I am hiring a postdoc for scRNA-seq research in Lund, Sweden on the visual systems of non-model inverts as part of an ERC project on the evolution and ecology of advanced color and polarization vision. Apply here or share the link with someone who may be interested! 🧪

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Many ligands and states of bitter taste GPCRs Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Bitter taste receptors are a subtype of G-protein receptors that are activated by a variety of ligands, leading to bitter taste sensation. Two studies...

Recent #cryoEM work reveals many ligands, pockets & states for #bitter #taste #GPCRs, from intracellular binding to ECL “lids” shaping aftertaste rdcu.be/ferTU News&Views with Evgenii Ziaikin, Nitsan Dallal

A global metagenomic atlas uncovers ubiquitous biosynthetic potential linked to adaptation in extreme environments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cryo-EM structure of the SRI-HtrI complex by Prof. Chii-Shen Yang's group. Congratulations!✨
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com #OpenAccess

Phage homing endonuclease amplifies anti-defense genes to evade bacterial immunity - Nature Communications Phages employ diverse counter-defense strategies to overcome bacterial immune systems. Here, the authors reveal that the phage homing nuclease SegB facilitates immune evasion by promoting the segmenta...

Happy to share our new work on how phages escape bacterial immunity.

We show that a phage homing endonuclease drives segmental amplification of anti-defense genes, pointing to a versatile and rapid mode of adaptation.

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#PhageSky #MicroSky

Earthquake Alert: 115 km ENE of Miyako, Japan Magnitude 7.4, Depth: 10.00 km

#Earthquake (#地震) (#Japan)
🌍 New Earthquake 🌍
📍 Location: 115 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
📏 Magnitude (Mi): 7.4
🔽 Depth: 10.00 km
⏰ Time: 2026-04-20 07:52:56 UTC
🔗 Source: USGS
Take precautions and stay aware. Did you feel it? Submit a report.

Earthquake Alert: OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Magnitude 5.4, Depth: 22.00 km

#Earthquake (#地震) (#Japan)
🌍 New Earthquake 🌍
📍 Location: OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
📏 Magnitude (m): 5.4
🔽 Depth: 22.00 km
⏰ Time: 2026-04-20 08:32:47 UTC
🔗 Source: EMSC
Stay alert and take care! Did you feel it? Report your experience.

Japan tsunami alert issued following powerful earthquake off northern coast – follow latest Quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred off the coast of Sanriku A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami alert in the region. The quake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m. (0753 GMT), at a depth of about 10km (6 miles) below the sea surface, the agency said. Continue reading...

Japan tsunami alert issued following powerful earthquake off northern coast – follow latest

Site-resolved 13C/15N solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of schizorhodopsin 1 in lipid bilayers Schizorhodopsin (SzR) is a retinal-binding membrane protein that functions as a light-driven inward proton transporter. Solid-state nuclear magnetic r…

Site-resolved 13C/15N solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of schizorhodopsin 1 in lipid bilayers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cryo-EM structure of the SRI-HtrI complex reveals the cytoplasmic coupling in an archaeal phototaxis system www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Bridging the membrane lipid divide: bacteria of the FCB group superphylum have the potential to synthesize archaeal ether lipids pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

"Here, we demonstrate that bacteria of the Fibrobacteres–Chlorobi–Bacteroidetes (FCB) group superphylum encode a putative archaeal pathway for ether-bound isoprenoid membrane lipids in addition to the bacterial fatty acid membrane pathway"

Light-harvesting by antenna-containing xanthorhodopsin from an Antarctic Pseudanabaenaceae cyanobacterium www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Novel light-driven schizorhodopsins from Antarctic Minisyncoccota (Patescibacteria) and cyanobacteria www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Coexistence of Photosynthetic Marine Microorganisms, Viruses and Grazers: Towards Integration in Ocean Ecosystem Models Our study explores coexistence regimes of a virus and a zooplankton with a single phytoplankton for different model structures (left panel). The inclusion of an infected class and a resistant class i...

Coexistence of Photosynthetic Marine Microorganisms, Viruses and Grazers: Towards Integration in Ocean Ecosystem Models enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Finally published. Many thanks to a wonderful collaborative team and scientific platforms!!! And thanks to editors and reviewers for enthusiasm and a great review.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Submitting to the ERC with full confidence

Happy to share this work is now in Science Advances! Congratulations to the outstanding Areej Said-Ahmad for leading the work, and to the rest of the team!

Distinct mechanisms decommission redundant enhancers to facilitate phenotypic evolution | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Graves reveal plague’s inequitable toll Most of the individuals in a seventeenth-century-Switzerland burial site had performed strenuous manual labour and died before the age of 20.

Most of the individuals in a seventeenth-century-Switzerland burial site had performed strenuous manual labour and died before the age of 20

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Excited to share our new findings in @science.org on how the DRT3 bacterial defense system uses a reverse transcriptase that builds DNA repeats without a nucleic acid template. Microbes never cease to amaze!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our collaborative work with Prof. Kawamura (YNU) on solid-state NMR of the inward proton-pumping rhodopsin, schizorhodopsin is now in Biophys. Chem.!📄✨80% of residues were assigned, revealing secondary structure and protonation states of key residues!🥳
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1/8 🔥 New preprint dropped: Dynamic co-existence of bacteriophages and their hosts 🦠 in the Arabidopsis thaliana 🌱 phyllosphere
Work led by the indomitable @sheilaroitman.bsky.social‬
#plantscience #microbiome #holobiont
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

From Field Metagenomes to Mutant Genomes: Coevolution of Cyanophages and Synechococcus in Estuarine Ecosystems pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Overview of key research directions using Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a model cyanobacterium. Summary of the main structural, physiological, genetic, and behavioral characteristics that have established Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 as a leading model organism for cyanobacterial research. Core cellular functions include oxygenic photosynthesis, carbon, and nitrogen metabolism. Emerging research directions focus on primary metabolism and regulatory and adaptive processes, such as stress responses, circadian clock, behavior, and biotechnological applications.

Cyanobacteria are an ancient clade of phototrophic prokaryotes. But out of all the cyanobacteria available, why did Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 become the default laboratory model? This #JBacteriology review offers insights: asm.social/2TD

'voyage microbiologique au centre de la terre' – not by jules verne this time, but from the Jørgensen lab!
#MicroSky

Thank you Quanta Magazine for highlighting our studies on the bacterial immune system!

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PhD positions in hadal biogeochemistry & microbial ecology Application deadline: 4 May 2026 at 23:59 hours local Danish time

📣We have 5 PhD positions in hadal biogeochemistry and microbial ecology at the Danish Center for Hadal Research: lnkd.in/eJ6rp_Rk. 📣

Deadline: 4 May 2026

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