Miro Plum

Former PhD student @Basler_Lab working on intracellular pathogens - I like tea.
Now PostDoc @EPFL in the Persat lab working with cool bacs- I still like tea.

[Broz Lab @broz_lab]

The lab's latest NINJ1 story is out on @biorxivpreprint 🥳 Ninjurin-1 mediated plasma membrane rupture is a two-step process requiring cell swelling https://t.co/4ILGEpjAVi

[William P J Smith @willpjsmith]

(1/6) Really jazzed to have this out - my first @wellcometrust fellowship paper! https://t.co/uhA1c5Qv0M

Can bacteria evolve resistance to competitors' T6SS weaponry? We find that the answer depends on **how many toxins** competitors are using. A thread:

[Alejandro Tejada Arranz @ATejadaArranz]

Out now @biorxiv_micrbio, one of the main publications of my postdoc @Basler_Lab 🥳 more on this soon 😁

[Lucas A. Meirelles @la_meirelles]

🚨🔬Excited to share our new paper now out in @NatureMicrobiol!

Using Tn-seq + live imaging in engineered airway organoids, we explored the fitness tradeoffs P. aeruginosa faces while growing and surviving antibiotic treatment on the mucosal surface.

🔗 https://t.co/DCPVogORDv

[University of Basel @UniBasel_en]

Researchers @Biozentrum @UniBasel_en have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. The bacteria use a kind of nano-sized harpoon. @Basler_Lab
https://t.co/wV2Vvl51rw

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

@Basler_Lab @christy_chc Thanks! It was fun working on this in your lab.🦠

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

If anyone wants to chat about it feel free to shoot me a message. I am always happy to talk about science.
Big thanks to @Basler_Lab @yunnhwen @christy_chc non-twitter Patricia, our reviewers and editor.

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

🔬 Our paper is live! 🎉Dive into the wild world of Burkholderia's secret tactics – plenty of #T6SS assemblies, actin acrobatics, and some galectin/dynamin inside host cells. We got plenty of images and some cool movies! https://t.co/DRDRUNv7LK

[Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum]

Snapshot of infection of host cells by Burkholderia thailandensis (white). The pathogen polymerizes actin (green) to move from one host cell to another and breaks the membranes (magenta) by its Type VI Secretion System #T6SS.
https://t.co/zpqk4ZOWVk

[Basler Lab @Basler_Lab]

Congratulations to Miro (@PlumifyM), Christy (@christy_chc), Patricia and others on a beautiful paper showing #T6SS role in spreading of Burkholderia thailandensis between infected cells:
https://t.co/V8WbSv8W5B

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

@Lin2power_two All the best, looks like a cool place. How are you gonna call your lab members? The Linnies?

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

Bacteria screaming (there's sound) during their daily torture.

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

Some people like flowers, I like molds.

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

Nice little exhibition at the Biozentrum by @fabi_est_ and @AHarms485
Always surprising to see how diverse Bacteriophages are.

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

When you are out of straws but you still got some fermentation equipment at home xD

[Miro Plum @PlumifyM]

The new centrifuge is highly motivated. Should I be too?