Jan Brüwer
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Jan Brüwer
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(Marine?) microbiologist @Höfer lab, Uni Marburg | SCUBA diver | sailor | co founder Thalassys
Irrespective, I am feeling extremely honored to receive such a prestigious prize 🤩

Thanks everyone who helped me on the way!

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November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
To be honest, I don’t know …

Let me speculate:
Bruker uses MALDI to analyze ribosomal proteins and thereby identify microorganisms.

The zombie cells I discovered are devoid of ribosomes. An identification would, thus, not be possible …

The original publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Globally occurring pelagiphage infections create ribosome-deprived cells - Nature Communications
SAR11 bacteria and their phages are abundant in the oceans. Here the authors quantify the number of phage-infected SAR11 cells using microscopy techniques and discover phage-infected cells without any...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Interested in Zombie cells (SAR11 phage infection)?

Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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