Daan C. Swarts

Group leader at Wageningen University & Research, NL | Prokaryotic immune systems | Views are my own

[Daan C. Swarts @DCSwarts]

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PostDoc position available!
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In addition @SumanthMutte @TNiault @BarendsePatrick @BalwinaK and many other X-less coauthors. With further help of collaborator @hauryliuk!

Thanks to all who contributed to this multidisciplinary study!

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Out now in @MolecularCell: Cyanobacterial Argonautes and Cas4 family nucleases cooperate to interfere with invading DNA
https://t.co/6hVLt4JGOG

Most long-A pAgos interfere with invading DNA solo. Why then are cyanobacterial pAgos co-encoded with a Cas4-like protein?

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The first steps of this work were taken a long time ago during my @EMBO fellowship in the Jinek lab @UZH_en, but the main work was carried out by the talented @pilar_bobadilla in our group @WageningenUR @ERC_Research.

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@DSchindler_PDR Congrats Daniel! Fantastic!

[Daan C. Swarts @DCSwarts]

Position in the Joo lab! Chirlmin is a fantastic person an scientist, and a long term collaborator. The science in his lab is mind blowing!

Please apply if interested!

[Joo_Lab @ChirlminJoo_Lab]

A PhD position is open for this year. A candidate should have a background in programming skills.

[Joo_Lab @ChirlminJoo_Lab]

A PhD position is open for this year. A candidate should have a background in programming skills.

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@fabaiwu Thanks fabai!

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Excited to have been awarded an ERC Proof-of-Concept grant to further explore the possibilities to use prokaryotic Argonautes for diagnostics applications! 🥳

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

📣 Out now! Final results of the 2024 ERC #Proof of #Concept #Grant call for proposals for #funding.

134 researchers will receive €150k each to explore the commercial or societal potential of their frontier #research results.

👉 https://t.co/8Fj6NSODvW

#ERCPoC @EUScienceInnov

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@Ella_Maru Thanks Ella!

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@C_Bastiaanssen Thanks carolien!