
The endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii increases Drosophila melanogaster resistance to pathogens by enhancing iron-sequestration and ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio
Igor Iatsenko
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@IatsenkoIgor
Biologist interested in host-pathogen-microbiota interactions at MPIIB using Drosophila model. Research group leader.

The endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii increases Drosophila melanogaster resistance to pathogens by enhancing iron-sequestration and ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio





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Colonization island directs L. plantarum to its niche: @IatsenkoIgor highlights work of @LudingtonWill reporting colonization island that encodes sugar-binding adhesins used by L. plantarum to colonize its symbiotic niche in the foregut of Drosophila cell.com/cell-host-micr…


Colonization island directs L. plantarum to its niche: @IatsenkoIgor highlights work of @LudingtonWill reporting colonization island that encodes sugar-binding adhesins used by L. plantarum to colonize its symbiotic niche in the foregut of Drosophila cell.com/cell-host-micr…



🏅 Congratulations to our PhD candidates @alex_hrdina and @_HarshitaMishra on winning the MPIIB's Anna Wessels Williams Award. The prize for outstanding academic achievement is named after the bacteriologist Anna Wessels Williams (1863-1954) and was awarded for the first time.

🏅 Congratulations to our PhD candidates @alex_hrdina and @_HarshitaMishra on winning the MPIIB's Anna Wessels Williams Award. The prize for outstanding academic achievement is named after the bacteriologist Anna Wessels Williams (1863-1954) and was awarded for the first time.


