Out now on bioRxiv: We looked at bacteria that lyse themselves en masse (!) to release toxins & found that they only do that when they’re bound to die anyway. So smart!
The Evolution of Mass Cell Suicide in Bacterial Warfare (preprint)
Talk at ESEB
I presented my work on suicidal warfare in bacteria at the ESEB2019 conference in Turku, Finland.
New review paper in Current Biology
Out now: we reviewed the literature on ecological and evolutionary aspects of bacteria killing each other. With cool figures!
New paper in The ISME Journal
Our new paper now out in ISME!
A cool story on observing bacterial pathogens do their thing in see-through nematodes.
New paper on Biorxiv
Our new paper is on bioRxiv!
Pathogens competing for worm guts, surprising results, and christmas-colored nematodes – this one’s got it all!
Bacterial World
The Natural History Museum in Oxford is hosting an amazing exhibition on bacteria. Featuring a giant inflatable E. coli cell, a browser game on bacterial gladiators & several microscopy images from our group.
Check it out:
Twitter microbiology lectures
!OUTREACH!
This October/November, 21 scientists from all over the world came together to give Twitter lectures on Microbiology, using the hashtag #EUROmicroMOOC. I contributed a lecture on Bacterial Cooperation, one of my favorite topics! These lectures are aimed at a general audience, and it was tons of fun to answer to questions live on Twitter.
Check out my lecture: EUROmicroMOOC- Bacterial Cooperation
ISME poster
Had a blast at the ISME17 conference in Leipzig (Germany) and came back wowed and inspired by all the amazing science!
New paper in The ISME Journal
Our new paper in ISME – now available online!
“Low spatial structure and selection against secreted virulence factors attenuates pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
ISME Journal Cover Art
One of my microscopy pictures was short-listed (Top 3) for The 2018 ISME Journal Cover Competition!
The three finalist images will be displayed at the ISME 2018 conference in Leipzig, Germany: