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Plug: @sauravk05.bsky.social is hitting the faculty job market, aiming to launch the Kumar lab in 2026. Heโ€™s truly exceptional and is building a cutting-edge induced proximity research program. Reach out!

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Congratulations Christin!!!!

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โ€˜Wildest thingโ€™: solar-powered slug steals chloroplasts and stores them for emergencies Marine creatures house contraband structures in special organelles, which the animal raids for food in times of need.

Did you know that sea slugs steal chloroplasts from algae as portable snacks?! Neither did I, but a new Cell paper demonstrates that they do. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿงช

My favorite part is the researchers called the storage for these stolen hors dโ€™oeuvres โ€œkleptosomesโ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿฅฐ

Summary from Nature & Cell paper linked below.

27.06.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 124    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Avgousti Lab Investigating viral manipulation of host chromatin dynamics

Postdoc positions available! Please re-post!

Are you interested in how viruses manipulate chromatin? Are you excited to discover unknown facets of molecular biology? If so, weโ€™d love to hear from you! Come check us out at:
avgoustilab.org

26.06.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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