David Romero

Pre- and postantibiotic epoch: The historical spread of antimicrobial resistance Plasmids are now the primary vectors of antimicrobial resistance, but our understanding of how human industrialisation of antibiotics influenced their evolution is limited by a paucity of data predati...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"Creemos nuestro deber realizar diversas cosas: educar a los hijos, acumular un patrimonio, escribir un libro, descubrir una ley científica, pero sólo hay una cosa que hacer: modelar nuestra vida, hacer de ella algo íntegro, racional, bueno".
#tolstoi

¡Me encanta verlos sonreír! Abrazos de 🐻

The Organism-Environment Pairing In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda addresses a crucia...

With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky

"Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir a una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro, los he visto. Como si se pudiese elegir en el amor, como si no fuera un rayo que te parte los huesos y te deja estaqueado en la mitad del patio".

Rayuela, Julio Cortazar.

This may be a good time to re-read Elio's memoirs 😥

schaechter.asmblog.org/elios_memoirs/

Music to my ears. This is brilliant. Either 90% of us can claim to be better musicians than Beethoven or… maybe just maybe polygenic scores aren’t perfect?

How and when organisms edit their own genomes - Nature Genetics This Review describes the changes that some organisms make to their own DNA sequences, linking many to common genetic mechanisms built around canonical DNA repair and to a set of functional circumstan...

A wonderful, thought-provoking review
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#ProtistsOnSky

Did you know that some microbes can simultaneously respire aerobically and anaerobically, even in fully oxic environments?
This article elaborates on a flexible strategy that reshapes traditional understanding of microbial metabolism: asm.org/articles/202...

Thrilled to share this work! I am honored to learn from @mlbendall.bsky.social and so grateful for his guidance and mentorship.

Stellarscope is just the beginning!

There is so much to learn about TEs and now we can all explore the uncharted territory of single cell retro-genomics 🧬🔭

This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025

MexOMICs Maps the Genetic and Social Landscape of Disease in Mexico By focusing on twins and patients with lupus and Parkinson’s disease, a Mexican consortium is generating critical data to understand health and disease in the country.

Thanks @lecteroide.bsky.social for the opportunity to share the efforts developed in MexOmics

www.the-scientist.com/mexomics-map...

transcriptionists take note 👇

gRNA + dCas12f + σE > new promoter 👀

#MicroSky #RNASky

🍄📷 #FungiFriends

Precise measurement of molecular phenotypes with barcode-based CRISPRi systems - Genome Biology Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screens have untangled regulatory networks driving diverse biological processes. Their success relies on interrogating specific molecular phenotypes and distinguishing key regu...

Nice work from Joseph Lobel on barcode-based #CRISPRi systems!

genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

How can physics contribute to understanding the evolution of complexity? Although great results have been produced over the last decades, some recent "theories" appear to ignore key ideas from evolutionary theory and are seriously flawed. Check this paper in PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Novel insights into the genome organization of Rhizobiaceae: identification of linear plasmids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.29.656789v1

A Sting Inside a Papermill “It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals and collect a ha…

This is a must-read. Csaba Szabó, the author of Unreliable, was approached by a paper mill, and he decided to conduct a sting operation. He documented how paper mills operate.

forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...

The impact of ancestral, genetic, and environmental influences on germline de novo mutation rates and spectra - Nature Communications Here the authors analyze de novo mutations in >10,000 parent-offspring trios and find that ancestry and smoking independently associate with mutation rate, but that common genetic variants likely c...

It's finally out people ✅🗞️! Check out the final version of our work exploring factors influencing the germline mutation rate and spectra on ~10,000 WGS family trios 🧬👨‍👩‍👦!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The digital erosion of intellectual integrity: why misuse of generative AI is worse than plagiarism - AI & SOCIETY buff.ly/utMR3U9

ASM strongly opposes the proposed cuts in the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request to federal departments and agencies that fund science, research and public health programs. Read our statement: asm.org/articles/pol...

JB Editor's Choice: Wessel, Johnson & Waters show that, unexpectedly, DNA damage repair is essential for the growth of pathogenic Vibrios on thiosulfate–citrate–bile salts–sucrose selective agar.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@asm.org #JBacteriology

Measurements of translation initiation from all 64 codons in E. coli Abstract. Our understanding of translation underpins our capacity to engineer living systems. The canonical start codon (AUG) and a few near-cognates (GUG,

I think that’s enough drinks for you, Molecular Biology! Pack up!

“Translation initiation from all 64 codons in E. coli”

academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago

https://go.nature.com/3EC3eqT

Que peligroso y que grave que estas señoras aspiren a un cargo tan importante

Image of two zebrafish (Danio rerio). The top is a male with a slender, yellow body. The bottom is a female, which has an egg-bearing belly. Credit unattributed. DM to remove.

Let's talk about sex! Research suggests natural zebrafish have WZ/ZZ sex chromosomes as evidenced by a single sex-linked region on chromosome 4. This trait is lost in laboratory fish as sex is determined by multiple genes, with influences from the environment. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪

Rabbi and Cantor Alums of Brown Write To the University: Do Not Cede Control to Those Who Weaponize Antisemitism

FYI rabbis and cantors who are alums of Brown University are organizing, asking the university not to capitulate to Trump's weaponization of antisemitism on the path to destroying higher ed and the diversity and freedoms that should accompany it.

Glad to be one of them.

all fans of biofilms take note 👇
#MicroSky

Along with colleagues and some former colleagues from CIDE, I've signed this letter in support of Harvard & all other US universities whose academic freedom and whose communities' human rights are currently under attack. #InSolidarity