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Ákos T Kovács

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Professor of Microbiome Ecology at Institute of Biology, Leiden University - Bacillus subtilis, biofilms, plant microbiome, chemical ecology, experimental evolution


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Evolution and stability of complex microbial communities driven by trade-offs

-review in #MolSystBiol

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Multigenerational Adaptation Can Enhance the Pathogen Resistance of Plants via Changes in Rhizosphere Microbial Community Assembly
-in J Agric Food Chem
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Lab retreat of the Microbiome Ecology Group

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Rhizobacterial syntrophy between a helper and a beneficiary promotes tomato plant health
-in #ISMEJournal
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Determinants in the phage life cycle: The dynamic nature of ssDNA phage FLiP and host interactions under varying environmental conditions and growth phases

#EnvironMicrobiol from @lrsundberg.bsky.social

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Dual RNA-seq study of the dynamics of coding and non-coding RNAs expression during Clostridioides difficile infection in a mouse model www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.28.601227v1

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Bacterial pathogens infecting upper airways of persons with cystic fibrosis persist after treatment with latest CFTR corrector drugs.
Led by Jen Bomberger's lab, we tracked patient airway microbiome pre/post therapy. Sinus populations change but pathogens persist 🧪 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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This bioRxiv by Lee Korshoj and Tammy Kielian looks very interesting 👇
Bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing captures biofilm transcriptional heterogeneity and differential responses to immune pressure

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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- Collaborative project with Alexander Herbig (Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) - Fully funded PhD position (3 years) - Interdisciplinary and international research team - Vibrant group - State-of-the-art research infrastructure - Liveable city

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We will use a microbial model system, in which a metabolic mutualism has previously evolved. By identifying all mutations that occured and quantifying their fitness consequences, a fundamental understaning of the mechanisms driving synergistic coevolution can be gained.

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We have an opening for a PhD student in my group.

Project: Understanding the mechanisms of synergistic coevolution.

Approach: Coculture experiments, microscopy,
analyses of fitness/ mutational effects.

Deadline: 28.07.24

Please RT

More info: shorturl.at/5ZP7R

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Pre #eurobiofilms2024 day run in the morning with sunshine

- I was always envy those living around and running this track, now I got a chance during the conference

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New Editorial: "Synthetic moss" rdcu.be/dLLDn

Technological advances have demonstrated the possibility of chemical synthesis of a multicellular plant genome. What does this mean for humans and how should we prepare for this breakthrough?

Forget AI, here comes AM(oss).

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Role of the antiparallel double-stranded filament form of FtsA in activating the Escherichia coli divisome www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.24.600433v1

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Interesting new preprint from the Westra lab

Various plasmid strategies limit the effect of bacterial [E. coli] Restriction-Modification systems against conjugation

"RM systems form only a weak barrier for plasmid transfer by conjugation"

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Lab view and office view - nice to be back to IBL

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Microbial antagonism of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis to overcome Ralstonia solanacearum in potato seed production with an aeroponic system in Indonesia

-in Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

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Previously uncharacterized aliphatic amino acid positions modulate the apparent catalytic activity of the EAL domain of ZMO_1055 and other cyclic di-GMP specific EAL phosphodiesterases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.21.600002v1

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This is a provoking title: “Flagellar Motility is Mutagenic”, need to read the preprint… Previously, we found lack of motility changes frequency of mutant appearance during biofilm growing conditions, but no changes in mutation rate

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