Tung Le
Dad of two, Professor, Lister Research Fellow and Wellcome Investigator at the John Innes Centre. Interested in bacterial chromosome organization & segregation, plasmids, and phages.
www.tunglelab.org
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- Reposted by Tung LeCauloCon 2026 is coming! 🔬✨ March 3–5 (fully virtual + free). Keynotes by Yves Brun, Becky Lamason & Martin Thanbichler. Great chance for grad students & postdocs to present their work (work-in-progress welcome!). Submit an abstract by Sun Feb 8. Register + submit: www.caulocon.com
- I am finally a proud owner of a Kamado “Green Egg”!!! An excellent parting gift from @leahmcphillips.bsky.social before leaving the lab!!!
- Reposted by Tung LePreprint out: We characterise PUA-Cal-HAD, a widespread bacterial antiphage defence family. An infection cue switches a preassembled complex into an immune filament that drains dNTPs via a coupled two-enzyme cascade, and phage DNA mimics can block filament assembly (anti-polymerisation).
- In two-week time, it will be 10 years of our group. I have not regretted once joining Mol Micro Dept and more widely the John Innes Centre.
- Reposted by Tung LeJust got word that we are a go for the Bacterial Cell Biology and Development GRS and GRC at Southern New Hampshire University! GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027 GRC will be from June 6-11, 2027 Block off your calendars Prokaryotic Cell Biologists! More details to come! Please repost!
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- Reposted by Tung LeStable inheritance of the Streptomyces linear plasmid SCP1 by dual ParABS partition systems biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Tung LeOur study of the evolution of the ParB NTP binding domain across the Tree of Life is now published! An awesome collaboration with @tunglejic.bsky.social led by @jovanakaljevic.bsky.social at the John Ines Center. Thanks to editors and reviewers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Tung LeOur preprint is now published in PNAS! This came together thanks to a great collaboration with Antoine Hocher and a strong team effort from the Le Lab. Thank you to the reviewers and to everyone who helped improve it. I hope ParB aficionados will enjoy it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.
- Now published. Thank you very much to our collaborative team, and very supportive editors and reviewers!!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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- “Keep knives sharp and cut gently to spray less” I cried so much when I worked in a restaurant back then, wish I knew this!!!
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- Reposted by Tung LeWe have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs. Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...
- Reposted by Tung LeStart independent research at the JIC with us 👇. Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes. Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍
- VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025 Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
- VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025 Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
- Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre. Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026. Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years. Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
- Reposted by Tung Le🚨PhD Opportunity Alert🚨 Join me, @suzieh.bsky.social and @walllabuoglasgow.bsky.social to investigate how environment shapes anti-phage defences & prophage–prophage conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
- Major advance here for our field!!!
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- Very creative and clever!!!
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- Reposted by Tung LeNew PrePrint from the Vecchiarelli and Mosalaganti (@shyamalm.bsky.social) labs! 🧵 Collaboration with the Giessen and Pi labs Congratulations to co-first authors Y Hoang (@hoanghamyy.bsky.social) and Pankaj Jadhav! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- @unibirmingham.bsky.social A nice surprise! Two Vietnamese, Two Perry prize winners from their Birmingham undergrad days, just 18 years apart, met acccidently at the Lister meeting!!!
- Reposted by Tung LeNew opportunity in the lab for a research assistant (technician), to support our BBSRC and @erc.europa.eu funded project @microclockerc.bsky.social on the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock. For this, we're looking for microbiology research experience #chronobiology www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/re...
- Reposted by Tung LeMy MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level! Applications Due by October 15, 2025 We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...
- Reposted by Tung LeCheck out the first preprint from our lab describing a direct molecular cross-talk between (p)ppGpp and c-di-GMP nucleotide messengers! Great work from first-author Corentin Jaboulay who was a postdoc in our lab, and great collaborations! @mmsb-lyon.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
- Cross-regulation of (p)ppGpp and c-di-GMP pathways controls a cell-cycle transition biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Tung LePlease RT 🙏 If you’re an early career researcher working in the fields of structural or synthetic biology wishing to start your lab then come join us at Imperial. We’re looking to support outstanding individuals for external Career Development Awards/Fellowships. www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
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- Reposted by Tung LeAnd the story is published now!🍾 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Open access link: rdcu.be/exnOc Many years in the making, great collaboration with @archaellum.bsky.social & @tunglejic.bsky.social Thanks @ukri.org BBSRC & @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding, reviewers & editor!! 🙏 #microsky #archaeasky
- New preprint from our lab! Story started long ago that took many years in the making. Great collaboration with @archaellum.bsky.social & @tunglejic.bsky.social groups. Generously funded by BBSRC @ukri.org & @leverhulme.bsky.social How do #archaea segregate their chromosome? #microsky #archaeasky
- Reposted by Tung LeExciting opportunities to establish your group at JIC! Come join our vibrant research community in Norwich! 🔹 Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions (path to tenure-track) tinyurl.com/yk576jms 🔹 GL in Discovery Plant Sciences (tenure-track or tenured) tinyurl.com/mwbs4dhn
- Reposted by Tung LeGROUP LEADER VACANCY JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences. If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
- Fantastic opportunity to start your independent career at the JIC here. Great startup package. Repost = nice. Thank you!!!
- New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions. Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
- Reposted by Tung LeNew Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions. Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
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- Reposted by Tung LeNew Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab @JohnInnesCentre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…
- Finally published! Many thanks to the reviewers and editor whose comments & suggestions improved this work significantly more than the first preprint version!!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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- Reposted by Tung LeThank you to everyone who attended the 3rd UK MGE workshop. What an incredible few days of science and community building! Next stop: York 2026, hosted by @pcmfogg.bsky.social. See you all next year! #UKMGE
- fantastic opportunity!!!
- New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
- Reposted by Tung LeNew tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
- Reposted by Tung LeExcited to share that my work in the @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social lab describing chaperone-mediated phage sensing by a bacterial NLR-related protein is out in @plosbiology.org!
- Bacteria encode homologs of the human NACHT proteins that form inflammasomes and use them to defend against phage #infection. @amyconte.bsky.social @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social &co show that bNACHT25 detects diverse phages indirectly through interaction with the host chaperone DnaJ. 🧪 plos.io/4koXP60
- Hopefully this will happen more in the future!!!
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- A very exciting 3rd edition of the MGE workshop, most talks are from early career scientists!!!
- The program for the 3rd MGE Workshop is now live! Check out this year's speakers using the link below. The deadline for registration closes on Friday 30th May ⏰ We look forward to seeing you all in Southampton in a few weeks time! #MGE #MGEWorkshop #Southampton www.ukmgeworkshop.org
