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ErillLab

@ErillLab

Research on bacteria, phages and ontologies

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erilllab.umbc.edu
Joined September 2017
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Two years ago we published about what we named "lytic deferment" in phages (doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.9…). The concept is re-discussed in this recent review by Casters et al. "Phage transmission strategies: are phages framing their host?" doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2024.1… Food for thought.
Schematic diagram from (Casters et al., 2024) showing that phages' access to molecular resources is dependent on cells that can convert them into biomass through metabolism.

ALT Schematic diagram from (Casters et al., 2024) showing that phages' access to molecular resources is dependent on cells that can convert them into biomass through metabolism.

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"Stranger Things of the Microcosmos" is the talk I will give at @Balticon this Sunday at 11:30 AM. I'll present exciting discoveries we made at @UMBCBiology and other institutions.
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The @UMBCPhageHunter are back in #SPAIN in January 2025! @UMBC students can hunt phages, learn #genomics at @UPFBarcelona , and see beautiful #Barcelona ¡Todo a la vez! @UMBCStudyAbroad @UMBCCNMS @UMBCBiology @phagesdb @cragenomica #UMBCabroad @ErillLab – at Catonsville, MD
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This is the first known observation of a virus attaching to another virus – talk about exciting! In this picture, a satellite bacteriophage consistently attached to a helper phage at the neck. Take a look at the amazing pictures 🔗rb.gy/fo8n8r
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@UMBC #PhageHunters in the #WashingtonPost @UMBCBiology @UMBCCNMS Scientists have discovered what may be the first ‘vampire’ virus wapo.st/46ix2k2 – at Elkridge, MD
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Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies theconversation.com/vampire-… via @ConversationUS
Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new...

Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new...

Researchers discovered a satellite virus latching onto the neck of another virus called MindFlayer. Studying the viral arms race between similar viruses could lead to new ways to fight infections.

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OMG the satellite virus on its helper virus like a baby and momma. UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus umbc.edu/stories/first-obser… – at Louvain, Belgium
UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus - UMBC: University of...

UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus - UMBC: University of...

Pairs of viruses where one needs the other to reproduce are well documented, but no one has ever see one virus directly attached to another. "I can’t...

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This one gets our stamp of approval! Tagide deCarvalho, director of the Keith R. Porter Imaging Facility, will have her microscopic art featured as USPS stamps later in 2023. umbc.edu/stories/microscopic…
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📢The Department of #BiologicalSciences is recruiting a FT, non-tenure track #Lecturer for Spring '23 #umbc #UMBCbiology #mathscience #microbiology #prealliedhealth #lecturerjobs #STEM #baltimore #scienceresearch #universityjobs #govjobs #TeachingJobs #umbcjobs #mdstatejobs
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Elia Mascolo U Maryland will talk about "#Viruses may have eyes & ears on us" with @sierra_photon, @ceciletamura, Bob Pray DVMedia+, and @qpclub1. SAT, Oct 29, 5 PM PDT #QP @Clubhouse @TamilclubhouseU clubhouse.com/event/M83lpvw8… #Stemm
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New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using info from their environment to 'decide' when to sit tight inside their hosts and when to multiply and burst out killing the host cell #umbc #biology #bacteria #virus #phage #microbiology #science
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The transcriptional regulator CtrA controls gene expression in Alphaproteobacteria phages: Evidence for a lytic deferment pathway frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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These bacteria form multi-cell clusters on suitable substrates. Killing a swarmer in bulk water doesn't guarantee to reach many infectable cells around. By postponing lysis, the phage can turn the infected swarmer cell into a trojan horse. Once it joins a colony of stalked ...
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Happy to see our last work published in @FrontMicrobiol ! We show that some phages infecting #Alphaproteobacteria behave like hackers of the infected cell. I loved how this research was driven by unexpected findings, one after the other. frontiersin.org/articles/10.… A thread 🧵👇
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Lytic deferment from @EliaMascolo neat idea and cool project from lab to computer and back again. #Phages2022
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Just published in @PeerComJournal – Genome co-evolution in bacteria and bacteriophage - Koert et al. Evidence for shared ancestry between #Actinobacteria and #Firmicutes #bacteriophages @ivanerill, Univ Maryland, Baltimore doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.2… #openaccess
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Now available in the first volume of the Peer Community Journal. Congratulations @ErillLab @CMattson_ Julia Lopez-Perez, Matt Koert @UMBCBiology peercommunityjournal.org/art… – at Elkridge, MD
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Nearly 60 phage TEMs done, DNA being isolated and digested, time for host range testing. Nice to have the #PhageHunters back in the lab! #SEAPHAGES #UMBC #UMBCBiology
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Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it. One type of virus -- bacteriophages -- infect bacteria to keep certain bacterial populations in check. theconversation.com/viruses-… via @ConversationUS @ivanerill
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Fantastic job by @UMBCBiology #PhageHunters Katelynn and Arushi on their #SEASymp2021 presentation. And great job by the 2021 @UMBCPhageHunter poster team! Great representatives of @UMBC and the @UMBCPhageHunters Well done! #SEAPHAGES @UMBCCNMS
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