdoc positions in Nuclear RNA Biology - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - RNA Biology and Innovation, Aarhus University

2nd call for postdoc positions in the lab. Get in touch for more information or simply apply here: mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...

Poster abstracts and early bird registrations for the 31st Annual Meeting of the RNA Society are due by March 31st!

RNA 2026 website: rnasociety.org/conferences/

#RNA26

Ganz herzlichen Dank Sonja!!! Und Du warst definitiv eine der tollen KollegInnen, die als Mentorin meinen Weg mit ge-shaped haben 🤝

Thank you so much Ruth!!!

Thanks a lot Khaled!

Thank you Sevtlana 🙏

Thank you Malcolm 🙏! And yes, I am also happy to see so many fantastic colleagues being elected, too :). This promises great interactions and new ideas for the community.

Thanks a lot Daniela 🙏!

Now I know what I wish for my birthday ;). Thanks! And happy cycling!

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey. I’m excited for what we’ll discover next—together!

A personal note on Archaea: these extraordinary microorganisms never cease to challenge our ideas about life’s limits and possibilities. Time and again THEY ask the important questions and astonish us with their biological ingenuity. Exploring them remains one of science’s great adventures.

Science is never a solo effort. I’ve been fortunate to work alongside exceptional people who make discovery both possible and enjoyable, especially within the Germany Archaea Centre at the @uniregensburg.bsky.social , where teamwork and shared curiosity drive much of what we do.

I’m deeply honored to join such an outstanding group of Fellows whose work continues to push the boundaries of microbiology. Being part of this community is both a privilege and a responsibility.

European Academy of Microbiology welcomes 95 new Fellows Discover the latest election of 95 new Fellows by the European Academy of Microbiology, highlighting diverse expertise in the field.

This is a moment to pause—with deep gratitude and a touch of humility—to share some exciting news: I’ve been elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM). fems-microbiology.org/european-aca... [some words of thanks and thoughts in the comments]

Cool! But only for tubeless tires? I am still old school with tubes ;).

What is it? Can it pump or only inform about the pressure?

We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).

We are excited to share our new preprint: iCLIP3 — an improved protocol for transcriptome-wide mapping of protein–RNA interactions at single-nucleotide resolution.

If you love RNA and RNA machineries as much as we do at @uniregensburg.bsky.social we encourage young scientists who want to start their own lab to apply.

Agreed 😅!

A new preprint from the @archaeon-alex.bsky.social and Joey Davis (MIT) labs! We solved the structure of the ribosome from the archaeon Haloferax volcanii and discovered a new highly conserved ribosome hibernation factor that we named AHA (AMPKγ–HPF from Archaea) 🧵⬇️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

If you are looking for “more”, apply for this outstanding PhD program which offers you ample opportunities to develop as a scientist and leader connecting to peers, leaders in the RNA field in Germany, Europe and around the world. Learn the science but also about translation into applications.

Bacterial and archaeal symbioses with protists Symbiosis is a major source of evolutionary innovation, but our understanding of it mainly comes from animal systems. Husnik et al. review symbioses involving protists, the microbial cells that repres...

In terms of key literature, I use this protist symbiosis review paper all the time! www.cell.com/current-biol... and for rRNA database, PR2 and SILVA

We are happy to share our newest preprint on a novel strain of Ca. Lokiarchaeum ossiferum, that contains an active provirus, capable of excision and independent replication! We propose a novel virus family: Fylgjaviridae.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Good to have you back. Now your dog is on duty to train your daily mobility ☺️!

New paper from my group in @science.org : "A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesise itself and its complementary strand" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Outstanding work by @edogia.bsky.social

With these authors you know it’s a must-read

Archaea , archaea everywhere ☺️!