Merve Tepe, PhD
PhD MICROBIOLOGIST /
Phage Therapy, AMR, Biofilms, Drug Design and some other topics
@remissionbiome.bsky.social &
@renegaderesearch.bsky.social team
DEFEND SCIENCE, RESIST IGNORANCE
Ankara/Boston
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDIf you have an interest in mixing computation and experiments to understand microbial evolution (for example antibiotic resistance) and you think you might be a good fit for a postdoc in my lab, reach out. If it seems it might be a fit I’m happy to help you frame it as AI for Biology per this call
- Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD#MicroSky: FERMENTATION: Acetic acid buildup can spoil fermentations—but real-time detection is hard. A whole-cell bacterial biosensor enables low-cost, sensitive, headspace AC monitoring supporting early intervention & better quality control. The future ahead by Kesler et al doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDOur new paper, out today! We resurrected ancient nitrogenases first used by life on Earth 3 billion years ago. We combined synthetic biology and geology & validated their chemical #biosignature in rocks that helps reveal ancient life on Earth!(and beyond!) Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD"A Microbial Horror Show" A public lecture on devastating outbreaks of disease thoughout human history that shaped how we detect, contain, treat and prevent infections. 🦠🤒🤢☠️💊💉🔬🥼 Part of the Science in Health lecture series @cumedicengage.bsky.social. 👇
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDAre you a cell biologist who secretly thinks cellular cryo-electron tomography is just George Palade-era EM, but fancier? Join this webinar to see how modern #teamtomo has shifted from pretty pictures to quantitative, local membrane biology, and how that changes the questions we can ask.
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDExcited to share our work on #AncientRNA from alcohol-preserved lungs, recovering the oldest human RNA virus genome (an 18th-century rhinovirus). Our study shows that viral RNA remnants persist in centuries-old tissue, opening new ways to study virus evolution and historical disease #Paleovirology🫁🦠
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDPredation by soil protists shifts bacterial metabolism from competitive to cooperative interactions -in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social from Wu Xiong (Qirong Shen) with Stefan Geisen, Alex Jousset www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDThe gut #microbiota shapes the human and murine #breath #volatilome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #MicroSky
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDPhD studentships available through our BBSRC-funded doctoral programme. 🦠🧫💻 Contact me if you're interested in using bioinformatics/lab-based approaches with cultivated and uncultivated bacteria of the human microbiome, to identify and characterize novel enzymes with potential biotech applications.
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD#MicroSky: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: Multi-halogenated indoles kill drug-resistant S. aureus, disrupt biofilms, induce ROS, wipe out persisters, block resistance, inhibit quorum sensing/haemolysis, and synergize with aminoglycosides. Read Sim et al in MBT. doi.org/10.1111/1751...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD🗜️⚡ If you use gzip/gunzip a lot in your pipelines, switch to the faster"libdeflate" versions instead! They use modern CPU capabilities to achieve a 2-3x speedup. libdeflate is in conda, and "libdeflate-gzip" and "libdeflate-gunzip" are drop-in replacements. #unix github.com/ebiggers/lib...
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDHello, Chicago! I'll be giving a public talk on Wednesday about reporting on science in these rocky times. events.uchicago.edu/event/259056...
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDCommunity conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments #microbiology #microbes #MicroSky @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDIn a new Science study, researchers report that bark microbes process methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, showing that bark is an important component of global trace gas dynamics. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4qX0MxL
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDWhen @omearabrian.bsky.social saw the manuscript, he described it as: ‘What if this figure could be an entire paper?’ I choose to interpret that as high praise. Now accepted at AmNat: The geometry of macroevolution (with Dan Rabosky). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDApplications are now open for the Genetics Society of AustralAsia’s 2026 awards for achievements in #genetics research & teaching🧬🧑🏫🔬. Awards presented at our annual conference. Pls RT! genetics.org.au/awards/ #PhDchat #ECRchat #WomenInScience #STEMoriginal #LGBTSTEM
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDWhen you think you met the right phd advisor but then he stops answering emails
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDI know many of you know Joe James (of Binning Singletons) Joe and his family had a terrible tragedy occur on Christmas. If you can give, this is a good family to help out gofund.me/5cbfe22fe
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDDelighted to share the hard work of undergraduate student Ella Rellis and first publication from my group since relocating to TCD. Here we identify a new stress response regulator induced by D-serine. 🦠🔬🧫 @microbiologysociety.org #publishforthecommunity www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDNew paper just out in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org! As always, a great team effort! Well done all. 🤩 @imibirmingham.bsky.social @hannahpugh.bsky.social @leahburgess.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @astimeosa.bsky.social
- The coolest finding of my PhD is finally out! E. coli has a 7th RND pump that is present in phylogroups B2/D/E/F but absent in A/B1/C. As a result EefABC has been absent in all K-12 RND studies! Co-authored by the very talented Dr. Lizzy Darby. @jessicamablair.bsky.social doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD🧬 We’re #Hiring a #Bioinformatician/ Computational Biologist! #Single-cell genomics, #Epigenomics & #3Dgenome biology in #Zebrafish #DevBio 🐟 📍 @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social, CABD, Seville (Spain) 🕒 Full-time, 3-year position (start March 2026) 📅 Apply by Feb 15, 2026 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1M8rp...
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD#Environmental ‘Superbugs’ in our #rivers and #soils ... | #superbugs | #antimicrobialresistance | #AMR | #drugresistance | Via eurasiareview .com
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDCall for papers! Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes collection showcases the scientific achievements around genome research on eukaryotic microbes. The collection welcomes genomic research spanning eukaryotic life. Find out more here: microb.io/MGem #MGen
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD📢Travel grant submissions are now open! 🔹We offer travel grants of up to £750 to support members in an early career or trainee post to present their research ⏰Apply before: 1 February - for conferences taking place after this date. 🔗More info: his.org.uk/research-funding/tr…
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDHello everyone. I lost my previous account (mervetepephd@bsky.social) It's the same Merve most of you know from X and Bluesky Please follow me if you want. Hope y'all have a great day Bye for now 👋
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDA decade later it’s still fun to see this in the wild
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD📢 IPC Training Days in 2026 are live ! 🔹26 Feb - AMR and stewardship Register now: ow.ly/Me8O50XH0qk 🔹11 June - Behaviour change, quality improvement and leadership 🔹09 Sep - Aspects of decontamination 🔹10 Nov - Reducing harm to patients and improving quality of care
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- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhD#Ribosomal engineering creates 'super-probiotic' #bacteria with enhanced immune activation ... | #Lacticaseibacillus | #probiotics | #lacticacid | #microbiota | Via @sciencex.bsky.social
- Reposted by Merve Tepe, PhDGenomic characterization and SNP analysis connect respiratory infections caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare with a pool facility. Learn more in MGen: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen
