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Silvia Ramundo
@sramundo.bsky.social
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Curious scientist leading a research team mainly working on organelle biology and biotechnology: we study -and often “torture”- chloroplasts to understand how they do their magic ;) https://www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research/research-groups/silvia-ramundo
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Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · Feb 14
Welcome to the Gregor Mendel Institute -Europe's HHMI for plant and algal biologists. Located at the Vienna Biocenter, we're privileged to have amazing colleagues in the neighboring institutes. Living and working in the world's most livable city, we're doing 🧪 what we love 💚! youtu.be/uoh9peXNtQ8
Welcome to the GMI
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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 2d
Fantastical flowers, synthetic biology, and storytelling.

Giving an accessible science talk tomorrow at 10:40 UK time... come join!

Register here for the link 👉 jic.link/NBIAST2025
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 7d
Our latest #preprint led by Yumary M. Vasquez & Frederik Schulz @jgi.doe.gov

The largest database of giant #virus MAGs (GVMAGs V2) with >18,000 genomes from #marine, freshwater, anthropogenic and terrestrial environments.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 12d
Beautiful enzyme evolution work by Steve Withers and coworkers 👏

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Reshaping of a Glycoside Hydrolase Active Site through Expression-Compensated Droplet-Based Microfluidic Screening Provides Useful Tools for Glycomics
The glycosylation of proteins endows them with distinct biophysical properties and allows them to play fundamental roles in cellular communication. Much of our understanding of glycoproteins has deriv...
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 12d
Although highly topical, kleptoparasitism does not get nearly the attention it deserves!

Here, a plant exploits the kleptoparasitic behavior of a fly that likes to snatch ants killed by spiders.

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So the thief itself gets taken advantage of. Nice going, plants!

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators
Mochizuki reports a plant that lures pollinating flies by imitating the scent of ants injured by predators. This study reveals the first known case of ant mimicry in flowers and uncovers previously un...
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Ulrich Hohmann @hohmannulrich.bsky.social · 16d
How are RNAs sorted for export vs. degradation in the nucleus? In collaboration with @heick.bsky.social’s lab we (@clemensplaschka.bsky.social and @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social labs) discovered a direct mechanistic link between the export and decay machineries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/x)
Molecular basis of polyadenylated RNA fate determination in the nucleus
Eukaryotic genomes generate a plethora of polyadenylated (pA+) RNAs[1][1],[2][2], that are packaged into ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs). To ensure faithful gene expression, functional pA+ RNPs, in...
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Laura Lorenzo Orts @lorenzoorts.bsky.social · 23d
I am excited to announce that I will be moving to IMB Mainz next year! The Winter call for the IPP PhD program is now open; if you are interested in maternal #mRNA regulation and #translation in early vertebrate development, please apply! Deadline: 16 October.

More info: www.imb.de/students-pos...
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 21d
This looks like a great opportunity: #Tenure-track assistant #professor position at University of Lausanne on #MPMI
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
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Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · 23d
Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.

👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch

Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
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Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · 26d
Wonderful news, and big congratulations to my dear friend, colleague, and brilliant scientist @obenaufa.bsky.social for winning this major Award! Super happy for you!
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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 26d
Congratulations to our @obenaufa.bsky.social on receiving the highly prestigious Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Award 2025! 🎉

Read more in this interview with Anna: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
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Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · 26d
Ditto! Bravissima Anna 👏🏻
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 26d
Join us for the 4th annual NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year! @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social · 27d
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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ALT: a sign that says open with red lights on it .
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Christa Buecker @chribue.bsky.social · 28d
Just one more week left to get an application in! Starting my lab at the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social has been a fantastic opportunity that shaped me as a scientist!
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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 23
📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c
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Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · 28d
Heartfelt congratulations @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social 🥳!
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Frances Arnold @francesarnold.bsky.social · Sep 8
Looking for PhD or postdoctoral opportunities in #AI+biology #proteinengineering? the brilliant @arianemora.bsky.social has joined @aithyra.bsky.social in beautiful #vienna. I wish I could start over again!
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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · Aug 8
Welcome ARIANE MORA!
With great pleasure we announce that Ariane Mora is one of the Starting Principal Investigators AI/LS who will join AITHYRA in November 2025. Ariane combines molecular biology, AI, and software engineering. More information: www.oeaw.ac.at/aithyra/rese...
#AITHYRA #StartingPI
Ariane Mora = impact-driven + climber + Australian + open-source enthusiast + collaborative
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Dan Grabarczyk @dangrabarczyk.bsky.social · Aug 27
Happy to share our work on the structure and function of the unusual E3 ligase ZNFX1 @cp-cell.bsky.social. It uses a nucleic acid-activated transthiolation mechanism, ubiquitinating and clustering RNA to protect cells in an immune response. @clausenlab.bsky.social
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A split-site E3 ligase mechanism enables ZNFX1 to ubiquitinate and cluster single-stranded RNA into ubiquitin-coated nucleoprotein particles
Grabarczyk et al. show the structure and mechanism of a non-canonical ubiquitin ligase, which is activated through nucleic-acid-induced oligomerization and is critical for cell survival during immune ...
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Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · Aug 29
So proud of our Icy, who gave a talk at the Chlamydomonas conference and was recognized with a prize! Moments like these—seeing lab members shine—are the happiest part of being a group leader 😊
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · Aug 26
BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍
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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · Aug 26
🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
New endowed professorship strengthens climate research at the University of Basel
The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship at the Biozentrum to make fundamental discoveries at the interface between biophysics and climate-relevant environmental biology. This...
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · Aug 25
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Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk
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Oli Clarke @olibclarke.bsky.social · Aug 22
Was lucky to see this presented at the NYC cryoEM meeting earlier this year - super cool stuff!
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Sven Klumpe @svenklumpe.bsky.social · Aug 23
If you are thinking about the future of structural biology, we are too! Our two cents (Jürgen Plitzko and I) just got published online here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Monir Moniruzzaman @giantvirus.bsky.social · Aug 19
We’re recruiting a PhD student (Fall 2026) to study the ecology & evolution of aquatic giant viruses! Research spans lab experiment, field sampling, & bioinformatics. Background in microbiology/bioinforamtics encouraged.

More info & contact email here: monirlab.com/join/

Please share. Thank you!
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Julius Brennecke @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social · Aug 3
piRNAs are essential for transposon silencing in the animal germline.
But how do hosts trap transposon sequences in genomic loci that help establish a piRNA response?

Looking at a natural transposon invasion, Baptiste Rafanel and Kirsten Senti made some remarkable observations.
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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · Aug 1
Antisense transposon insertions into host genes trigger piRNA mediated immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.28.667215v1
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Sarit Avrani @saritavrani.bsky.social · Jul 28
Our paper on cyanophages of marine sponge symbionts is finally out. It is the outcome of a great collaboration with Laura Steindler's lab and was led by Tzipora Perez.
Cyanophage Infections in a Sponge Intracellular Cyanobacterial Symbiont
Intracellular cyanobacterial symbionts of sponges are shown to be susceptible to cyanophages, challenging assumptions about their isolation from viral exposure. The study reveals novel phage–host int...
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Marcel Dickmanns | 🌿❄️🔬 @madic.bsky.social · Jul 26
New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.

Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.

🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM
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Aude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social · Jul 24
🦠🧍‍♀️From bacterial to human immunity.

We report in @science.org the discovery of a human homolog of SIR2 antiphage proteins that participates in the TLR pathway of animal innate immunity.
Co-led wt @enzopoirier.bsky.social by D. Bonhomme and @hugovaysset.bsky.social

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