Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 6d

REMINDER: only two weeks left to submit papers to the special issue of "Yeast in microbiomes". There will be no further extensions.

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Jul 7

The deadline for submissions to the special issue "Yeast in Microbiomes" has been extended to 15 October. We accept manuscripts exploring yeast diversity, interactions, and adaptations in diverse host environments. Hurry up and don't miss this opportunity!!!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Yeast Call for Papers: Yeast in Microbiomes

Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

2 4

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 7d

In the latest #Yeast research article, Somsak Likhitrattanapisal, Niran Roongsawang and team investigated the genome of Ogataea polymorpha and its transcriptomic response during growth in sucrose-supplemented medium.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sucrose‐Induced Transcriptomic Response in Ogataea polymorpha TBRC 4839 Reveals its Potential for Recombinant Protein Production

Sucrose induction in Ogataea polymorpha triggers a metabolic shift, enhancing carbohydrate metabolism while suppressing amino acid biosynthesis, stress signaling, and cell division. This adaptation o....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

3 4

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 12d

📢 The GSA Board of Directors is seeking a graduate student & a postdoc to serve as early career representatives! Serve a 2-year term, share the early career scientist perspective at Board meetings, and help shape GSA’s future. Apply by Oct 17: buff.ly/e7eaq6b

4 3

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 12d

In the latest #Yeast research article, Haili Yu, Fuqiang Ma & team develop a new strain of Komagataella phaffii with increased production of bovine intestinal alkaline phosphatase, thanks to the editing of multiple YPS proteases with CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

CRISPR/Cas9‐Mediated Construction of a YPS Gene‐Deficient Komagataella phaffii Strain for Enhanced Expression of BIAP Ⅱ

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genetic modification of a 4-copy Komagataella phaffii strain significantly reduced proteolytic degradation of the target protein BIAP Ⅱ, increasing its final purification yield t...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

3 4

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 17d

REMINDER: There is only one week left to submit abstracts for our upcoming special issue on the three #yeast conferences of 2025. The deadline is on Tuesday 30th September. Hurry up and don't miss this opportunity!!!

More information and instructions on how to submit are in the post below 👇

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are very happy to announce that #Yeast is launching a new special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025: #ICYGMB32, #pombe2025 and #ISSY38. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2025. Hurry up!!!
More info in the thread below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Yeast Call for Papers: International Yeasts Meetings of 2025

Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

1 3 7

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 28d

Big congratulations to Ziv Ben-Moshe, Daishi Shirasaya and Yueming Dong for winning the best posters awards sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the #ISSY38 conference in Warsaw 🎉🎉🎉

#Yeast sponsored prizes in all major yeast conferences in 2025 and will also sponsor prizes at ISSY39 (www.issy39.org)

3 7

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 8

The special issue will be guest-edited by @pjboynton.bsky.social (Wheaton College
Massachusetts, USA) and Pei-Yun Jenny Wu (CNRS
Bordeaux, France).

You can find more information on the accepted topics and submission instructions by using the QR code below:

5 7

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 8

This special issue of Yeast will communicate the richness of global yeast research presented at all three conferences. Solicited papers will be on diverse topics including macromolecules, genetics, life cycles, evolutionary processes, and more in model and non-model yeasts.

1 2 7

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are very happy to announce that #Yeast is launching a new special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025: #ICYGMB32, #pombe2025 and #ISSY38. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2025. Hurry up!!!
More info in the thread below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Yeast Call for Papers: International Yeasts Meetings of 2025

Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

1 5 12

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 2

The BioNews news writing scheme for @ucl.ac.uk grad students is back! Write about #lifesciences #biomed #bioethics, receive feedback on your work from the team and have articles published in your name!

Application deadline: 5pm, Thursday 18 September

For full details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resour...

1 2

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 2

New #Yeast paper out from the series #FantasticYeasts!!! @hittingerlab.bsky.social , Dana Opulente & team describe a novel species, Lachancea rosae, isolated from the wild rose Rosa californica 🌹

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Taxogenomic Analysis of a Novel Yeast Species, Lachancea rosae Sp. Nov. F.A., Isolated From the Wild Rose Rosa californica

The discovery, description, and taxogenomic analysis of a novel species of Lachancea revealed correlations between gene content and carbon and nitrogen physiological assays.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

7 10

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · Sep 1

#ResultatScientifique 🔎 | Saviez-vous que l’IA peut aider à prévoir comment un organisme réagit à son environnement ? Des scientifiques utilisent la levure comme modèle et réussissent à prédire plus de 200 traits grâce au machine learning
✍️ @litinice.bsky.social
📕 @molsystbiol.org | buff.ly/MliXXKz

1 7 10

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

liti_nice @litinice.bsky.social · Sep 1

Delighted to see @sakshikhaiwal.bsky.social work in print www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Huge thank to @univcotedazur.bsky.social for providing extensive support on this project, @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social and Jonas groups for huge help, @cnrs.fr @ircan.bsky.social

Predicting natural variation in the yeast phenotypic landscape with machine learning | Molecular Systems Biology

imageimageAn ensemble of phenotypes measured in the genome-sequenced 1,011 S. cerevisiae collection were coupled with genomics and molecular-level data to benchmark machine learning models for quantitative phenotypic predictions at scale. Large-...

www.embopress.org

14 24

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Final year PhD students, I know you’re desperately trying to finish experiments/revisions/submissions/write a thesis & just survive - but please spare a few minutes to apply to your dream postdoc labs.

It easily takes A YEAR from first contact, even if everything goes to plan on both sides.

2 54 120

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Sarela Garcia-Santamarina @sarsarela.bsky.social · Aug 12

We’re hiring a Postdoc in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics!

Help us decode microbial metabolism and its impact on human health @leibniz-hki.de , Jena 🇩🇪

🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

jobs.hki-jena.de

1 30 19

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Manuel Lera-Ramirez @manu-lera.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚀 OpenCloning now has a documentation page!

Whether you're getting started or diving deep, find everything you need to make the most of OpenCloning, including a powerful search function to quickly find exactly what you’re looking for.

#OpenCloning #OpenSource #SynBio

🔗 docs.opencloning.org

2 5

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Statistical Physics of Cells and Genomes @spcggroup.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our group has a SEMM PhD opening in single-cell dynamics and cancer persistence:

www.semm.it/sites/defaul...

We seek outstanding candidates with cell biology expertise and practical experience in microscopy; physics&engineering backgrounds welcome.

Apply here
www.semm.it/education/ap...

2 1

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Kohler Proteostasis Lab @vkohler-lab.bsky.social · Jun 23

#Postdoc – #ExcellenceByChoice programme!

Our lab & the Kohler Mito lab are seeking researchers to study specialized mitoribosomes under stress & ageing.

Apply by Aug 17
👉https://www.vkohler-lab.com/join-our-team

#ExcellenceByChoice #Mitochondria #Ageing #Proteostasis

9 4

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · Jul 29

My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!

More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup

AI-generated drawing of a woman looking through a microscope with DNA and fungi drawn in the background. The text contains the same content as the bsky post.

1 48 47

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · Jul 26

❓Do you have expertise in prokaryotic molecular biology, including transcriptional regulation, metabolism, physiology, and protein–nucleic acid interactions?

➡️ If so, apply to become @narjournal.bsky.social‬'s next Executive Editor! Don't miss the opportunity: oxford.ly/4f5p57M

7 2

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Jul 29

"I would heartily encourage any BBSRC-adjacent early-career researchers to consider applying!"

Find out more and apply by 7 August www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...

BBSRC People and Talent Strategy Advisory Panel Researcher Subgroup: member vacancies

Closing date 7 August 2025 Number of positions Eight Length of term Three years Time commitment Four days per year Remuneration £170, plus travel and subsistence cover where required. Caring costs inc...

www.ukri.org

2

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · Jul 29

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond.
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Head of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organisation, and one of the world’s leading research institutions. An intergovernmental organisation of 29 Member S...

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

2 69 60

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Justine Collier @justinecollier.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔬 🧫 The Collier lab is hiring a new Postdoc! 🧬 🧪
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.

--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59

1 16 13

Reposted by Melania D'Angiolo

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Jul 28

Improved limonene and geraniol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via the modification of the farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase Erg20p. Read more about it in the latest #Yeast research article by Zeyu Lu, @claudiavickers.bsky.social , Bingyin Peng & team.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Exploiting the Geranylgeranyl‐Pyrophosphate‐Sensing N‐Terminal Domain of HMG‐CoA Reductase 2 to Regulate Farnesyl Pyrophosphate Synthase (Erg20p) for Improved Monoterpene Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Dynamic downregulation of the endogenous farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) synthase (Erg20p) is crucial to engineer heterologous monoterpene production in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FPP downstrea...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

5 9