César Sánchez

@TwistedBacteria
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#Microbiology editor at open access journal Nature Communications.

Dad × 3, husband.

Born & raised in Asturias, Spain. In the UK since 2008.

Views my own.

#microbiología #ciencia
#science

César SánchezSep 3, 2024
Cameron ThrashSep 3, 2024
‘Wild Type’ https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001495?TRACK=RSS
‘Wild Type’

In this opinion piece, we consider the meaning of the term ‘wild type’ in the context of microbiology. This is especially pertinent in the post-genomic era, where we have a greater awareness of species diversity than ever before. Genomic heterogeneity, in vitro evolution/selection pressures, definition of ‘the wild’, the size and importance of the pan-genome, gene–gene interactions (epistasis), and the nature of the ‘wild-type gene’ are all discussed. We conclude that wild type is an outdated and even misleading phrase that should be gradually phased out.

microbiologyresearch.org
César SánchezSep 3, 2024

‘It’s at the scale of a pandemic’: #superbug emergency puts babies on the frontline

"In Nigeria and Ethiopia, neonatal #sepsis poses a major threat to newborns. And as #AntibioticResistance grows, a crisis is mounting"

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-08-08/its-at-the-scale-of-a-pandemic-superbug-emergency-puts-babies-on-the-frontline/

‘It’s at the scale of a pandemic’: superbug emergency puts babies on…

In Nigeria and Ethiopia, neonatal sepsis poses a major threat to newborns. And as antibiotic resistance grows, a crisis is mounting

TBIJ
César SánchezAug 28, 2024
Yolanda SchaerliAug 26, 2024

Interested in applying for a fellowship to do a PhD @unil with my lab (bacterial synthetic biology) as a host? Send me a CV and a motivation letter till September 6th!

https://www.unil.ch/ecoledoctoralefbm/en/home/menuinst/doctorate/phd-in-life-sciences/fellowships.html

Fellowships

Page Fellowships of site Doctoral School of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne

César SánchezAug 28, 2024
Sheena CruickshankAug 26, 2024
Polio, skin rashes due to bacteria and a threat of cholera are just some of the major infectious health threats facing displaced people in Gaza. This is such an appalling health catastrophe unfolding in plain sight 🧪 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2kjzk75eplo
Diseases spread in Gaza as sewage contaminates camps and coast

Satellite images show the impact of the damage to Gaza's critical water and sanitation systems.

BBC News
César SánchezAug 28, 2024
ElHombreMaloAug 26, 2024

El gachó de "Every frame a painting" ha vuelto a subir videos. Si no lo conocíais, son videos cortitos y estupendos sobre fotografía y montaje de cine que da gloria verlos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn2Dcy-NDTw

The Sustained Two-Shot

YouTube
César SánchezAug 28, 2024
Cameron ThrashAug 28, 2024
The role of TIR domain-containing proteins in bacterial defense against phages https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51738-3
The role of TIR domain-containing proteins in bacterial defense against phages - Nature Communications

Here, Wang et al survey Escherichia coli genomes to show that TIR domain-containing proteins in E. coli serve as robust anti-phage systems.

Nature
César SánchezAug 24, 2024
Leibniz-Institut DSMZAug 23, 2024

Do you know MediaDive, the world’s largest collection of cultivation media for microorganisms 🧫? It contains detailed introductions how to prepare the medium you need for your strain. In addition to the provision of all media used at the DSMZ, you can also create your own media or search for a medium suitable for your strain. Give it a try 😉
https://mediadive.dsmz.de/

#database #microbiology #research #DSMZDigitalDiversity #bacteria #fungi

Main sol. 1813 | Solutions | MediaDive

Discover standardized cultivation media recipes for more than 40,000 microbial strains.

César SánchezAug 24, 2024
World news | The GuardianAug 22, 2024
African health officials call for solidarity not travel bans over mpox outbreak https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/20/african-health-officials-call-for-solidarity-not-travel-bans-over-mpox-outbreak #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Microbiology #Worldnews #Science #Africa #Rwanda #Uganda #Kenya #Mpox
African health officials call for solidarity not travel bans over mpox outbreak

Head of Africa CDC Jean Kaseya urges international community to support rollout of testing and vaccinations

The Guardian
César SánchezAug 24, 2024
Science UpdatesAug 23, 2024

Researchers have determined: some fungi that are exposed to antifungals can rearrange their cell walls.

“Biology is wild,” said Dr Josh Vermaas, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, among other appointments. “Evolutionary pressure allowed for these kinds of mechanisms to develop, but holy moly. How did fungi figure this out?”

#fungi #mycology #biology #nature #science #reserch #microbiology

https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/27591/fungi-change-cell-walls-evade-antifungals

Fungi Can Change Their Cell Walls to Evade Antifungals | Microbiology

Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal infections can also send long hyphae | Microbiology

Labroots
César SánchezAug 22, 2024

Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California's Mono Lake

#choanoflagellate

https://flip.it/jRI3yd

Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California's Mono Lake

Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada is known for its towering tufa formations, abundant brine shrimp and black clouds of alkali flies uniquely adapted to the salty, arsenic- and cyanide-laced water.

Phys.org