Artem Nemudryi
Assistant Professor at University of Florida College of Medicine
- Reposted by Artem NemudryiBacteria can sense when a virus starts shredding their genome — by detecting methylated mononucleotides. Here’s the story of how we discovered the Metis defense system 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Artem NemudryiGenome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from? Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral reverse transcriptases, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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- First preprint from the Nemudryi Lab! 🍾 In this work, we link antiviral immunity in bacteria and humans by showing that homologs of human Schlafen nucleases protect bacteria from phages. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Schlafen proteins were discovered in 1998 and named after the German verb for “to sleep” because they induce dormancy when overexpressed in mouse cells. Among many other functions, mammalian Schlafens restrict viruses by cleaving tRNAs and shutting down translation.
