Happy to see the work of @laucamus.bsky.social published today (rdcu.be/i9p3mJUiX3ta); We show that S. aureus proliferation in nasal communities is impacted by amino acid availability. With amazing support of @linklab.bsky.social, L. Angenent and many more. @lmu.de, @unituebingen.bsky.social
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@simonheilbronner.bsky.social
Prof. at the LMU Munich. Interested in S. aureus and the nasal microbiome.
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Proudly present our fantastic collaborative effort within SFB 1535 "Microbial networking" @mibinet.bsky.social now out in The ISME Journal. "Context-dependent siderophore exploitability shapes microbial community structure" academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de @dfg.de
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Preprint from our lab and @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social: In synthetic nasal communities a single Corynebacterium propinquum strain can exclude Staphylococcus aureus through nutrient competition. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group. Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates. Deadline: 11.01.26 More info: shorturl.at/f1TuF
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Our popular science article (in German) with @simonheilbronner.bsky.social on the commensal and pathogenic struggles of Staphylococcus aureus
Spannendes zum Kampf von Staphylococcus aureus im Kampf mit dem nasalen Mikrobiom im Artikel von Simon Heilbronner und David Gerlach: www.biospektrum.de/system/files... @dger.bsky.social
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Great heroic work by Kevser Bilici demonstrating the import role of biotin for integration of S. aureus into the nasal microbiome.
Really happy to see the final version of this published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We show that production of and competition for biotin shapes S. aureus fitness in the context of nasal commensals doi.org/10.1093/isme... Work lead by the amazing Kevser Bilici!
Really happy to see the final version of this published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We show that production of and competition for biotin shapes S. aureus fitness in the context of nasal commensals doi.org/10.1093/isme... Work lead by the amazing Kevser Bilici!
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PhD position on bacterial (Staph aureus) transporters and host-adaptation in my group @roslininstitute.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Yeah! 7 more years for @cmfi.bsky.social So many people to thank... We are a fantastic team!
🎉 Fantastic News 🎉 Our CMFI Cluster of Excellence @unituebingen.bsky.social receives funding extension for the next seven years. Spokesperson Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social: "We can now advance our research into resistance mechanisms and new antimicrobial agents!" shorturl.at/rcK1A
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Die Universität Tübingen erhält sechs #Exzellenzcluster, die im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie vom 01.01.2026 an sieben Jahre lang gefördert werden! Darunter drei Cluster, die bereits etabliert sind und eine erneute Förderung erhalten. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #ExStra #Forschung #UniTübingen
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The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
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Join us in Tubingen as a Junior Research Group Leader if you do research on #ESKAPE pathogens and infections and are interested in the highly cooperative environment of @dzif.bsky.social and @cmfi.bsky.social ! Please send your application or forward to colleagues! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
I am happy to share our latest preprint, spearheaded by Laura Camus. We show that tyrosin-dependent interactions can foster integration of S. aureus into the nasal microbiome. @cmfi.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Matching phages to cognate host bacteria has remained merely empirical. We describe a new tool predicting the host range of #S.aureus-specific phages, based on phage receptor binding protein sequences, which will become helpful for #phage-therapy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We derive iron-siderophore interaction networks among Pseudomonas strains from sequencing data. One key insight: natural strains form dense networks, whereas pathogens are loners. With @frimanscience.bsky.social @zhiyuanli.bsky.social & Nanjing colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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