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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!

Really happy to see Julia Lopez-Perez's dissertation work on #phage defense systems in print: mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/1… 🦠🔬 Check out a novel mechanism for #salmonella plasmid-mediated abortive infection @MDPIOpenAccess

Two years ago we published about what we named "lytic deferment" in phages (doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.…). The concept is re-discussed in this recent review by Casters et al. "Phage transmission strategies: are phages framing their host?" doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.… Food for thought.

"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.

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

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

@PhageCast @mervetepePhD @EliaMascolo

🎙️Calling all PhD students and early-career scientists for our new podcast format, PhageBites, to share and discuss your work in phage field. If you or someone you know is interested, feel free to tag them below or reach out via DM or email (phagecast@gmail.com).

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 🔗rb.gy/fo8n8r

@UMBC #PhageHunters in the #WashingtonPost @UMBCBiology @UMBCCNMS Scientists have discovered what may be the first ‘vampire’ virus wapo.st/46ix2k2

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies theconversation.com/vampire-viruse… via @ConversationUS

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 umbc.edu/stories/first-…

@santin_yoann A very vampire vampiric Halloween, indeed! twitter.com/ErillLab/statu…

What's better for Halloween than a vampire story! We're excited to showcase for the first time, the life cycle of an extracellular #predator that drains the contents out of its prey through the S-layer ! RT and feedback are appreciated! (1/5) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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

@ErillLab @EliaMascolo #StrangerThings reference sic!

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. nature.com/articles/s4139…

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

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 dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

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

The long arch of %GC content puts dissemination of bacterial antibiotic #Resistance on the spotlight umbc.edu/stories/novel-… @UMBCBiology

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! mdpi.com/2106794 .

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. umbc.edu/stories/micros…