A commensal bacterium secretes effector proteins to establish population heterogeneity in the gut Zagieboylo and colleagues demonstrate that the human commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron secretes two self-targeting proteins that induce heterogeneity within its own population. Differential expre...

An unexpected mechanism for population heterogeneity in the gut microbiome:

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It's not just #antibiotics that disrupt the #microbiome!

A pair of @nature.com studies from the @lisamaierlab.bsky.social and @agoodmanct.bsky.social's lab shows how non-antibiotics can affect gastrointestinal infections. 🦠

📍 go.nature.com/455x55D
📍 go.nature.com/3GYDBlj
▶️ bit.ly/3H7ZM8H

New paper! Combining epidemiology and experiments uncovers surprising drug-host-microbiome-pathogen interactions. Congrats @amankumar25.bsky.social, Robyn Tamblyn, and the rest of the team.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations Mikey! Well deserved!

Eight Yale faculty members named AAAS fellows The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected eight Yale faculty members as part of its latest class of fellows.

Congratulations to Craig Roy on his election to the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences!
news.yale.edu/2025/03/27/e...
@yalemicropath.bsky.social

Rego receives award from Hypothesis Fund Associate Professor Hesper Rego, Ph.D. will receive support from the Hypothesis Fund to investigate the connection between M. tuberculosis metabolism and

Congratulations to Associate Professor Hesper Rego
@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social on her award from the Hypothesis Fund! #mycobacteria medicine.yale.edu/micropath/ne...

Joseph Mougous Joins Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Joseph Mougous, an international leader in microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, is bringing his lab to Yale School of Medicine.

Happy to welcome the Mougous lab to the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and the Microbial Sciences Institute! @yalemicropath.bsky.social @hhmi.org

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Starting my Bluesky adventure by highlighting a new paper from the lab!