Dr. Melanie Blokesch

Exciting news! Our latest paper is out in Nat. Microbiol. @NatureMicrobiol We show that a sub-lineage of 7th pandemic V. cholerae has acquired mobile genetic elements packed with phage defense systems—rendering it multi-phage resistant 😳 ..... 1/3 nature.com/articles/s4156…

If helping to edit some sentences with AI makes the papers easy to write and read, and helps people who English is not their first language to communicate their science more effectively, what is the problem?

Open Faculty positions in Life Science Engineering and in Neuroscience in our department! epfl.ch/about/working/… epfl.ch/about/working/…

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay is uncovering the inner workings of viruses to help the immune system ward off diseases of today and tomorrow bit.ly/4lqdRN2

📷 News on our @Reproducibility project in @Drosophila immunity. It is a normal that findings—however exciting and important at the time—may later prove to be more complex. Re-evaluations is essential to the self-correcting nature of science.science.org/content/articl…

Now published @NatureComms, congrats @Bevika2 Kinki Jim, @vincentdebakker Florian Bock, @PaddyGibson2! nature.com/articles/s4146…

We retrospectively analyzed the reproducibility of 400 papers in the field of #Drosophila immunity. Irreproducibility was rather low. High-impact journals, top institutions and PI training influence replicability levels. #Reproducibility #LifeSciences

Acinetobacter: leave humans alone! We are going to defeat you with this great team and excellent science.

Since yesterday we are in Niagara Falls for the Acinetobacter Conference. Here is @MBlokesch starting her talk.

Out Now! Addressing gaps in author and reviewer gender diversity bit.ly/4nx8flY #GenderDiversity #WomenInScience #ResearchEquity

We are looking for an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology ⁦@ImperialInfect⁩ ⁦@CBRB_Imperial⁩. All areas of bacterial/fungal infection biology considered. Details👇. Please contact me by email for any further information. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…

Dr. Shira Weingarten-Gabbay (@WeingartenShira) from @harvardmed is leading the new Laboratory of Systems #Virology. Her lab uncovers the inner workings of viruses and their interaction with the immune system to prevent current and future viral diseases: bit.ly/44peaBa

Elisa Oricchio and Andrew Oates elected @EMBO Members 🍾🎉 actu.epfl.ch/news/elisa-ori…

Latest BREX story from the lab - turns out there is a nuclease after all! Congrats to Jenny Readshaw and the whole team, including wonderful collabs Barry Stoddard, Brett Kaiser and @DarrenSmithdx. @NAR_Open @NEBiolabs @DurBiol academic.oup.com/nar/article/53…

When a cholera outbreak strikes, the race is on to stop the spread. In Ghana, work is underway to improve access to clean water and sanitation because prevention is always better than the cure: bit.ly/4dQ5xUv

🧑‍🔬🔬 Researchers from our school uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin America. go.epfl.ch/VJc-en

Remarkable study being presented today by @MBlokesch #EESInfection @EMBLEvents

I discuss the urgent crisis from the loss of federal support of science in the US and recent clinical gene editing breakthroughs with @WalterIsaacson & @amanpour on @AmanpourCoPBS, airing on @PBS tonight at 11 pm ET, and on @cnni earlier today. Pls share! youtube.com/watch?v=8YhJM6…

Such a cool story, great to see it in published form!

West African–South American pandemic Vibrio cholerae encodes multiple distinct phage defence systems | Nature Microbiology nature.com/articles/s4156…

For those of you who aren't aware, cancelling Harvard's F and J visas does not just affect students. It also affects many, many postdoctoral researchers. And critically, it affects OPT holders. These are graduates who stayed here to work in the US, they cannot "transfer"