I could not be more grateful for having such lovely examiners in @jpjhall and @ZaminIqbal and moreover the best lab group ever with the @TaylorLabGroup. 4 years has fully converted me to a die hard phage lover ๐ฆ ๐งฌ๐ฉโ๐ฌ
Hooray ๐ @Ellijos, who passed her PhD viva with flying colours. Many thanks to examiners @jpjhall & @ZaminIqbal. Josie was cosupervised by @edzewestra, & will soon start her postdoc with @Anne_Chev. I'm so sad to see her go, but excited to see what's next. Go get 'em Dr Elliott
Excited to share my 1st paper along with @drbridgetwatson@TaylorLabGroup@edzewestra Sylvain Gandon and David McLeod https://t.co/1fUpC1kU36 where we asked โwhen would using a defence system (CRISPR-Cas) be selectively advantageous over mutations that block phage binding?โ 1/10
I am SO excited to announce that I have finally opened a microbiology jewellery shop! If you've ever seen me at conferences and liked my earrings, please check it out! โบ๏ธ๐งฌ
https://t.co/8MLcLEkyXo
It's been a huge learning curve to take this paper from abstract discussion, through many revisions, to a real publication out in the world, and I canโt thank my colleagues โ both those on this paper and many others not โ enough for all the support and help during this process!
However, without imposing extra costs for mutating the phage receptor, and against a single, lytic phage, we see that something as simple as the difference in the frequencies of phage resistant cells can predict selection for a CRISPR-Cas system. 10/10
For anyone in Montreal at #Evol2024 come say hi at my poster on what happens if a humble bacterial cell horizontally acquires itself a nice shiny new CRISPR-cas system. Today's poster session I1.