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Tim Blower, PhD

New England Biolabs (Senior Principal Investigator); Durham University (Honorary Professor, formerly Professor); Blower Lab

We study phage-host interactions, namely the molecular biology and structural biology of phage-resistance mechanisms, including abortive infection, restriction-modification and BREX systems. We also isolate and characterise environmental phages from local water sources.

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  • 2026-07-22: coauthored “DNA modifications of Durham Collection phages and promiscuity of GmrSD-family Type IV restriction enzyme BrxU”. [2] [3] [4] [5]
  • 2026-02: coauthored “tRNAs as toxin targets in phage defence and a focus of counter-defence against abortive infection”. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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