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10 Sep 2025
Anyone interested in HGT, please read this amazing thread!
9 Sep 2025
Thrilled to share our discovery of a new horizontal gene transfer mechanism: tail-less cf-PICIs hijack free phage tails extracellularly, forming infectious chimeric virions that drive both intra- and inter-species transfer among bacteria. @jonaszpatkowski @jrpenades @CostaT_Lab
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9 Sep 2025
Thrilled to share our discovery of a new horizontal gene transfer mechanism: tail-less cf-PICIs hijack free phage tails extracellularly, forming infectious chimeric virions that drive both intra- and inter-species transfer among bacteria. @jonaszpatkowski @jrpenades @CostaT_Lab
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Alfred Fillol retweeted
15 Aug 2025
Habreis visto esta foto de las vacas de mi padre en muchos sitios con diferentes historias y mucha especulación -como en el tuit que cito-. Os cuento como se produjo este milagro en este artículo: elpais.com/espana/madrid/202…
12 Aug 2025
La importanciade que lso animales pastoreen y limpien el terreno… la naturaleza y los bomberos ayudaron a este pequeño milagro en el #incendio de los tres cantos #trescantos #incendiotrescantos #Incendioforestal
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Alfred Fillol retweeted
12 Feb 2025
New mechanism of gene transfer! With @CostaT_Lab @CBRB_Imperial, cf-PICIs form tail-less elements that, once released, spread among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. More exciting news soon! shorturl.at/kRJqE
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Alfred Fillol retweeted
20 Sep 2024
Tail assembly interference is a common strategy in bacterial antiviral defenses
@Lingchen_H @AlfredFillol @jrpenades @CBRB_Imperial
#phages #bacteria #microbiology
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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30 Aug 2024
Latest from the lab! PICI and prophage-encoded Tai proteins protect cells by blocking phage tail assembly. Prophages counter with a mechanism allowing tail formation after induction. Defence and counter-defence genes are organised for expression. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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30 Aug 2024
Really happy to see this out!
30 Aug 2024
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is out today @NatureComms !nature.com/articles/s41467-0… We discovered a new anti-phage system family, Tail assembly inhibition (Tai), found in 17 species.
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30 Aug 2024
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is out today @NatureComms !nature.com/articles/s41467-0… We discovered a new anti-phage system family, Tail assembly inhibition (Tai), found in 17 species.
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We are looking for a candidate for the PhD Project
“Study of Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Islands (PICI) and their helper phages inter-relationship, key in virulence and bacterial adaptation.
If you are interested, send your CV to lmiguel@ibv.csic.es before 28th of April of 2024
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8 Nov 2023
One more week to apply for #PhD and #postdoc positions in our group! Apply if you’re interested in bacterial #generegulation and host-#microbiome interactions.
And… Have I mentioned that Valencia is one of the most livable cities in the world? 👀
23 Oct 2023
🚨👀 We are #hiring! Come join us in beautiful Valencia! My lab at @CIPFciencia is looking to recruit 1 #PhD researcher and 1 #postdoc to work on our #ERCStG project REGUBIOME. All details here: cipf.fundanetsuite.com/Convo… (PhD) & cipf.fundanetsuite.com/Convo… (postdoc). Please RT!
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4 Jul 2023
Yes, I was luckly in a great conference #PVA2023 with a talk on PICIs. It is quite nice for me to have a gooood time with so many experts on phages/virus. Thanks everyone for help, especially the PVA Organising Committee and my cryptic bosses @AlfredFillol @jrpenades
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20 Jun 2023
A study in @NatureComms explores the distribution, evolution and functions of the K1 capsule at a population level and its important role in the pathogenesis of E. coli. go.nature.com/42SBl3Q
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19 Jun 2023
Last days to apply to our open PhD student position (4 years) in our group! Join us to work in the development & study of microreactors for solar fuels & chemicals! Deadline June 23rd! sgr.urv.cat/cgi-bin/progra… join our multidisciplinary team @quimicaURV deadline 23/06 please RT
22 May 2023
Want to learn about sustainable energy and CO2 reduction through the design of catalytic polymeric microphotoreactors? join our group! Fully Funded 4-year PhD position available. More info & application link sgr.urv.cat/cgi-bin/programe… deadline June 23 RT appreciated! @quimicaURV
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7 Mar 2023
SatelliteFinder is out!
Check this thread to know more about it 👇🏼
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13 Feb 2023
Hi Twitter we are looking for a candidate to apply for a Beatriu de Pinós fellowship agaur.gencat.cat/es/Beatriu-… to join our group @JLFLab and work on photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction.
If you are interested contact me as soon as possible!
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Alfred Fillol retweeted
5 Jan 2023
Latest from the lab! Here we report the discovery of widespread famly of PICIs that just hijacks tails from their helper phages. Amazing collaboration with @epcrocha @doctor_jams @JchenLab. Fantastic work from @Alqurainyn Miguel-Romero & @AlfredFillol
cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
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Alfred Fillol retweeted
4 Jan 2023
Phage satellites ride on coat-“tails”. #Phage satellite family encodes all proteins to produce capsids-where satellite genomes are exclusively packaged-& only parasitizes phage tails to produce particles @Alqurainyn Miguel-Romero @AlfredFillol @jrpenades cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
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Alfred Fillol retweeted
16 Sep 2022
@edzewestra and I wrote a summary of the fantastic paper from the Penadés lab by Alfred Fillol-Salom et al. published in Cell last month
(>> doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.…)
Fascinating to see how competition between MGEs shapes bacterial immunity!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.0…
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15 Sep 2022
Have you wondered whether your favourite strain contains a “classical” phage satellite (P4, PICI, cf-PICI or PLE)?
Yes? You must use this tool: Satellitefinder.
No? You must also use this tool: Satellitefinder
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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For more information, check this 👇🏼
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