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Streptococcus salivarius, a commensal bacterium dwelling in our gut, uses a secreted signaling peptide or pheromone to communicate with siblings in order to coordinate secretion of bacteriocins (bacteria killers used for predation) and acquisition of foreign DNA (competence for natural...

In an interview published in ScienceToday, the Dr Johann Mignolet, R&D project manager in the company Syngulon and visitor researcher in the LIBST (Pascal Hols’ lab, BGM), described how we might overhaul small antimicrobial peptides known as bacteriocins to solve bacterial issues. He also...

Sebastian Worms (Patrice Soumillion Lab, BGM) joined the ”Ma these en 180 secondes”  contest, the french version of the "3 Minute thesis scientific vulgarization contest". On the 28/03, he delivered his talk called “Il y a-t-il quelqu’un pour sauver l’antibiotique” (“Is there someone to...

On the 24 of April, the Belgian federation of the food industry (FEVIA) welcomed 26 groups of students from different universities, high schools and secondary schools who conceived innovative ans sustainable food products in the frame of the “Ecotrophelia” contest. Three students from the...