Microbiology editor at a multidisciplinary open-access journal. Born & raised in Asturias, Spain. In the UK since 2008. Dad ×3, husband ×1. Posts in English and Spanish. LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/CesarSanchez The views expressed are my own. Pues eso.https://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3mzi2pfuv7c2jAttending #IUMS2026? I am a @natcomms.nature.com editor and would be happy if you say hi and tell me about your research!04 Nov 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzi2pfuv7c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myu3uztzps25"Do not begin by asking how many animals(*) will satisfy a journal, but begin by identifying the smallest, most rigorous experimental design that can genuinely test the hypothesis & convince editors, reviewers and readers of the advance presented" * I'd add: or if any animals are actually needed! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-026-01825-127 Oct 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myu3uztzps25https://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myrojxsrzk2kICYMI The generation of functional viral genomes has urgent biosafety and biosecurity implications "The ability to compose viral genomes using generative AI now exists; the governance to safely steer it does not" https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej8512 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrojxsrzk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myrnjzgeak2h🦠 Designing Novel Bacteriophages with AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjZVZbj9MlA26 Oct 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrnjzgeak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3mypqdehu2c2w¿Qué es el virus Shamonda? Las claves del patógeno detectado en España que salta por primera vez a humanos https://www.publico.es/sociedad/virus-shamonda-claves-patogeno-detectado-espana-salta-primera-vez-humanos.html?utm_source=native_share&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=web&via=publico_es25 Oct 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mypqdehu2c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3mynirvzrrc2eCartoon: Twisteddoodles on a cat’s-eye view of science https://www.newscientist.com/article/2594867-twisteddoodles-on-a-cats-eye-view-of-science/24 Oct 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynirvzrrc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3mynd6egav22r"How different would Earth be if anaerobic life were the only life form, and could it have become sentient?" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2594482-how-different-would-earth-be-if-anaerobic-life-were-the-only-life-form/24 Oct 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mynd6egav22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myn7ld4phs2g"Readers should be invited to identify with nonbinary protagonists, and gain a new perspective on old beliefs" "I’m all about defamiliarization in A Wall Is Also a Road, where my protagonist Gardenpath is a nonbinary slime mold from beyond the galaxy, trying to make it through graduate school" [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myn7ld4phs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myn7erzdh22g"A a single-celled alien is perplexed by Earth’s biology in Annalee Newitz’s A Wall Is Also a Road" "Newitz clearly put a lot of thought into working out what a highly intelligent,sophisticated single-celled culture would look like, and that also makes for great enjoyment" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2594476-these-two-new-sci-fi-novels-really-impressed-us/24 Oct 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myn7erzdh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myhzrrprx22s🦠 Cracking the Archaeal Cell Wall: How a hydrolase overturned a 50-year-old paradigm The story behind the paper! "...our nemesis, the 85Da mass, was present in all tested species and was still inexplicable…" https://communities.springernature.com/posts/cracking-the-archaeal-cell-wall-how-a-hydrolase-overturned-a-50-year-old-paradigm [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhzrrprx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myh7xzvmos2yA single archaeon couples long-chain fatty acid oxidation to methanogenesis So, "methanogens can function as primary degraders of complex organic matter, challenging the classical syntrophic paradigm" 🦠 (shareable link to read the article: rdcu.be/t3PwCaNNrEMa) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11207-x22 Oct 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myh7xzvmos2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myewil74o22oMethanogenic archaea promote mucosal homeostasis and protect from colitis (in mice) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42900725/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42900725/21 Oct 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myewil74o22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3myew6dwrgk2l"NIH Websites Are Changing" "Per Executive Order 14434, federal agencies are now using "Super Intelligence" (SI) in place of "Artificial Intelligence" (AI). You may see both terms across NIH content during this transition."21 Oct 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3myew6dwrgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3mycq6qw72s2cFrom professional isolation to global connection with Women in Phage (shareable link to read the article: rdcu.be/aWQmb6ygnp7a) Women In Phage: womeninphage.phage.directory 🦠 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-026-02519-920 Oct 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycq6qw72s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3my7wmhw3h22lBiología desde el punto de vista de alguien "podríamos asumirnos como seres vivos que instigan eventos en otros seres vivos, observar sin pretender retirarnos de la escena y relatar lo sucedido desde el punto de vista de alguien" https://www.quimicaviva.qb.fcen.uba.ar/articulo.php?id=44419 Oct 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7wmhw3h22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/twistedbacteria.bsky.social/post/3mxy6lfzlos2t"Environmental AMR only constitutes a meaningful risk when resistant bacteria overcome key ecological & transmission barriers to reach, persist in & colonize susceptible hosts" 🦠 (A. Gide: Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, it must be said again)😉 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X2600271416 Oct 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:bf5eoe3mxwpvtho7igd74zqu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxy6lfzlos2t