Miguel Ángel González Porras
Microscopist studying the role of the gut microbiome in insect pest resistance to crop defenses | Postdoctoral researcher at @univmalaga.bsky.social |
"Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is."
-Cixin Liu, Death's End.
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras#Immunology Intelectin-2 is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial lectin It binds glycans on mammalian cells (inducing mucin cross-linking) and on bacterial cells (leading to antibacterial activity) @laurakiessling.bsky.social @kiesslinglab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThis is a really cool study on one of my favourite obligate symbiotic systems: Aphid + Buchnera by @jerrymaeda.bsky.social, @nancy-moran.bsky.social, & co. A secreted #endosymbiont protein (SyeA, formally Yba3) essential for colonizing host cells doi.org/10.1101/2025... #SymbioSky
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasDeepKOALA: A Fast and Accurate Deep Learning Framework for KEGG Orthology Assignment www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThrilled to host @manuelkleiner.bsky.social for a week at @bengurionuniv.bsky.social for a MetaProteomics workshop! No better start than a seminar on "Advanced Metaproteomic Approaches To Investigate Functional Host-Microbiota Interactions." 🧬
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThis @events.embl.org Symposium will will bring together scientists using cellular, molecular, ecological, physiological, and theory-based approaches to explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions. Learn more and register your place: plos.io/4qNliks #EESSymbiosis
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasA Farewell to Tristan Wagner & the Microbial Metabolism Group!👋 After 7 years of dedicated research with us, he moves on to IBS in Grenoble. Dear Tristan, many thanks for the great work & the wonderful times together, & all the best in your future endeavours!🤗 mpi-bremen.de/en/A-Farewel...
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasTogether with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: bit.ly/3LaMIBC
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThe Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement names Toby Kiers as the 2026 Laureate. Her research reveals how underground fungal networks support life on Earth. Explore the hidden world beneath our feet: tylerprize.org/laureates/toby-kiers spun.earth/underground-atlas @spun.earth
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras🌿 Una glucanasa de un agente de biocontrol degrada la pared celular del hongo patógeno Botrytis cinerea y reduce así su infectividad en plantas Aprende más en nuestro artículo de #DivulgaciónIHSMLaMayora ⬇️ www.ihsm.uma-csic.es/comunicacion...
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasHappy to announce our latest paper! 🎉 We describe a biocontrol-derived glucanase that targets Botrytis cinerea, weakening fungal cell walls and reducing plant infection. Toward more sustainable crop protection. 🧬🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasWhy do some planktonic protists develop a gelatinous matrix? We suggest that this original adaptation is a strategy to cope with ocean oligotrophy: doi.org/10.1111/1462... Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out! #protistsonsky
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasLovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras📋 Join us on Friday 9th for a fascinating talk by Diego Orzáez from @ibmcp.bsky.social (Valencia) as part of the #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series Don't miss it! 🕑 9:30 AM 📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium More information here ⬇️
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasFinally made the switch.... To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasAn in vivo imaging technique can track the way molecules move through the nuclear pore complex go.nature.com/3KODM4A
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras🗣️ Today, Rosa Lozano-Durán from the Center for Molecular Plant Biology (ZMBP), @unituebingen.bsky.social (Germany) came to visit us in Málaga to share her research with a great talk entitled “The Cell Snatchers -- viral strategies to hijack a plant” as part of our #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras📋 Join us on Friday 19th for a fascinating talk by Rosa Lozano-Durán from Center for Molecular Plant Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen (Germany) @unituebingen.bsky.social as part of the #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series Don't miss it! 🕑 9:30 AM 📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium More information here ⬇️
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras🔬 Los investigadores Alejandro Pérez y Lola Fernández obtienen una ayuda destinada a Proyectos de Prueba de Concepto 2025 para financiar su proyecto "Aptámeros de oligonucleótidos y Nanotecnología: Una Nueva Generación de Biofungicidas para el Control del Oídio en Cucurbitáceas"
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThinking about a PhD and excited by algal development and evolution? 🌿🧬 Our IMPRS program has an open doctoral position in the department of Susana Coelho. More projects will be posted soon, so keep an eye on the page—or browse the current list here: lnkd.in/gEMXNQY6 Deadline: 19 January 2026
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasNew preprint! We explore how gutless marine worms and their bacterial symbionts use organosulfur compounds like DMSP and DMS - key molecules in marine sulfur cycling. Our results show that these compounds support carbon and energy metabolism in the Olavius algarvensis symbiosis.
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras🗣️ Today, Detlef Weigel from @maxplanck.de came to visit us in Málaga to share his research with a great talk entitled “Plants live in an imperfect world – and so do we” as part of our #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series 🌿
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras📋 Join us on Friday 5th for a fascinating seminar with the researcher Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Tübingen, Germany) Don't miss it! 🕓 9:30 AM 📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium More information here! ⬇️
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasWhooaaa My zombie cells and I received the Bremer Studienpreis for my PhD 🤩🤩🤩🧟♂️ I received a special price sponsored by @brukercorporation.bsky.social Daltonics, who produce mainly mass specs. It was quite a surprise, considering I didn’t use mass spectrometry in my PhD. Why did they choose me? 🧵
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasGreat talk by @delphinem-p.bsky.social from @geminiteamlab.bsky.social yesterday: “Hijacking the Plant #Spliceosome” on how alternative splicing drives #viral infection and #tomato fruit development 🍅 Thanks to our host @incavirus.bsky.social for organizing this insightful seminar! 👏
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasSo excited to share this as a new junior PI: My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀 www.bischofflab.com Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊 And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery! #CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThe conoid is a structure in #Apicomplexans that extrudes during egress, gliding motility & invasion. This study shows that the coiled-coil protein RNG2 tethers the conoid to the apical polar ring in #Toxoplasma and is essential for invasion @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/489blpq
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasSi alguien quiere pedir una #JdC para trabajar con nosotr@s, como explica el hilo ni nosotr@s ni nadie puede ofrecer lo que no tiene, pero podemos avalar/apoyar/co-presentar una solicitud. A día de hoy no tenemos candidato/a. 😊 Rebluitead/compartid si conocéis gente potencialmente interesada.
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasFluorescent microscopy is beautiful🔬✨ People who are pushing the envelope will not only uncover new biology, but captivate (and entice!) new generations of brilliant minds to love biology the same way we do
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasPresenting Dr. Daria Evseeva! Daria defended her thesis at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social last week and earned her doctorate - with distinction! She worked on a historic outbreak of Ralstonia in Martinique, the origins of the banana outbreak in Indonesia, and the evolution of intermicrobial antagonism.
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasThe reed leafhopper has become a major crop pest targeting sugar beets & potatoes. Scientists from @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social et al. show that it hosts 7 bacteria, 2 of which spread plant diseases. The microbial community may be key to its success in switching hosts. www.ice.mpg.de/524703/PR_Vo...
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras📢 18-month PostDoc Fellowship – University of Montpellier (France) 🦠🦋 Interested in insect pathology, immunity, microbiome, or genomics? We’re looking for a motivated candidate (<2 years post-PhD by mid-2026). 🧪 📩 Contact me ASAP for details! ⏳ Application deadline: 16/01/26 🔁 Please RT / Repost
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- Congratulations!! 👏👏 The Bremen Study Prize 2025 goes to @janbruewer.bsky.social for his outstanding #PhDThesis. Well deserved! 🥳 @brukercorporation.bsky.social special #award @unibremen.bsky.social Learn more about Jans research and the award: mpi-bremen.de/en/Jan-Bruew... (C)Jens Lehmkühler
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- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González Porras👏L'investigador de l' @imedea.bsky.social Ramon Rosselló-Móra, entre els científics més citats del món per quart any. És l'únic investigador de les Illes Balears que figura en la llista «Highly Cited Researchers 2025» de @clarivate.com. @csic.es @ramonix.bsky.social 🔗 diari.uib.cat/Hemeroteca/R...
- Reposted by Miguel Ángel González PorrasVery cool study: matricide in ants as a maniputing behaviour favouring social parasitism! 🤯🤯 ->Socially parasitic ant queens chemically induce queen-matricide in host workers. Current Biology. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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