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Daan F. van den Berg

Delft University of TechnologyORCID 0000-0002-2217-4074Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Stan J. J. BrounsiD· 3 shared Ana Rita CostaiD· 2 shared Aswin MuralidharaniD· 2 shared Halewijn van den BosscheiD· 2 shared Adja Damba Zoumaro-DjayooniD· 1 shared Alicia Rodríguez-MolinaiD· 1 shared Bruno E. CorreiaiD· 1 shared Desi Fierlier· 1 shared

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Molecular basis for anti-jumbo phage immunity by AVAST Type 5

Aswin Muralidharan, Ana Rita Costa, Desi Fierlier, Daan F. van den Berg, Halewijn van den Bossche, Adja Damba Zoumaro-Djayoon, Alicia Rodríguez-Molina, Martin Pabst, Martin Pačesa, Bruno E. Correia, Stan J. J. Brouns

This study identifies Avs5 systems as a conserved bacterial defense against jumbo phages, revealing their mechanism of recognizing and disrupting phage infection.

Molecular Cell · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Discovery of phage defense systems through component modularity networks

Daan F. van den Berg, Ana Rita Costa, Jelger Q. Esser, Aswin Muralidharan, Halewijn van den Bossche, Stan J. J. Brouns

The paper identifies phage defense systems by analyzing modular gene clusters, validating three new systems through experimental testing.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Reduced prevalence of phage defense systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Daan F. van den Berg, Stan J. J. Brouns

This study compares phage defense systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis patients, finding fewer defenses in CF strains.

mBio · Feb 25, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology