Frederic Bertels
@fredeBio
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Evolutionary biologist mostly interested in the evolution of replicative genetic elements, bacteria and phages
Joined August 2009
Check out our preprint about insertion sequences repairing double strand breaks (and duplicating without target site duplications):.
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I nsertion S equences (ISs) are mobile pieces of DNA that are widespread in bacterial genomes. IS movements typically involve (i) excision of the IS element, (ii) cutting of the target site DNA, and...
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RT @colombi_elena: 🦠🧬New paper🧬🦠. A family of ICEs infiltrated the P. syringae species complex! PsICEs are highly recombinogenic but conser….
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Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are self-transmissible mobile elements that transfer functional genetic units across broad phylogenetic...
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RT @PaulHoskisson: This is a very cool piece of work from @gallie_jenna et al Large-scale duplication events underpin population-level flex….
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Check out our opinion on developing model phages into therapeutic agents:
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Abstract. With the emergence of widespread antibiotic resistance, phages are an appealing alternative to antibiotics in the fight against multidrug-resista
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RT @GokhaleCS: Building a solid research profile takes time. We want to support exactly that in #theoreticalbiology and offer *two* long-te….
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Open positions in the group
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Our manuscript is finally out in Molecular Biology and Evolution:
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Abstract. Phage therapy is a promising method for the treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. However, its long-term efficacy depends on und
We just submitted our first phage paper to biorxiv (. This was a mammoth effort by Jordan Romeyer Dherbey with help from Lavisha (@lavisha_parab) and Jenna (@gallie_jenna).
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RT @PeterALind: We have a 2-year postdoc fellowship available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and guiding experiment….
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The Lind lab at Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University seeks a highly motivated postdoc with interest in evolutionary biology and microbiology.
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RT @DaganLab: Open group leader position in #prokaryote #phylogenetics! Join our vibrant community of evolutionary biologists in @_K_E_C. I….
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RT @PeterALind: Peer-reviewed version in @NatureComms of our (@yashraj_chavhan @SutirthDey).paper on experimental evolution of bacterial mu….
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RT @andydfarr: Lovely to see our study out in mBio! The short read : don't assume higher antibiotic resistance cau….
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RT @JeremyJBarr: See our final lineup for Phage Bites symposium! . Six talks from PhDs/ECRS followed by an expert discussion on synthetic b….
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RT @PCIgenomics: Frederic Bertels @fredeBio and collaborators from @MPI_EvolBio have a recommended #preprint in @PeerCommunityIn: RAREFAN:….
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RT @loukesio: We have a new preprint with @andydfarr and @RaineyLab. If you are interested in barcoding a microbial species, have a look at….
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Potentially making PhiX174 a powerful model to produce custom therapies for E. coli infections.
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However, by simply evolving phages to overcome E. coli C resistance, we have already managed to increase the host range of PhiX174 and we believe that these kinds of evolution experiments can be used to evolve PhiX174 to target any given E. coli strain.
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