Think vacuoles are just plant cell dumpsters? Think again.
They sense. They signal. They reshape. They fight back! ⚔️
Vacuoles are emerging as central hubs for plant resilience and adaptation. 🌱
@plantophagy.bsky.social and I unpack it all in our new review. Check it out!
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Hello everyone! I am pleased to share information on the first ever Computational Structural Virology Symposium, conducted August 4th on zoom and highlighting work in this emerging field. You can register for this event here: forms.gle/CNiqskMwQEuV.... Please re-post!
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Drosophila follicle showing retrotransposons (pink & yellow) expressed in somatic cells infecting the oocyte
1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇
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Just sprouted on #Bluesky 🌱 Let’s turn over a new leaf together! 🌿
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Thanks! was definitely useful
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🇨🇦Postdoc in the Burga lab at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA)🇦🇹. Developmental biologist turned selfish gene/mobile genetic element/virus enthusiast, working in nematodes at the interface of them all!
Structural virology group leader at Umeå University, Sweden.
Doctoral researcher at MPI Tübingen 🇩🇪🇳🇴 - Plant biology, immunity, virology, evolution 🌱🧬 Plant immunogenomics group
Assistant Professor at Utrecht University 🇳🇱
We use #cryoEM and molecular #virology techniques to study the infection mechanisms of +ssRNA viruses.
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Our mission is to address climate change, advance sustainable agriculture, and conserve biodiversity through innovative plant research. Our goal is to help create a sustainable future where ecological equilibrium is maintained.
Ph.D., Marie Curie Alumni, scientific editor, Developmental Cell @cp-devcell.bsky.social, views my own
Investigating viruses, using pipettes, #AI and coffee.
Learn more at the lab website: https://grovelab.github.io/
Check out our database of viral protein structure predictions: https://viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk/
Based at: @cvrinfo.bsky.social
🧬Bioinformatician in Steinegger lab, SNU, Korea 🤍Interested in protein structure and software development 🤺Live double life as a fencer
Developing data intensive computational methods • PI @ Seoul National University 🇰🇷 • #FirstGen • he/him • Hauptschüler
PhD student @soreklab.bsky.social. Researching the arms race between bacteria and phages 🦠🛡⚔️ A proud father of 3 cats. 🏳️🌈
Lecturer & group leader in Lund University. Computational microbiologist, mostly working on toxin-antitoxin systems, ribosomes and bacterial defence against phages. Director of the LU-Fold protein structure prediction infrastructure of LU.
Atkinson-lab.com
The Sorek Lab
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/molgen/Sorek/
Principal Investigator at @aithyra.bsky.social | Structural bioinformatics, virology, and innate immunity | jasonnomburg.com
Assistant Professor @VU Amsterdam
Fungi, Ecology, Genetics, Microscopy, Symbiosis. #Scientist, #educator, #artist and #philosophy lover! 🌱🍄🔬👨🔬🎹🎵🏳️🌈
https://www.vasilis-kokkoris.com/
Cluster of Excellence "GreenRobust: Understanding Robustness of Plant Systems from Molecules to Ecosystems" research initiative led by the Universities of Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Hohenheim.
Website: www.greenrobust.de
Group leader at MPIMP, Potsdam
https://www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2761268/foerderer
plant immunity, agriculture, cryo-EM
He/him 🏳️🌈
Professor Plant Physiology and Epigenetics.
DNA methylation in meristems.
University Orleans INRAE France
Leader EpiMyc and ADAAPT ANR projects