Hybrid Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, November 22, 2024
Rotem Sorek, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Director, Knell Family Center for Microbiology, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Immune System of Bacteria: Beyond CRISPR
Recommended Readings:
Sorek Lab. “The immune system of bacteria”
Yirmiya, Erez, et al. “Phages overcome bacterial immunity via diverse anti-defence proteins.” Nature 625.7994 (2024): 352-359.
Hör, Jens, Sharon G. Wolf, and Rotem Sorek. “Bacteria conjugate ubiquitin-like proteins to interfere with phage assembly.” Nature 631.8022 (2024): 850-856.
Tamulaitiene, Giedre, et al. “Activation of Thoeris antiviral system via SIR2 effector filament assembly.” Nature 627.8003 (2024): 431-436.
Antine, Sadie P., et al. “Structural basis of Gabija anti-phage defence and viral immune evasion.” Nature 625.7994 (2024): 360-365.
