Anna Dragos
@Anna_Dragos
Assist. Prof. & PI at @UL_BioTech University of Ljubljana @ERC_Research grantee. Host control by phage, biofilms, microbial social interactions, exp. evolution
Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Super excited to share our new selection-free CRISPR-Cas9 editing protocol for Dictyostelids, generating 80% KO and 30% KI efficiencies without selection in D. discoideum, and being effective in Dictyostelid species that diverged millions of years ago! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
check new paper from @antonia_sagona lab🤩
New paper from the lab! Thanks to @BBSRC @MIBTP_BBSRC @WarwickLifeSci for the funding! Great work from Michael Tadesse and my two MBio students Nala and Martha. Thanks to @AlbertiFabrizio for the great collaboration!! @ACSOmega pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
New publication from our previous @cemist_dtu project by @RStannius that he also worked on during his external stay at @LeidenBiology Plipastatin is a shared good by Bacillus subtilis during combating Fusarium spp academic.oup.com/femsec/advance…
A prophage-encoded anti-phage defense system that prevents phage DNA packaging by targeting the terminase complex biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Second Slovenian Phage Meeting succeeded🎉🇸🇮🤓 🙏 to all speakers, our keynote @RobLavigne1, @UL_BioTech for hosting and coorganizers and sponsors #FKKT, @Jafral1, Cobik and support team especially @AndreaFloccari, Maja Popović 👩🔧👩🔧




Jaka Jakin Lazar from our group on phage-encoded bacteriocin☢️💪 @UL_BioTech 🇸🇮

First session Aljoša Beber, @polonca_s, @nejcstopno and Virginie Grosboillot on phage ecology and genomics 🤓🇸🇮




Second Slovenian Phage Meeting day starts🎉 keynote speaker @RobLavigne1 opens with mysterious title @UL_BioTech 🇸🇮

Check out the program of II slovenian phage meeting 👌bf.uni-lj.si/en/units/micro… 2 more days to register🔊 In the meantime, regular Monday in the lab (no posing) at @UL_BioTech @ERC_Research @AndreaFloccari, Hannah Bonham, @vesel_nina and Jaka Jakin Lazar💪

Thrilled about our paper with @polonca_s E. Stare, @AndreaFloccari, I. MandicMulec @UL_BioTech 🇸🇮, in collab @Mikael_lenz @cemist_dtu 🇩🇰, @EvolvedBiofilm @LeidenBiology 🇳🇱, @ulisses_rocha @UFZ_de 🇩🇪 , R. Hertel & @kovac_lab 🇺🇸. Global&local Bacillus prophages🔊@ERC_Research
Happy to see this multi country collaboration published in @CellReports led by @polonca_s and @Anna_Dragos Ecology of prophage-like elements in Bacillus subtilis at global and local geographical scales cell.com/cell-reports/f… 🇸🇮🇺🇸🇩🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰 #Phage #Bacillussubtilis @LeidenBiology
Please retweet, registration deadline till 15th of Jan. 2025👇

Xmas party in the group @UL_BioTech theme Xmas sweater and...karaoke😀. Hm wish @MicKasia and @Errington_Lab could be here🎤🎉🎄

Xmas time at @UL_BioTech and in Ljubljana 🇸🇮 old town, this time bacteria are part of the exhibition🤩 Happy group members @AndreaFloccari, Maja Popović and Hannah Bonham🎄



Characterization of widely conserved novel pigment production in Bacillus subtilis species | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Do not miss Second Slovenian Phage Meeting 🇸🇮 on 23.01.2025 at @UL_BioTech co-organized with #FKKT, @Jafral1 and #COBIK - FREE registration still open⏱️
Second Slovenian Bacteriophage Meeting, 23.01.2025 at @UL_BioTech 🇸🇮, 1day free participation, with keynote Rob Lavigne🤩 @RobLavigne1, more & registration👉bf.uni-lj.si/en/units/micro… phage researchers from the region (🇮🇹🇦🇹🇭🇷🇭🇺🇷🇸 ...) welcomed!
Our new paper is published in @ScientificData describing the genome sequences of 121 Bacillales isolates from all around the world -together with @tilmweber Joint @DTUbioengineer-BGI PhD project and nice collaborative effort providing the isolates nature.com/articles/s4159…
Large scale capsid-mediated mobilisation of bacterial genomic DNA in the gut microbiome biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Are you excited about microbial predation and have a background in microscopy/microfluidics? Please apply to join our team @EMBL! Retweet please embl.org/jobs/position/… vangestelgroup.com