We developed Microcolony-seq to study bacterial heterogeneity directly from human infections @CellCellPress We discovered hidden subpopulations with different survival strategies @BalabanLab @IlanRosenshine @MaskitBarMeir https://t.co/9B3wEHpC5J #Microbiology #Heterogeneity

Excited that our #Microcolonyseq paper was featured on one of my favorite podcasts, #TWiM! I am thankful to hosts @Corrado90, Michele Swanson and @markowenmartin for explaining our work so clearly! Starting at min 14 → https://t.co/nvpEY6FWsQ @ASMicrobiology @BalabanLab

Think all bacteria in an infection are the same? Think again. Dr. @RayaRomm, Prof. Nathalie Balaban & team discovered bacterial “memory”—explaining why some treatments fail and pointing to smarter ways to fight infection. Read more:

@SGribaldo @JFClab @MBlokesch @cbuch2 @bondSSbond @kkormas @lasa_lab Very grateful to receive the @EMBO Poster Award and truly privileged for the opportunity to present #BacterialMemory and #Microcolonyseq

More wonderful speakers: @SGribaldo @JFClab @MBlokesch @cbuch2 @bondSSbond @kkormas @lasa_lab Learned about #biofilm #phylogeny #MicrobialEcology #Motility #AntibioticResistance #BacterialPersistence #Symbionts #MetabolicInteractions #InnateImmunity & #MarineMicrobiomes

Privileged to join #TheNewMicrobiology @EMBO #FEBS in Spetses 🇬🇷. Inspiring lectures, new ideas, connections & friends. Huge thanks to organizers @TypasLab @BrunoLemaitre3 Dianne Newman and to speakers @laahrs @SophieHelaine @lasa_lab @SegevEinat @SorekLab @kiran_r_patil & more!

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Just arrived to the beautiful Spetses, Greece, for The New Microbiology @EMBO course: https://t.co/7NtLd7x5Vz. I am excited to hear from leading scientists in the field!

Hear about the highlights of our recent @CellCellPress paper! ( https://t.co/9B3wEHpC5J). In this 10-min presentation from the fantastic @ScienceAbroad symposium, I present Microcolony-seq and bacterial memory in clinical infections:

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Microcolony-seq reveals inherited phenotypic diversity directly from infected human samples, revealing that bacteria can retain long-term genetic and nongenetic memory from the host environment @CellCellPress 🇮🇱 @BalabanLab @RayaRomm @IlanRosenshine https://t.co/3qPU2tlkxN

@BalabanLab @IlanRosenshine This work was highlighted in an interview in @TheTimesOfIsrael Take a look:

Huge thanks to my amazing collaborators, especially Prof. Nathalie Balaban @BalabanLab , who supervised this work, Prof. @IlanRosenshine Prof. @MaskitBarMeir, Lior Aroeti, Noam Yedidi, Dr. Irine Ronin, Dr. Orit Gefen, Dr. Naama Katsowich for the hard work and good spirit!

Microcolony-seq opens the door to: 🔹 Mapping heterogeneity directly in infections 🔹 Understanding how pathogens adapt 🔹 Designing therapies that target all co-existing bacterial states

This hidden variability may help explain why treatments sometimes fail. Different subpopulations can respond differently to stress, the immune system, and antibiotics

We studied human infections (urine (UPEC) & blood (S. aureus)) and found phenotypic variability, with different levels of virulence and stress response. A type of bacterial memory that is inherited for about 20 generations of growth in the lab

Our method grows tiny bacterial colonies from single cells. This lets us: 🔬 Study both genetic and phenotypic differences 📍 Directly in patient samples

The GRC Microbial Population Biology in New Hampshire was a wonderful opportunity for me to meet great scientists, hear about progress in microbiology research and present my work in a poster session. Big thanks to the chairs Prof. Christina L. Burch and Prof. Rees M. Kassen!

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I am grateful to arrive today to the GRC Microbial Population Biology at Proctor Academy in New Hampshire. Science must go on. Happy to meet old and new colleagues. https://t.co/NNOnHyNaIF @SivanPearl, Hadas Hawlena