@dho1086.bsky.social
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Which fungal 🍄 molecules cause zombie 🧟♀️ ant 🐜 behaviors? @williamycete.bsky.social has begun to answer this question! He found a peptide that binds to scramblase and affects important odor-dependent behaviors in ants. Spoiler: worms 🪱 played a key role in this research 🧐 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The First of Us: Ophiocordyceps use a novel scramblase-binding peptide to manipulate zombie ants
Parasite-adaptive manipulation of behavior is a widespread natural phenomenon. While Ophiocordyceps zombie fungi are well-known for hijacking ant behavior to increase their fitness, functionally chara...
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Which fungal 🍄 molecules cause zombie 🧟♀️ ant 🐜 behaviors? @williamycete.bsky.social has begun to answer this question! He found a peptide that binds to scramblase and affects important odor-dependent behaviors in ants. Spoiler: worms 🪱 played a key role in this research 🧐 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Very cool recent preprint from @chicascientifica.bsky.social
and team. #phages in bee poop, what's not to like? #microbiome #bees
and team. #phages in bee poop, what's not to like? #microbiome #bees
🦠🐝 New preprint reveals that Mobile Genetic Elements in the honeybee gut microbiome show diverse host range patterns, influencing microbial evolution and ecology. ProxiMeta linked MGEs to their microbial hosts. #Microbiome #Bee
@chicascientifica.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@chicascientifica.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Very cool recent preprint from @chicascientifica.bsky.social
and team. #phages in bee poop, what's not to like? #microbiome #bees
and team. #phages in bee poop, what's not to like? #microbiome #bees
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The failure to correctly identify species using #eDNA may be biological rather than methodological. Find out how mitogenomics sequences can address this challenge.
👉 bit.ly/3vKxTh9
#DNA #genomics #Data #Observation #Science #Research
👉 bit.ly/3vKxTh9
#DNA #genomics #Data #Observation #Science #Research
Creating, curating and evaluating a mitogenomic reference database to improve regional species identification using environmental DNA
Species detection using eDNA is revolutionizing global capacity to monitor biodiversity. However, the lack of regional, vouchered, genomic sequence information—especially sequence information that in...
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The failure to correctly identify species using #eDNA may be biological rather than methodological. Find out how mitogenomics sequences can address this challenge.
👉 bit.ly/3vKxTh9
#DNA #genomics #Data #Observation #Science #Research
👉 bit.ly/3vKxTh9
#DNA #genomics #Data #Observation #Science #Research
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Fun new paper led by @greghurst.bsky.social &co using genomics to show that facultative symbiont genomes get bigger as they adapt to life inside a host (through HGT & loss of CRISPR) before undergoing genome reduction as they become obligate #symbiosky #microsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis
Endosymbiosis—where a microbe lives and replicates within a host—is an important contributor to organismal function that has accelerated evolutionary …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Fun new paper led by @greghurst.bsky.social &co using genomics to show that facultative symbiont genomes get bigger as they adapt to life inside a host (through HGT & loss of CRISPR) before undergoing genome reduction as they become obligate #symbiosky #microsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Searching for SARPs can identify antimicrobial BGCs missed by conventional methods
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Regulatory Genes as Beacons for Discovery and Prioritization of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Streptomyces
Actinobacteria are renowned for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive molecules, including many anticancer compounds and antibiotics that are critical in the battle against antimicrobial ...
pubs.acs.org
March 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Searching for SARPs can identify antimicrobial BGCs missed by conventional methods
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Had an amazing time w/ R-Ladies Philly showing how to brand #Quarto w/ brand.yml! 🎨
Learn how this powerful tool streamlines branding data products:
🐙 Repo: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTuh...
✍️ Slides: ivelasq-branded-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/section
Learn how this powerful tool streamlines branding data products:
🐙 Repo: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTuh...
✍️ Slides: ivelasq-branded-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/section
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Had an amazing time w/ R-Ladies Philly showing how to brand #Quarto w/ brand.yml! 🎨
Learn how this powerful tool streamlines branding data products:
🐙 Repo: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTuh...
✍️ Slides: ivelasq-branded-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/section
Learn how this powerful tool streamlines branding data products:
🐙 Repo: github.com/ivelasq/2025...
📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTuh...
✍️ Slides: ivelasq-branded-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/section