Oliver Mueller-Cajar

German plant biochemist from New Zealand living in Singapore

[Oliver Mueller-Cajar @omc111]

Here is my new favourite Rubiscondensate from a marine diatom with first authors @ZenOhZhenGuo and Warren Ang. 2 uM linker protein PYCO1, 5 uM Rubisco holoenzyme forms a very viscous condensate. Droplets labelled with 5% PYCO1-GFP or PYCO1-mRuby. https://t.co/tcWg0JTcmY

[Lucia Strader @LabStrader]

In back-to-back papers, our lab and the Casal lab tackle the question: How does temperature reshape auxin-driven growth?
Together, we reveal that temperature directly rewires ARF behavior.
https://t.co/WfqsQPihF6

[Martin Jonikas @JonikasLab]

We genetically disconnected starch from the matrix in the algal pyrenoid!

A saga1;saga2 double mutant lacks a pyrenoid starch sheath!

Our model: SAGA1 & SAGA2 locally initiate starch on the pyrenoid surface by enriching starch precursors.

🌞🦠🔬🔌👀

https://t.co/yjBV1nAfDc

[Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama_ryo]

Reprogramming encapsulins into modular carbon-fixing nanocompartments https://t.co/imuHLWFOfM @NatureComms

[Martin Jonikas @JonikasLab]

Algal pyrenoids—condensates that mediate ~1/3 of Earth’s CO2 fixation—change size and number as cells divide. Our data suggest a simple control mechanism: a kinase that continuously ejects material from the condensate! ☀️🌍🔬💧 #Biophysics #Photosynthesis
https://t.co/kT5C14FXXI

[Yansong Miao Lab @MiaoYansong]

🚨 Last chance! 🚨
Registration for the "Plant Condensation and Signaling Symposium" in Singapore closes on Oct 17 ⏰.

Don’t miss the opportunity to connect and explore cutting-edge science with global experts.

👉 Register now: https://t.co/dMkby0fL18
#LifeScience #Symposium

[Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama_ryo]

Laboratory evolution of Rubisco solubility and catalytic switches to enhance plant productivity https://t.co/cuQ3L2lCrh @NaturePlants

[Oliver Mueller-Cajar @omc111]

Come and attend our inaugural SBS symposium. A great line-up of speakers in the area of plant biology related biomolecular condensation!

SBS 2025 | School of Biological Sciences | NTU Singapore https://t.co/TYyHJlXS4D

[Oliver Mueller-Cajar @omc111]

We have an open faculty position in plant metabolism or plant chemical biology! Join our growing plant biology pillar at NTU!(Note: we define plants broadly, including marine photoautotrophs) https://t.co/Hg7HvYOAiU

[Yansong Miao Lab @MiaoYansong]

🚀 Our full website is now live — https://t.co/frKSOk8mqL! Registration is open, and short talk slots are available. Please share with anyone interested in interdisciplinary phase separation research. Let’s gather for some exciting brainstorming! 🧠 ✨

[Yansong Miao Lab @MiaoYansong]

NTU Singapore invites applications for the prestigious Lee Wee Nam Professorship in Life Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science. Lead interdisciplinary research and shape the future of plant biology! 🌿🍀🌻🌴#PlantScience #AcademicJobs
https://t.co/VBptnapbkn

[Oliver Mueller-Cajar @omc111]

This looks amazing..

Chloroplast genome editing of Rubisco boosts photosynthesis and plant growth https://t.co/0JjJqTbqhd

[Nic Houghton @40PercentGerman]

"An good way to learn German is to try reading children's books to familiarise yourself with basic grammar and vocabulary"

German children's book:

[Oliver Mueller-Cajar @omc111]

so nice to get the old twitter back - in the blue sky with plenty of starter packs… it‘s 2018 again!

[Josh Tycko @JoshTycko]

wow, snow-making machines depend on this bacterial protein to nucleate ice

thank you P syringae for enabling snowboarding on the East coast

https://t.co/xljL0j5eAW

https://t.co/Hu4TOONrH4

[Stéphane Lemaire @SLemaire75]

Dramatic changes in mitochondrial subcellular location and morphology accompany activation of the CO2 concentrating mechanism | PNAS https://t.co/90k3B2KjYn

[Liat Adler @noodlyscientist]

Congrats @james_r_barrett & co! My fave story this year: delving into nature's different approaches to condensing Rubisco into a pyrenoid 🤩 Same mechanism, different execution - and it works in land plants!! Huge implications for crop engineering

https://t.co/clkkyQdUcx

[Luke Mackinder @mackinderlab]

A blueprint of the diatom pyrenoid reveals a Rubisco encapsulating protein Shell is critical for CO2 fixation. Is it essential for global NPP? Congrats to @OnyouNam,@james_r_barrett,@ItsCarolineMck,@JNB_lab + great collab with @DemulderManon,@bengeliscious.https://t.co/gPwPLtylBR

[Sho Suzuki (he/him) @ShoSuzuki20]

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The School of Biological Sciences at Nanyang Technological University is looking for a TT Assistant Professor specializing in the Molecular and Cell Biology of Disease. Come join us as a colleague! Please help spread the word! 🙏
https://t.co/ZerT8UQUzJ

[Oliver Mueller-Cajar @omc111]

I have a PhD scholarship available for a student to join my group @ntusg in the January 2025 intake. The student will work on a project related to the cellular biochemistry of the diatom pyrenoid. Here is our first paper on the topic: https://t.co/9YVn8SLX8n

[Alex Jaffe @alexander_jaffe]

cyanobacteria can have multiple distinct forms of rubisco! check out our new preprint to learn about the unusual carbon fixation machinery of an low O2 prochlorococcus and what we think it might mean for physiology and ecosystem biogeochem