@DCSwarts

Group leader at Wageningen University & Research, NL | Prokaryotic immune systems | Views are my own

 The Netherlands
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Joined June 2018
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PostDoc position available! (links in post below) Feel free to share!
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Out now in @MolecularCell: Cyanobacterial Argonautes and Cas4 family nucleases cooperate to interfere with invading DNA cell.com/molecular-cell/full… Most long-A pAgos interfere with invading DNA solo. Why then are cyanobacterial pAgos co-encoded with a Cas4-like protein? A 🧵
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The first steps of this work were taken a long time ago during my @EMBO fellowship in the Jinek lab @UZH_en, but the main work was carried out by the talented @pilar_bobadilla in our group @WageningenUR @ERC_Research.
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In addition @SumanthMutte @TNiault @BarendsePatrick @BalwinaK and many other X-less coauthors. With further help of collaborator @hauryliuk! Thanks to all who contributed to this multidisciplinary study!
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Position in the Joo lab! Chirlmin is a fantastic person an scientist, and a long term collaborator. The science in his lab is mind blowing! Please apply if interested!
Joo_Lab@ChirlminJoo_Lab10 Mar 2025
A PhD position is open for this year. A candidate should have a background in programming skills.
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Daan C. Swarts retweeted
Joo_Lab@ChirlminJoo_Lab10 Mar 2025
A PhD position is open for this year. A candidate should have a background in programming skills.
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Excited to have been awarded an ERC Proof-of-Concept grant to further explore the possibilities to use prokaryotic Argonautes for diagnostics applications! 🥳
European Research Council (ERC)
@ERC_Research23 Jan 2025
📣 Out now! Final results of the 2024 ERC #Proof of #Concept #Grant call for proposals for #funding. 134 researchers will receive €150k each to explore the commercial or societal potential of their frontier #research results. 👉 europa.eu/!cGG9jc #ERCPoC @EUScienceInnov
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Jörg Vogel@JoergLab14 Jan 2025
Young RNA biologist and others: The deadline for these attractive group leader positions is this weekend!
Jörg Vogel@JoergLab21 Dec 2024
Here is the direct link: helmholtz-hiri.de/en/
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🚨New review🚨 Evolution and ecology of anti-defence systems in phages and plasmids Link: cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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We propose that beyond unraveling new anti-defence mechanisms, efforts should also aim to clarify the evolutionary and ecological drivers of anti-defence systems, which currently remain poorly explored.
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Together with @TNiault, it was really fun to (again) work together with former colleagues and friends @edzewestra and @StinekevanHoute on this review! Hope that everyone interested enjoys the read!
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