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A Chloroplast Protein Atlas Reveals Novel Structures and Spatial Organization of Biosynthetic Pathways biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The new Chlamydomonas genome version is here with many improvements! The Chlamydomonas Genome Project, version 6: reference assemblies for mating type plus and minus strains reveal extensive structural mutation in the laboratory | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share our latest preprint: Systematic identification and characterization of novel genes in the regulation and biogenesis of photosynthetic machinery biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Proteomic data for 100 mutants reveal functions of novel genes with roles in photosynthesis!

Now published online! A Chloroplast Protein Atlas Reveals Punctate Structures and Spatial Organization of Biosynthetic Pathways cell.com/cell/fulltext/… Congratulations, Lianyong Wang, Weronika Patena, Claire McWhite, Vinh Ton, Jianping Hu, OnishiLab_Duke, and team!

Congrats Moshe Kafri and team including Weronika Patena, Lianyong Wang, Arthur Sirkejyan (Արթուր Սիրքէջեան), Asael Roichman, Claire McWhite, Martin Wühr! Systematic identification and characterization of novel genes in the regulation and biogenesis of photosynthetic machinery. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…

We have arrived at the top of the countdown! Our #1 post of the year is Steve Long's TED Talk! Watch the talk, Can we Hack Photosynthesis to Feed the World: bit.ly/3N74q6J or read about the talk here: bit.ly/3uF6egU

Fantastic work! Another step closer to engineering plant pyrenoids🤩

Congratulations Dr Abi Perrin and team for developing this new resource. CyanoTag: Discovery of protein function facilitated by high-throughput endogenous tagging in a photosynthetic prokaryote biorxiv.org/content/10.110… . Explore the data here: morf-db.org/projects/York-… Algae-UK #algae

Access to the Antenna System of Photosystem I via Single-Molecule Excitation–Emission Spectroscopy | The Journal of Physical Chemistry B pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… My best work so far!

CsLinker: an algal pyrenoid assembly protein that binds the RbcL, complements across 800 My of evolution and phase separates plant Rubisco. Very excited to share this work by James Barrett, Jamie Blaza, Michael Plevin, Mark Leake, McCormick Lab. Martin Jonikas doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

Excited to share our latest preprint! Biogenesis, engineering and function of membranes in the CO2-fixing pyrenoid biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The final version of our PyShell🥧🐚 paper is now online Cell. Check out how diatoms soak up 20% of the Earth's #CO2!🌏 📜 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Brilliant work by Manon Demulder, @Jorgendottir, Ginga, Aki, Giovanni, Genji, Yusuke, and all the rest of our collabs 🤗

A blueprint of the diatom pyrenoid reveals a Rubisco encapsulating protein Shell is critical for CO2 fixation. Is it essential for global NPP? Congrats to Onyou Nam,James Barrett,Caroline McKenzie,Jamie Blaza + great collab with Manon Demulder,Ben Engel.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…

I am pleased to announce the opportunities in my lab for PhD candidates interested in exploring CO2 sensing in microalgae, the regulation of photosynthesis, the roles of novel chloroplast punctate structures, and chloroplast function. If you or someone you know is curious about

Excited to share our latest preprint! Proteomic analysis of the pyrenoid-traversing membranes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals novel components biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Want to make thylakoids traverse a pyrenoid matrix? Read here to find out how! Excited that this fantastic collaborative story is now published, congrats and a big thank you to all involved Martin Jonikas, Josep Vilarrasa Blasi, Robert Jinkerson and Sam Zeeman’s lab. doi.org/10.1038/s41477…

We are excited to share 71,700 new #Chlamy mutants from the CLiP2 collection pre-publication! Nearly-saturating genome coverage. Please note: new background strain, mating type, and antibiotic resistance. Read: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Search and order: chlamylibrary.org

We performed subtomogram averaging on complexes from >3 MDa to ~200 kDa, including 80S ribosomes, Rubisco, clathrin, microtubules, ATP synthase photosystem II, and nucleosomes. Most density maps achieved sub-nanometer resolution!🔬✨ #CryoET #StructuralBiology #VisualProteomics

Watch this movie 🔬🍀 In a sugar-deprived condition, a chloroplast bud is released. Beautifully captured using chloroplast stroma marker RBCS-GFP (magenta) and the inner envelope marker KEA1-mRFP (green) An excellent recent article published eLife - the journal elifesciences.org/articles/93232

Out today on Plant Cell & Environment our latest work on the study of Chlamydomonas compartment-specific Ca2+ dynamics!🔬 A big thank to all the people involved and EMBO for the Scientific Exchange Grant that funded my visit to MBA - Marine Biological Association! 🇬🇧🇮🇹🙏🏻 Alex Costa, @GLWheeler2 and Matteo Ballottari.