We are very happy to share 2 publications just out from collaborations: 1-"Design of a proteolytic module for improved metabolic modeling of Bacteroides caccae", a collaboration with @INRAE_France @SLabarthe_led by soon-to-be PhD @AmandinePaulay journals.asm.org/doi/full/10…

There are so many weird Biology quirks that I somehow missed before and am only just finding now... Apparently translation can and *does* initiate from EVERY codon With the caveat that any codon other than the canonical AUG / GUG / UUG options induce transcription at such wildly inefficient rates that they are nearly undetectable But they DO happen 🤯 I wonder what weird and rare products might be floating around in our bodies, some of which might even be really important

How do brightly colored organisms survive long enough to warn predators when they are easier to predate than their cryptic peers? A 2023 study looked at #amphibians with known warning coloration to assess how such displays evolve. scim.ag/6L8 #ScienceMagArchives

The next giant step for microbes A microbiome therapy is approved by the FDA for treatment of Clostridioides difficile. What’s next? go.nature.com/3IXDPaH

Out now in @Nature: Global hotspots for soil nature conservation. 🌎🌍🌏 By & Carlos Guerra, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo & colleagues. @carlosguerra_pt @ManuDelBaq nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

A big thanks to all DIAMET’s group members (past & present), our collaborators @idibgi @idibell_cat @UniBarcelona @INRAE_France @CIBER_OBN @Bio_Mathematica #Probiotical, and funding agencies @AgEInves @FundlaCaixa @SaludISCIII #AGAUR

#ISME18 Come and see Amandine’s Poster today @INRAE_DPT_MICA @Bio_Mathematica

Today is #WorldMicrobiomeDay, celebrating the microbial world and its importance in health (human and planetary health) worldmicrobiomeday.com/ Here's a selection of our recent #microbiota content with on human health for further reading! 🧵 #microbiome #Microbiomes4Life

Remarkably, we find an inverse scaling of somatic mutation rates with lifespan, a long-standing prediction of the somatic theory of ageing. This is consistent with a causative role of somatic mutations in ageing. Though we discuss other possible explanations [15/24]

New in Science: By combining thousands of modern and ancient genomes, researchers have constructed the largest human genealogy to date, providing insight into key events in human history together with their timings and geographical locations. fcld.ly/q1kf76d

Amandine Paulay, who is doing her PhD thesis with @Bio_Mathematica @INRAE_MICALIS, will present some of her PhD results at #YRLS2021 @YRLS_federation and @jobim_2021: "Flux Balance Analysis of a gut bacteria with its proteolytic activity". Congratulations to her! Credit A. Paulay

“Endless forms most beautiful”: Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, born #OTD in 1809, whose theory of #evolution by natural selection sparked a scientific revolution & changed the way we think about our place in the world. #DarwinDay

In 1809 #OnThisDay, the great naturalist, zoolologist and geologist Charles Darwin was born. Here's Sir David Attenborough talking about his magnum opus, On the Origin of Species. See the full video here: bit.ly/39oXjQB #TheOriginOfSpecies #CharlesDarwin #DarwinDay

Our new paper! The hybrid short and long reads approach allowed the identification of novel laterally transferred regions. The detection of oenological SNPs revealed the existence of many levels of modulation for the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…