ErillLab

Research on bacteria, phages and ontologies

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Congratulations @EliaMascolo for successfully defending his doctoral thesis. A beautiful illustration of how evolutionary information theory can be applied to understand biology. Way to go Dr. Mascolo!

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Really happy to see Julia Lopez-Perez's dissertation work on #phage defense systems in print:
https://t.co/DUqOqNydLg
🦠🔬
Check out a novel mechanism for #salmonella plasmid-mediated abortive infection @MDPIOpenAccess

[Elia Mascolo @EliaMascolo]

Two years ago we published about what we named "lytic deferment" in phages (https://t.co/Otx7vcUKvA). The concept is re-discussed in this recent review by Casters et al. "Phage transmission strategies: are phages framing their host?" https://t.co/c4ZQv8hVih
Food for thought.

[Elia Mascolo @EliaMascolo]

"Stranger Things of the Microcosmos" is the talk I will give at @Balticon this Sunday at 11:30 AM. I'll present exciting discoveries we made at @UMBCBiology and other institutions.

[UMBC Phage Hunters @UMBCPhageHunter]

The @UMBCPhageHunter are back in #SPAIN in January 2025! @UMBC students can hunt phages, learn #genomics at @UPFBarcelona , and see beautiful #Barcelona ¡Todo a la vez! @UMBCStudyAbroad @UMBCCNMS @UMBCBiology @phagesdb @cragenomica #UMBCabroad @ErillLab

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

@FredoLeRoux @rubarcia @dooguy @doctor_jams @piel_damien @MarboutM @epcrocha Great work! 🦠 Satellites never cease to amaze!

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

@PhageCast @mervetepePhD @EliaMascolo

[NexaBiome @NexaBiome]

This is the first known observation of a virus attaching to another virus – talk about exciting!

In this picture, a satellite bacteriophage consistently attached to a helper phage at the neck.

Take a look at the amazing pictures 🔗https://t.co/VAXmIcczvJ

[UMBC Phage Hunters @UMBCPhageHunter]

@UMBC #PhageHunters in the #WashingtonPost @UMBCBiology @UMBCCNMS
Scientists have discovered what may be the first ‘vampire’ virus https://t.co/XkeEovdJJ7

[Ivan Erill @ivanerill]

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies https://t.co/hsMfTKUJn6 via @ConversationUS

[Dr. Sabrina Green, PhD @MotherOfPhage]

OMG the satellite virus on its helper virus like a baby and momma.

UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus https://t.co/2tetGjfqTr

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

@santin_yoann A very vampire vampiric Halloween, indeed!
https://t.co/exopdnbi7A

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Just in time for a spooky #Halloween . It's great to see this story by Tagide deCarvalho and @EliaMascolo in print. Click on the link to see a virus preying on another virus by latching onto its neck, Dracula-style.
https://t.co/ostVv5Sg3k

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

@Iamrayab93 @EliaMascolo Phage Hunters students get to name the phages they find @UMBCPhageHunter !

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Just in time for a spooky #Halloween . It's great to see this story by Tagide deCarvalho and @EliaMascolo in print. Click on the link to see a virus preying on another virus by latching onto its neck, Dracula-style.
https://t.co/ostVv5Sg3k

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

So viruses can prey on other viruses? The @viral things @UMBCPhageHunter discover at @UMBCBiology !

[UMBC Phage Hunters @UMBCPhageHunter]

UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus https://t.co/1aO1iVcPZ0

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Very happy to see this beautiful work led by the @ucsc Fitnat lab published #PLOSPathogens! Wonderful detective work on the role of V. cholerae TCS in virulence by @GiordanKitts, with comparative genomics analyses by @UMBCBiology Isaac Chaudry @ErillLab
https://t.co/h1n8uwnnNI

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Fantastic presentation by Emmanuel Mekasha at URCAD. @UMBCBiology Way to go Emmanuel!

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

The long arch of %GC content puts dissemination of bacterial antibiotic #Resistance on the spotlight
https://t.co/35P95pFAxC @UMBCBiology

[ErillLab @ErillLab]

Happy to see the latest work by Miquel Sanchez-Osuna with the @ErillLab published in @antibioticsmdpi . Amazing how simple computational approaches can yield powerful insights into the spread of #resistance to #antibiotics . Check it out! https://t.co/ZaRMua91xM .

[UMBC @UMBC]

This one gets our stamp of approval! Tagide deCarvalho, director of the Keith R. Porter Imaging Facility, will have her microscopic art featured as USPS stamps later in 2023. https://t.co/msUjUeKWCj