News & Highlights

Latest publications, media coverage, talks and updates from the Microbial Genomics and Epigenomics Team

Recent News

Pedro H. Oliveira's presentation to CEA on bacterial defensomes (in French)

Pedro's talk for the CEA focusing on the arsenal of antiviral defense of environmental bacteriaa is now online.

Our work on bacterial warfare in environmental ecosystems was highlighted in multiple media outlets

Coverage of our recent publication on bacterial war-games in environmental bacteria appeared in Nature - Behind the Paper, CEA, and Público.

Our work on defensomes in complex microbial communities was published in Nature Communications

Angelina Beavogui's first Ph.D paper was published in Nature Communications. Congratulations Angelina!

Pedro H. Oliveira's opinion on innovative sequencing technologies was highlighted by Nature

Pedro's view on the short-read market highlighted by Nature.

Pedro H. Oliveira's talk at CSHL on bacterial defensomes

Pedro's talk at the CSHL Microbiome meeting focusing on Bacterial Defensomes is now online.

Pedro H. Oliveira's talk on Microbial Epigenomics for Technology Networks is now live

Pedro's talk for the Teach me in 10 video series from Technology Networks focusing on Microbial Epigenomics is now online.

Pedro H. Oliveira's talk at SMRT Leiden is now online

Pedro's talk at SMRT Leiden on Epigenomics in the Era of Third Generation Sequencing is now online.

New paper on conserved DNA methyltransferases published

This month we published our paper on conserved DNA methyltransferases in Bacteria in Trends in Microbiology. This work proposes strategies in which these MTases can be prioritized to enable a community-wide, integrative approach for functional epigenomic studies.

Our Nature Microbiology paper was highlighted in the media

Our recent publication on Clostridioides difficile epigenomics has been receiving media attention. Some examples include GenomeWeb, EurekAlert, and Público.

Pedro H. Oliveira interview for the National News (in Portuguese)

Pedro H. Oliveira was interviewed for the National News channel RTP1 regarding his work on Clostridioides difficile epigenomics.

New paper on Clostridioides difficile epigenomics published

This month we published our work on Clostridioides difficile epigenomics in Nature Microbiology.