Marjory Stephenson Prize 2026: Professor Mark Buttner — @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Outreach and Engagement Prize 2026: @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social — @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

Translational Microbiology Prize 2026: @alanlparker.bsky.social — @cancerwales.bsky.social

Special thanks 🙏 go to first author @ljmihajlovic.bsky.social , as well as Lara Hofacker, Florian Lindner, Priyanikha Jayakumar, and collaborator @diepold-lab.bsky.social !

second, by establishing a novel protocol to quantify secretion by this predatory bacterium, determining the influence of different promoters and secretion signals.

We advance the genetic toolbox 🛠️ regarding manipulation of predatory bacterium 🦁🦠 Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in two ways:
First, by fine-tuning gene expression with a focus on the ribosomal binding site and ...

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🙏 Many thanks to Ting Lai (who has now finished his PhD), Denis Jankov (now MSc) as well as
Jonas Grossmann and Bernd Roschitzki from Functional Genomics Center Zurich @fgcz-en.bsky.social !

Our work
✴️ is a valuable resource to study specific stages of the predatory process, contributing to advance the search for novel antimicrobial enzymes.

Our work
✴️ presents the first quantitative predator proteome over the whole predatory process in which B. bacteriovorus (the predatory bacterium) kills, digests and lyses the bigger prey bacterium.
✴️ reveals that one predator protease is highly abundant during and involved in the prey exit process.