New paper by Blokesch lab published in Science

© 2026 EPFL

© 2026 EPFL

Our study on competence-mediated diversification of Vibrio cholerae integrons was published today.

Congratulations to Laurie, Sandrine, Loriane, and Alexandre who provided outstanding technical and bioinformatics support to Melanie's "sabbatical night project" on competence-driven diversification of Vibrio cholerae integrons.

You can find the paper "Competence-mediated DNA uptake diversifies Vibrio cholerae sedentary chromosomal integrons"by Laurie Righi, Sandrine Stutzmann, Loriane Bader, Alexandre Lemopoulos, and Melanie Blokesch at Science magasin (free author electronic reprint link is provided here).

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation

References

Righi L., Stutzmann S., Bader L., LemopoulosA., Blokesch M. (2026) Competence-mediated DNA uptake diversifies Vibrio cholerae sedentary chromosomal integrons. Science, 392:194-201; doi: 10.1126/science.aed0645.