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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 12h

ribosomologists take note 👇

archaeal ribosome hibernation factors aRDF, Dri, ...and now: Hib (see ALT)
#Archaea #ArchaeaSky

c. Hib 3D structure. The N-terminal domain of Hib (1-269) is made up of four CBS domains. Two CBS domains
interacts through their beta-sheets to form a bateman module. Two bateman modules interact to form a disk-like
structure defined as parallel CBS module in51. Each CBS domain consists of three-standed (two parallel and one
anti-parallel) b-sheet with two a-helices52. In domains 2,3 and four the first beta strand is less well defined and
extended, as already mentionned in other CBS-domain containing structures. One long loop is inserted between
a8 and b10 of the third CBS domain. The C-terminal domain (272-387) has the babbba topology found in all
bacterial HPF/RaiA-like structures. The five last residues are not visible in the cryo-EM map.

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The Daum Lab @daumlab.bsky.social · 6d

Out in Science Advances: Our #cryoEM structure of HFTV1, a virus infecting the halophile #archaea. *First full atomic structure (containing all structural proteins) of any tailed virus!* Congrats and thanks to all co-authors and our fantastic collaborators! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cryo-EM resolves the structure of the archaeal dsDNA virus HFTV1 from head to tail

This structure of an archaeal tailed virus (arTV) provides detailed insights into arTV assembly and infection mechanisms.

www.science.org

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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 6d

Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 9d

Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.

Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 9d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

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SFBBM @sfbbm.bsky.social · 5d

Du 2 au 5 décembre 2025, Université Paris-Cité
Congrès « Enzymes, Proteolysis & Metabolism at the crossroads of Biochemistry », premier congrès commun de trois Groupes Thématiques de la SFBBM.

gts-sfbbm-2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr

Enzymes, Proteolysis & Metabolism at the crossroads of Biochemistry - Sciencesconf.org

Présentation

gts-sfbbm-2025.sciencesconf.org

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · 13d

Become my colleague @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social !
2 Associate Professorships in the areas of
- prokaryotic/eukaryotic microbiology
- metabolism

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

my.corehr.com

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 24d

#BioPhyChrom25 gala dinner at the 14th century #Hospitium venue in York, and @agnesnoy.bsky.social talk. Lots of discussion and ideas for BioPhyChrom2027… Great vibes and atmosphere!
@biophychrom.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social 🧬

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Biochemical Society @biochemsoc.bsky.social · 23d

That’s a wrap for The Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes VII 2025. A big thank you to all those who attended 🧪 #BioPhyChrom2025 #BiochemEvents

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Vicky Lioy @vslioy.bsky.social · 23d

#Biophychrom2025 is over, but we spent four exciting days discussing the biology and physics of prokaryotic chromosomes. Congratulations to all the attendees for making this conference a success.
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
@danielabarilla.bsky.social
@graingerlab.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 25d

With evidence attached 😊
#BioPhyChrom2025
@biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @lauraspagnolo.bsky.social @tamarabasta.bsky.social

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · 29d

The countdown for #BioPhyChrom2025 is nearly over: -2 days to go… What a fête of chromosome biology & physics!🧬

Safe journey everyone! ✈️🚂
@vslioy.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social

www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

Front entrance to York Minster cathedral with a blue sky background.

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Dame lab at Leiden University @damelab.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow is the start of Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes VII. Great speakers and participants. Excellent support by the Biochem. Society. @biochemsoc.bsky.social
@danielabarilla.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social
@graingerlab.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social
#BioPhyChrom2025

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Tamara Basta @tamarabasta.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you Naomichi, it was great having you with us !

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Tamara Basta @tamarabasta.bsky.social · Sep 1

Dear Naomichi, sorry I just saw your email. Does this work?

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · Jul 2

York calling! 📣 🧬🧬🧬

Join us at www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...

⏳⏰ Early bird deadline approaching soon, 16 July! Do not miss out! Half of the talks selected from abstracts.
@damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social

View of a street in York with old houses on both sides and the towers of York Minster in the background.

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Laura Eme @lauraeme.bsky.social · Jun 22

Excited to share our new paper in @cellreports.bsky.social that reshapes our understanding of chromosome organization's deep evolutionary roots! Our work dives into the origins of the machinery that structures our very genomes.

🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

#Genomics #Evolution #CellBiology #LECA

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · Jun 11

Chromosome Enthusiasts, join us at The Biology & Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes 🧬! Friendly community, fantastic speakers line-up, grant writing session for ECRs. Early-bird deadline approaching soon.
@damelab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @biophychrom.bsky.social

Flyer advertising The Biology and Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosome conference that will be held in York, 16-19 September 2025.

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Hiro Imachi @hiro-imachi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Would you like to work with us?
At JAMSTEC, we are recruiting postdoctoral researchers through the Young Research Fellow program.
This program allows fellows to independently pursue their own research projects.
www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/jy...

JAMSTEC Young Research Fellow (JYRF) | JAMSTEC - JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

JAMSTEC Young Research Fellow (JYRF)

www.jamstec.go.jp

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Dina Grohmann @curiousdina.bsky.social · May 27

Friendly reminder for all people who love their thermophilic microbe friends: early bird registration for the Thermophiles conference in Münster/GER in September is open until June 1st. Don't miss out www.uni-muenster.de/Thermophiles...

Thermophiles 2025

www.uni-muenster.de

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Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · May 26

#ArchaeaSky #MicroSky

Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · May 26

We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · May 26

And big thanks of course to all involved: the Quail lab @embl.org, and the @damelab.bsky.social

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Vicky Lioy @vslioy.bsky.social · May 16

Come on! You still have time to register!

Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social · May 15

Join us in York for the Biology & Physics of Prokaryotic Chromosomes! 🧬 #Microsky #Archaeasky

www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
@damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social

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Archaea Power Hour @archaeapowerhour.bsky.social · May 12

Think you're under pressure? Marion Illartin will close out our last APH session of the semester by telling us about her multidisciplinary approach to characterize how pressure regulates the SurR transcription factor in everyone's favorite barophile, Thermococcus barophilus!! Zoom in on May 14th!

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Archaea Power Hour @archaeapowerhour.bsky.social · May 12

In just 2 days on WEDNESDAY, May 14th at 10 AM EST / 4 PM CET, @fabaiwu.bsky.social will kick off our last spring APH session by telling us about his new research investigating the evolution of DNA replication machineries from Archaea to Eukaryotes!!! Visit our website (link in bio) for more info!

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Antoine Hocher @ahocher.bsky.social · Apr 22

Excited to announce the EMBO Conference: Molecular Biology of Archaea (MBoA) 2026!
Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated entirely to Archaea.

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Apr 11

Join us in Catalonia to discuss chromatin evolution across the tree of life and from all angles (metabolism, synthetic chromatin, you name it!) meetings.embo.org/event/24-evo...

EvoChromo: Evolutionary approaches to research in chromatin

Chromatin is the complex of DNA, RNA and protein that is found making up the chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. Chromatin is essential for proper genome function and is involved in chromosome segregati…

meetings.embo.org

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