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