Mayank Sharma

Jr. Group Leader and Lecturer @ETH Zürich, all about #chloroplasts #starchbiosynthesis #membraneremodeling (tweets=my opinion)

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

Hot off the press, first PI paper 🎉. Reporting a novel protein (VIA1) involved in thylakoid membrane biogenesis. VIA1 (similar to ESCRT-II) and bind to chloroplast ESCRT-III (VIPP1). Showing a direct role of VIPP1 in thylakoid biogenesis. @CellReports
https://t.co/zekHt1iGua

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

Many Congratulations @Kutub_joy da and team for this amazing work. 🥳💐

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Rewriting plant genomes with AI-designed nuclease

Das et al. @iampriyaa_03 @romio_saha23 @Debasmi34051797 @SPAINASHX @sonali_panda19 @Kutub_joy

https://t.co/8OLQSCSsT8

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Rewriting plant genomes with AI-designed nuclease

Das et al. @iampriyaa_03 @romio_saha23 @Debasmi34051797 @SPAINASHX @sonali_panda19 @Kutub_joy

https://t.co/8OLQSCSsT8

[Jarvis Lab @PaulJarvisLab]

🌱Exciting Opportunity!

The Jarvis Group is recruiting a Research Assistant to study the mechanism and structure of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) system.

Term: 3 years

Application Deadline: 12 noon, 19 June 2026

Apply here: https://t.co/VyKn1pSkho

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

Recently, such "inserting isolated thylakoids randomly" studies have been emerging more frequently, often without much controls and analysis.
https://t.co/iITspG4Ddk
https://t.co/7TUHpNWJDI

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

This article became a major news sensation, amusing to read, and difficult to believe.
https://t.co/YdOUIzIdd5
Some obvious flaws:
1. No negative control eye drops (e.g., heat-deactivated thylakoids).

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

4. Unclear whether it is "photosynthesis in the eye" or just delivery of some chloroplast proteins that causes access NADP production.
5. No TEM images provided where actual thylakoid is in cornea.

[Jarvis Lab @PaulJarvisLab]

Our new study characterizes the assembly of two functionally distinct chloroplast protein import complexes (TOC-P and TOC-N) in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts.

Huge thanks to @IvanAhelLab and @SKhalidLab, for a fantastic collaboration!

https://t.co/StbrWOvcCa

[Nitin Uttam Kamble @Kamblenitin16]

Excited to share our latest preprint on bioRxiv!

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

Two redundant paralogs of MAR1-BINDING FILAMENT PROTEIN affect B-type granule initiation in wheat https://t.co/KMFlLhGBrH

[Karnik Lab @KarnikLab]

✨ Sharing #new publication! uncovering a new target for CO2-regulation in vesicle trafficking that provides a new perspective on plant responses to #climate change 🌱congratulations! @One__Fish @SakharamWaghma1 @rucha_karnik @LeverhulmeTrust @BBSRC
https://t.co/ijz39XBaNT

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

https://t.co/JaLG9Eg1mn

[Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten]

👀

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

@SajibSalek Thanks Salek.

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

A Recent one on plastid intron splicing from B. Pfister. @ETH_DBIOL

https://t.co/4RrxdGo6x0

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

@Kutub_joy Thanks Kutub Da.

[Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla_1]

🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring:
1. Postdoc
2. PhD (UK applicants only)
Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development.
Apply-
https://t.co/Z0NqylaZcJ
#plantscijobs #AcademicJobs

[Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla_1]

PhD opportunity in the newly minted RO2T Respiration Group! Please share!
Interested in root biology, oxygen dynamics, imaging & modelling? We’re recruiting a PhD student at the University of Nottingham.
Deadline 15th February.
https://t.co/zwaUmfZ6p7

[Veijo Salo @VeijoS]

Excited to share that as my group launches across Karolinska Institutet and the University of Helsinki, we’re recruiting postdocs and research assistants to study the nanoscale architecture of lipid flux using in-cell structural biology approaches, including cryo-ET and cryo-CLEM

[Nature Plants @NaturePlants]

- Thylakoid remodelling: A vital role for VIA1 https://t.co/zbBAkpTeb6

[Mayank Sharma @mayankdu]

@Kutub_joy Very useful tool….Many Congratulations Kutub Da..🎊💐