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The Daum Lab @daumlab.bsky.social · 2d

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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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Basile!

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Patricia! Great to hear!

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 4d

Was a great event, thanks for the invitation and great talk @juliengiraud.bsky.social !

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 6d

Great to be here!

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 6d

Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social !

Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab!

At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 7d

Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 7d

Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to @sshamphavi.bsky.social : her image of archaella made it on the cover of @natmicrobiol.nature.com !

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 16d

The future of @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de is about teamwork, curiosity, and collaboration across disciplines.

We are thrilled to be in this together @kraftlabfr.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social !

selfie of @kraftlabfr.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to be part of this team in the next few years!

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 19d

see, we keep our promises 👌🏻

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 19d

Welcome at @uni-freiburg.de and the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social ! And it is not raining 😎

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks a lot, Geoff! Yes, indeed, you have to adapt to be able to adapt ....

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Jürgen!

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, indeed, we were surprised, too! But we hypothesize that it only works because of the cell envelope structure of these Chloroflexota strains, see also here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Filamentous growth, cell envelope architecture, and surface appendages of a member of the Chloroflexota, Litorilinea aerophila

Litorilinea aerophila , a filamentous bacterium of the phylum Chloroflexota (class Caldilineae ), exhibits unique morphological and cell envelope features that challenge traditional bacterial models. ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks!

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Daniela!

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks Jörg!

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 21d

better today then never 😎 and thanks!

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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 22d

Molecular structure of the ESCRT III-based archaeal CdvAB cell division machinery www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676241v1 #cryoem

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 21d

🙏🏻 Thanks Sjon!

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Shamphavi Sivabalasarma @sshamphavi.bsky.social · 21d

Bacteria with archaella, who would have thought that this existed. Happy to share that it does 🎉and we just published it today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com 🎉🥳. Congrats to everyone involved! 🦠

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 21d

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

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Marie Joest @mariejoest.bsky.social · 21d

Thrilled to be a coauthor in this story 🚀 Check out our latest publication on the archaellum - spoiler: it's an archaellum in bacteria 😱 Who would have thought? Thank you to all the authors, and especially @sshamphavi.bsky.social for really keeping this paper rotating 😉

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 21d

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

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