@HFSP Postdoc @Harvard: J. Paulsson & E. Garner|PhD @UniofOxford: S. Uphoff & K. Foster| Bachelors @IITDelhi| bacterial stress responses,AMR,dynamical systems
1/ Many antibiotics are derived from microbial warfare systems.
We all know about antibiotic resistance as a way bacteria survive and thrive under attack. But there’s another, sneakier mechanism fewer people talk about: persistence. 🧵
I think this paper will become a game-changer for studying the microbiome. Matthew Schmitt and I found that a simple neural network, when trained on paired sequencing and functional data, can infer functional group structure directly from data. Preprint -> https://t.co/5gWEO0eKJC
6/ We also highlight modern toolkits to tackle this: microfluidic platform integrated with machine learning and live-cell imaging, single-cell transcriptomics, etc. letting us measure and predict how hidden variables shape single cell outcomes.
1/ With Maxence, we ask: when single bacterial cells behave differently under stress, is it really just “noise”?Read more @CellReports:
Unveiling hidden variables in stressed bacteria (https://t.co/oc6KdCAC94)
5/ Not all variability is predictable. Some events, like spontaneous mutations, are truly random. But bacteria combine deterministic circuits with stochastic events, and the challenge is teasing apart the two.
The eighth session of YBM is coming up next week. Join us for two exciting talks on Monday (2nd February 2026) at 11am (EST). Mark your calendars🗓️: https://t.co/xxOZuN85vx Zoom Meeting link: https://t.co/ciFDajeaTY
Mark your calendars!! 🗓️ The third Young Biophysicists Meeting will be held on the coming Monday (May 5th) from 11am - 12pm EST. We have four exciting talks lined up for you, see you all soon! Find out more : https://t.co/o7wWR8F1He
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Now published @CurrentBiology. Happy to share latest work from the lab led by @ashamjos and @Adhikashreni1, describing replisome speed variation in Caulobacter!
https://t.co/hiTTH0EB59