Excited to share our contribution to the ever-developing #eukaryogenesis story in our latest preprint from PhD students Joshua Mills @ljgebhard! We identify a key protein that links archaeal vesicle production to eukaryotic intracellular membrane trafficking. Go check it out!

Our latest research paper has just been published! We uncover the intricate mechanisms driving archaeal cell division through the assembly and disassembly of composite ESCRT-III polymers. Vps4 rules! Congrats Fredrik Hurtig and all our amazing co-authors! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Check out our new methods paper for developing genetic systems in haloarchaea! @ljgebhard (& others) have dedicated so much time to this project, and we are happy to see the hard work has finally paid off.

Are you a US citizen? Just finished your PhD? Are you interested in RNA biology and bacteria? Join us! Check the Fulbright program for a fully funded two-year Postdoc position. See more details at: fulbright.org.il/program/2/627 Reach out to me if you are interested to join my lab.

Bacteria make #EVs, but how many? Our latest paper attempts to put some numbers on this. Short answer: it varies quite a bit among microbes, and also changes with growth conditions. Very happy to see the final version of this out! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ae…

This #ReviewedPreprint uncovers the function of small RNAs in bacterial motility and regulation of flagella biosynthesis. elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in nature In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Today, a group of scientists from

Check out our lab's latest preprint about the non-viral protected extracellular sequence space. Lots of hard work by Dominik Lücking Tomas Alarcon Schumacher & Coraline Mercier biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Big congratulations to Tomás Alarcón Schumacher for successfully defending his PhD on Monday! And many thanks to Nicole Dubilier, @mkrupovic, Hanna Oksanen and Andreas Dotzauer for being part of the committee! Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Love this paper with Sahar Melamed 💔--small RNAs that regulate the timing of flagella synthesis elifesciences.org/articles/87151

Its out :-). nature.com/articles/s4370…

On Wednesday, @ljgebhard successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations Johanna! And, thank you to Elina Roine, Andreas Dotzauer, and Michael Friedrich for being part of the committee! Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

After 3 and a half years, my PhD journey has concluded! And it was just as fabulous and covered in feathers as I expected it to be 🎊🪩🕺

Video shows tomogram of an endosome in vps13Δ cells. Sho Suzuki (Sho Suzuki (he/him)) Cornell MBG et al propose that Vps13 may play a critical role in supplying #lipids to #endosomes, ensuring continuous ESCRT-mediated sorting during MVB biogenesis. hubs.la/Q02kc6zM0 #Trafficking

#Microbes like comics, too!💬 #RNA is the language, #extracellularvesicles serve as speech bubbles. Out now PNASNews by Erdmann Lab Read more: mpi-bremen.de/en/Microbial-c… Full paper: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Joshua Mills @ljgebhard Shevchenko Lab #archaea #GTPase #EV #evolution

Mapping the structure & function of actin-like proteins in archaea provides insights into the evolutionary relationship between filaments found in bacteria & actin cytoskeletons that characterize eukaryotic cells. Learn more in this #JBacteriology review: asm.social/1JS

In our article published today nature , we report complete all-atom structural models of a fully packaged bacteriophage particle. Congratulations to Kush Coshic on his first publication! Many thanks to Chris Maffeo and David Winogradoff for pushing this 6-year project forward.

E. coli division machinery drives cocci development inside host cells biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Amazing imaging, cracking open a new area here by Alaska Pokhrel Bill Söderström with @ariana_costas @Matt_Pittorino here!