While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

Frontiers | Role of Immune Effectors in Microbial Settlement and Host-Microbiota Interactions Immunity is generally understood as a combination of cellular and acellular processes that protect animals from infections and external threats. However, it ...

Spread the word: Please consider submitting to this special issue. Deadline extended till the end of October. www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Screen capture of a Timeline article of significant papers published in Cell during the period from 2014 to 2024. The link in the post provides access to a PDF of the full article.

As we wrap up our year-long celebration of Cell’s 50th anniversary, we present “Cell Line: 2014–2024,” a timeline highlighting a set of exceptional scientific works—both landmark papers and essential reviews—published in the journal. www.cell.com/action/showP...

Diversity, connectivity and negative interactions define robust microbiome networks across land, stream, and sea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

Most studied bacteria

Bacteria Disarm Phages by Disrupting Their Tail Assembly Attachment of a bacterial protein to the tips of phage tails produces non-infectious, tailless phages.

A nice article in The Scientist explains Jens Hör's discovery of bacteria that conjugate ubiquitin-like proteins to interfere with virus assembly

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Hidden allies: how extracellular vesicles drive biofilm formation, stress adaptation, and host–immune interactions in human fungal pathogens

#mBiojournal MiniReview / Mycology

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