Andreas Peschel
Professor of Microbiology at the University of Tübingen, studying Staphylococcus biology and pathogenicity
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelOpen PhD position Institute of Medical Microbiology, Lübeck, Germany. I will be leading a new research group at UKSH Lübeck and we have an open PhD position starting April 2026. Please share! jobs.uksh.de/job/L%C3%BCb...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelJoin us at this year's meeting of the International Society of Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health - ISEMPH 2026 in Kiel. See: isemph.org/page-18356
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelA win for antibiotic discovery—and for all of us. The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome are committing $60M to accelerate next-generation antibiotics and combat AMR. 18 projects. 17 countries. One mission. Read here➡️ www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-...
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🔬🦠𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗭𝗜𝗙/𝗣𝗘𝗚 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! We are excited to invite you to the joint Annual Meeting of DZIF & PEG: Explore how infection research is evolving in the age of antibiotic resistance, gender medicine, and precision medicine 📅 February 23–24, 2026 📍 Bonn 🔗 Register now: t1p.de/dzif-peg-2026
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelThe first of some rather chunky papers coming out of Sam Fenn’s work here at @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social Here we identify and characterise yet another way S. aureus survives life in the bloodstream, but remodelling a major part of its metabolism
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel#NatMicroPicks Asgard archaea and the origin of eukaryotes! 🦠 Eukaryotic cellular complexity evolved largely within the Asgard lineage before mitochondrial endosymbiosis and later bacterial gene acquisitions #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelImportant study for researchers of the nasal microbiome 👃🦠 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelSave the date, please RT: Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions". October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany). @dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelCongratulations to MD-PhD student, Amanda Velez and all co-authors on our new PNAS paper describing how the innate immune protein calprotectin incapacitates autolysins, inducing tolerance to B-lactam antibiotics. A fun collaboration with Thomas Kehl-Fie. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelPreprint from our lab and @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social: In synthetic nasal communities a single Corynebacterium propinquum strain can exclude Staphylococcus aureus through nutrient competition. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelFinal paper from my postdoc with @meeraunnikri.bsky.social. Happy me! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelBeyond mecA: a two-tiered mechanism and regulatory rewiring drive high-level ceftaroline resistance in clinical MRSA! (A link between Spx and c-di-AMP 🤔) | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #cdAMP
- Thank you @pdersch.bsky.social and @effiebastounis.bsky.social for your presentations! A great start for @cmfi.bsky.social into 2026
Great colloquium today! Guest speaker @pdersch.bsky.social showed how 𝘠𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 reprograms neutrophils during infection, causing severe inflammation and @effiebastounis.bsky.social how 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 hijacks immune cells to spread. Key findings for fighting pathogens! #Microbiology #InfectBiology #BioMech
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🫴 Structural basis of quinone sensing by the MarR-type repressor MhqR in Staphylococcus aureus: | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelDoes this mean Santa has to move? Find out in the latest episode of ScienceStuff: link.podtrac.com/SciStuff_NorthPole
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelChristmas miracle, anyone?
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelParadigms for microbiome analysis in infectious and non-communicable diseases
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🤩 Long ago in 2021, Irina Afonina saw E. faecalis prophage tail fibers co-purify with membrane vesicles, but we didn't know their fxn: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC.... In this new preprint, Mike Gilmore and colleagues show us what the tail fibers (aka efagins) actually do! Super cool work. 🤩
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🏥 In a joint statement, the Patient Advisory Boards of the DZIF and the German Society for Infectious Diseases #DGI strongly urge the reinstatement of the “Infectious Diseases” service group in the German Hospital Reform Adjustment Act. t1p.de/KHAG #KHAG
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelChristian Drosten erhält die Auszeichnung „Rede des Jahres 2025“ der #UniTübingen. Das Seminar für Allgemeine #Rhetorik zeichnet den Virologen für dessen Plädoyer für eine engagierte Wissenschaft aus: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelA double dose of good news on the infectious disease front: There’s not just one but two new drugs coming for gonorrhea, one of the most worrying diseases when it comes to antibiotic resistance. 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🚨 US FDA approves Nuzolvence® (zoliflodacin), a first-in-class oral antibiotic for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea, co-developed by GARDP & Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics. Zoliflodacin is the first new treatment to be developed solely for gonorrhoea in decades. 🔗 gardp.org/nuzolvence-z...
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- Congratulations Ana Rita, awesome news and so well deserved
- I couldn’t be happier or more flattered to receive an ERC-CoG. I’m grateful for this opportunity and excited to take the next steps in our research! Recruiting early next year! Reach out if you want find out how to use bacterial immunity to tackle infections! @erc.europa.eu @unituebingen.bsky.social
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelThe DZIF General Assembly has elected a new Executive Board. We warmly congratulate Prof. Dirk Busch, Prof. Andreas Peschel, and Prof. Thomas Pietschmann on their reappointment, and extend a special welcome to the newly elected members Prof. Marylyn Addo and Prof. Susanne Herold. 👏
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelNew article about how to manage Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Led by Hadar Mudrik-Zohar. Includes @seanong.bsky.social @drtoddlee.bsky.social #IDSky #SNAP_trial www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel👉 Interesting paper for arginine scientists: ArgT functions as an arginine transporter in Staphylococcus aureus | Journal of Bacteriology: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelHappy to see our collaboration with @larocklab.com in print! Great work from @larocklab.com group to show that Staphopain A cysteine protease (ScpA) of S. aureus initiates pyroptosis in keratinocytes through proteolytic processing of Gasdermin A. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelOur popular science article (in German) with @simonheilbronner.bsky.social on the commensal and pathogenic struggles of Staphylococcus aureus
- Spannendes zum Kampf von Staphylococcus aureus im Kampf mit dem nasalen Mikrobiom im Artikel von Simon Heilbronner und David Gerlach: www.biospektrum.de/system/files... @dger.bsky.social
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelAre you a postdoc & looking for funding options? Then join us for the #ResearchFundingSnacks on the first Thursday of each month, 12:00. Next session on Dec 4: Funding Programmes by the #DAAD and #AlexandervonHumboldt Foundation. Find out more: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/en/99389
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelVery nice work from Simon Heilbronner's lab in Munich, which we heard at the Staph GRC this summer. Plenty more of these kinds of interactions going on in these communities I think. academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelIt’s not only medications—environmental chemicals can also inadvertently harm our gut microbes. Excited to have contributed a bit to this important study!
- Our paper mapping the effects of hundreds of pesticides and industrial chemicals on gut bacteria is out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com today! Turns out many such chemicals, although labelled as 'fungicides' or similar, can inadvertently inhibit friendly gut bacteria. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelReally happy to see the final version of this published in @isme-microbes.bsky.social. We show that production of and competition for biotin shapes S. aureus fitness in the context of nasal commensals doi.org/10.1093/isme... Work lead by the amazing Kevser Bilici!
- Is German academia better protected than the US one? No: "Crucial programs could be scrapped within months by simple budget decisions..." Deutschlands Hochschulen im Stresstest: Wenn Populismus auf Wissenschaftsfinanzierung trifft www.jmwiarda.de//blog/2025/1...
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🌍 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025 🦠 Antimicrobial resistance threatens global health. Unnecessary antibiotic use accelerates resistance and makes infections harder to treat. Use antibiotics responsibly and help raise awareness. Act now! youtu.be/_Qy3aTKiVLE #WWAW2025 #AMR #GoBlue
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelPhD fellowship position in my group @roslininstitute.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social on Staph aureus host-pathogen interactions in atopic dermatitis using human skin organoids in collaboration with the brilliant Sara Brown. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelPhD position on bacterial (Staph aureus) transporters and host-adaptation in my group @roslininstitute.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Congratulations Jodi, have a good start!
- S. aureus has an intrinsic rifampicin resistance mechanism! See the recent study by M. Otto's lab with important clinical implications: Export by a quorum sensing–controlled drug exporter underlies rifampicin’s strong activity against staphylococcal biofilms | www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelThe rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance in five charts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelWe're just 6 months away from @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Beyond #Antibiotics : Emerging Strategies Combating #BacterialInfection, May 2026 in Breckenridge! 👉Scholarship and short talk abstract deadlines are Jan 7! 🧐 keysym.us/KSBeyondAntibiotics26 #KSBeyondAntibiotics26
- Reposted by Andreas Peschelournals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02278-25?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Pleased to present our latest work from Doctoral candidate Camryn Bonn. Emergence of S. aureus strains with increased resistance to antimicrobial fatty acids.
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelOur new paper on type VII - showing a role in delaying macrophage death-
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel🏥 Die geplante #Krankenhausreform gefährdet die infektionsmedizinische Versorgung. In einer gemeinsamen Stellungnahme fordern zahlreiche Fachgesellschaften und Verbände die Wiederaufnahme der Leistungsgruppe „Klinische Infektiologie“, um die Versorgungsqualität und Patientensicherheit zu sichern.
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelDelighted to share our latest paper - A host-directed adjuvant sensitizes intracellular bacterial persisters to antibiotics. Excellently led by Dr. Kuan-Yi Lu. We think it's a great proof-of-concept that altering immune cell behavior can make antibiotics work better www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Andreas Pescheland Staphylococcus story in this paper.... www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... All dependent on friends in @universityofhull.bsky.social Michelle Rudden, Holly Wilkinson and Matt Hardman & co., & Unilever colleagues Barry Murphy, Jo Hunt & Rob Cornmell & Yorkies @seanmeaden.bsky.social
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelDZIF Start-up Fund: Support for spin-offs in infection research with mentoring + up to €500K funding. Focus: preventive & therapeutic anti-infectives. Apply by Nov 30, 2025! More info ➡️
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelCheck it out! A proper team effort from past and present group members and a great collaboration with @sergemostowylab.bsky.social
- The Staphylococcus aureus LXG-domain toxins EsxX and SAR0287 do not promote virulence in a zebrafish larval infection model biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelHappy to share this new article online at #mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Human nasal organoids (HNOs) are a new model system for studying bacterial colonization and interspecies interactions. A big congratulations to the whole team, especially co-first authors: Andrea Boyd and Leah Kafer
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here: ➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelOur work deciphering the substrate preferences of a di-/tripeptide transporter from S. aureus is now available as a proof at @plos.org Pathogens! Big thanks to the reviewers and to all the brilliant co-authors, particularly Callum who helped get those last few crucial experiments across the line
- Congratulations @lisamaierlab.bsky.social and Anne, much deserved. You are also such an asset for @cmfi.bsky.social and @dzif.bsky.social
- Research prizes for our lab: Anne has been awarded the DZIF Doctoral Award of the DGHM, and Lisa has received the DGHM Main Award. A wonderful recognition of the creativity, curiosity, and persistence of the entire team! www.dghm.org/dghm-preisve...
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelCDC reports that the 'nightmare bacteria' with the NDM gene infections rose ~ 70% from 2019–2023 & is resistant to almost all antibiotics. At GARDP, Shionogi’s approved antibiotic cefiderocol & Bugworks’ BWC0977, now in clinical development, show activity against it. 🔗Read: bit.ly/4pFG05H
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelFascinating study delineating plasmid evolution during the last 100 years.
- Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols. Thread 1/n
- Reposted by Andreas PeschelLatest from Lizzie Ledger in the lab…. Very cool story demonstrating the cross reactivity of a single AMR mechanism to confer resistance/tolerance to two distinct classes of antibiotics. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Reposted by Andreas Peschel#NewResearch Nasal colonisation by S. aureus is linked with depression in a human cohort and shown in a mouse model to cause decreased serotonin and dopamine in the brain #MicroSky #Depression www.nature.com/articles/s41...
