Jemal Ali

Postdoc- @RowlandInst @Harvard.
Former postdoc @Uwm.
Former PhD student @IPMBSinica, @erhminlai's lab.

[Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) @ChihHorngKuo]

Chromosome architecture affects virulence and competitiveness in Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58
https://t.co/V0YTWLyEj0

[ShihLab @LabShih]

Happy to share our new publication out today in @NaturePlants where we quantitatively dissect synergy and antagonism that occurs during Nicotiana benthamiana transient agroinfiltration. Congrats to Simon, Matthew, Mitch and all other co-authors!

https://t.co/0opNERT3ya

[Erh-Min Lai @erhminlai]

Happy to write this News & Views in @NaturePlants highlighting a groundbreaking study by @LabShih. Quantitative dissection of #Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism https://t.co/eBg8LBUzTQ

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

https://t.co/5kr7g6lXxb

[Jemal Ali @jemal14]

Excellent work showing phage packaging dynamics

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Out Now! Phollow reveals in situ phage transmission dynamics in the zebrafish gut microbiome at single-virion resolution https://t.co/cI5VrxGzsR #Microbiology #PhageTherapy #Zebrafish

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Out Now! Phollow reveals in situ phage transmission dynamics in the zebrafish gut microbiome at single-virion resolution https://t.co/cI5VrxGzsR #Microbiology #PhageTherapy #Zebrafish

[Jemal Ali @jemal14]

@erhminlai @mbiojournal @XuanLaiTW @yumanda31 @IPMBSinica Good job! Congratulations to @XuanLaiTW @yumanda31 , @erhminlai and the whole team.

[Erh-Min Lai @erhminlai]

Excited to share our new work @mbiojournal reporting two #Agrobacterium DGC proteins control virulence and #T6SS interbacterial competition via distinct strategies. Congrats to 1st author, my PhD student @XuanLaiTW for the achievement and co-authors @yumanda31 @IPMBSinica.

[Jemal Ali @jemal14]

@AdamWu9527 That's awesome. Congratulations!

[Jemal Ali @jemal14]

@hagos98 Congratulations! Hard work always pays off.

[Jemal Ali @jemal14]

@chibbhibhaskar @IPMBSinica @LaySunMa1 Congratulations !

[Erh-Min Lai @erhminlai]

For those who are interested in studying plant and microbial biology abroad, this is a great program to apply. There are also plenty of opportunities to further pursue Ph.D. at @IPMBSinica, which offers several Ph.D. programs https://t.co/cAcND11Llf #Taiwan

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

Variability in intrinsic promoter strength underlies the temporal hierarchy of the Caulobacter SOS response induction https://t.co/55NKoNiCrM #biorxiv_micrbio

[Phage Directory @phagedirectory]

Saar Van Overfelt (@ugent) et al published a paper on quantifying #phages using qPCR and double agar overlay (DAO) methods, showing DNase treatment reduces discrepancies between qPCR and DAO quantification by removing free phage DNA in stocks
https://t.co/cm1pZGR2BC

[Ted Ryce @ted_ryce]

There's one month left until 2025.

Take a moment and think back to the start of this year.

What were your goals?

What promises did you make to yourself about your health, your fitness, or how you wanted to show up in life?

Now, ask yourself: How close did you come to achieving them?

If the answer makes you feel a little uncomfortable, you're not alone.

Most people start the year with the best intentions but get stuck in the same cycle: starting strong, hitting roadblocks, and falling back into old patterns.

The problem isn’t your motivation or even your willpower.

It’s your plan.

Motivation is fleeting.

Plans, systems, and the right level of accountability carry you through when life gets tough—because it always does.

Travel schedules, family obligations, work stress... sound familiar?

These challenges won’t go away in 2025.

So, let’s try something different. Instead of repeating the same start-stop cycle, let’s focus on creating a better plan that fits your lifestyle and helps you break the patterns that held you back this year.

Here’s your opportunity:

1. Reflect on what worked for you in 2024 and what didn’t.

2. Start now—not with perfection, but with progress. Build momentum before the New Year even begins.

3. Seek out accountability. Whether it’s a coach, a program, or a supportive community, you don’t have to do this alone.

4. This time next year, imagine looking back and thinking: "I finally did it. I stuck with it, changed my habits, and felt better than ever."

You’re one decision away from making that a reality.

Will you have the courage to take it?

[good papers @paperperday]

"transformed non-fluorescent proteins into bright fluorescent proteins with the site-specific incorporation of non-canonical amino acids"

Designing artificial fluorescent proteins and biosensors by genetically encoding molecular rotor-based amino acids
https://t.co/m6fds9rGNT

[Matthew Szarzanowicz @mattszarz]

I am pleased to announce new research from the Shih Lab (@LabShih) published today in Nature Biotechnology on improving Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via binary vector copy number engineering (https://t.co/nCUVQ2ym2p).

🧵A summary thread below🌿

[Pilhofer Lab @PilhoferLab]

Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship🦜🏴‍☠️🪝- boarded @ScienceMagazine. Check out the manuscript here: https://t.co/SMgAu4xFux and have a look on our extended thread below ⬇️We provide new insights on bacterial predation from molecules ⚛️to ocean samples 🌊

[Bruria Samuel @BruriaSamuel]

Meet The Shielded Plasmid🛡️🧬

Our new @Nature paper reveals how plasmids outsmart bacterial defenses during conjugation.

It's all about being in the right place at the right time! The positioning of anti-defense genes boosts transfer efficiency🧵(1/7) https://t.co/6n8brUx1PU

[Gabriel H Giger @GabrielGiger]

We found a way to implant bacteria 🦠 in fungi 🍄and used it to induce artificial endosymbiosis. Read all about it in our newest research paper @Nature .

https://t.co/dJSITsVNOk