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Assistant Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School.
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New Phytologist
4 days ago
Metacaspases contribute to the cellular response to heat stress in a marine diatom Sadeh et al.
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Cameron Thrash
2 days ago
Coral microbiomes as reservoirs of unknown genomic and biosynthetic diversity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#jcampubs
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Coral microbiomes as reservoirs of unknown genomic and biosynthetic diversity - Nature
Reconstructing microbial genomes from 820 reef-building corals collected at 99 reefs across 32 islands throughout the Pacific Ocean highlights the importance of conserving coral reefs as vital reservo...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10159-6
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
14 days ago
#ASLO
is honored to announce Dr. Debbie Lindell as the recipient of the 2026 Hutchinson Award for pioneering contributions to understanding how viruses shape marine microbial ecology, revealing host–virus interactions from single cells to entire ocean basins. Read more:
www.aslo.org/aslo-honors-...
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Colin Carlson
22 days ago
Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/prfb-postdoctoral-research-fellowships-biology
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
23 days ago
Wow. Like many folks, I like Hank Green’s YouTube channel. Instead of making a buck by selling it to private equity, he moved the whole thing to a nonprofit so they could focus on their MISSION and ACCURACY, not clicks and revenue. Very cool!
www.threads.com/@hankgreen/p...
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Hank Green (@hankgreen) on Threads
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT As of January 1st 2026, John and I are **no longer** the owners of Complexly (the educational media company we started 15 years ago that makes Crash Course, Eons, SciShow, Stud...
https://www.threads.com/@hankgreen/post/DUV6WbXjsHD?xmt=AQF0VG4DcD2SrHxHJQK7UddtMYQwYAVBaX9CIve0me_vJI9DtOzdylj7J0Ij4dMGai7BD5g7&slof=1
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Amanda Heidt
29 days ago
Many moons ago, I spoke with researchers at the University of Amsterdam for a study on the practice of watchdog science journalism, and now that publication is out as a preprint! This is a great chance to learn from dozens of (far more seasoned than me) reporters on how they approach their work.
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The people of Bangladesh. Images from 2010, 2011 and 2023. -
#bangladesh
#photography
about 1 month ago
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Mark O. Martin
about 1 month ago
New episode of
#MattersMicrobial
for 2026! This time, Dr. Alaina Weinheimer joins the
#QualityQuorum
to chat about marine jumbophages and related matters. Please spread the
#GoodMicrobialWord
? @microbe.tv @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology
youtu.be/5j4qy1hgoUY?...
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This is remarkable. A cow using a tool to scratch herself! Highly recommend the video abstract!
#cowsareintelligent
#cow
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow
Imagine the tools a cow would make. This idea, humorously illustrated in Gary Larson’s Far Side cartoon, captures a widespread assumption: cows are ne…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225015970?via%3Dihub
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Ana Palacio
about 1 month ago
🚨job alert🚨 - Coral scientist
cssinc.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1668479
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Coral Scientist - Beaufort, NC - CSS, Inc Jobs
CSS is seeking qualified candidates to support the NCCOS CRRAB (Coastal Resilience, Response and Assessment Branch) branch, which conducts resea
https://cssinc.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1668479
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Rachel M. Wheatley
about 1 month ago
Application deadline for this postdoc position in my group closing next week 🦠 thank you all who have shared so far!
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Desert - October 2025.
#photography
#desert
about 1 month ago
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Varsha Mathur
4 months ago
Had a fun two weeks in Heidelberg visiting in the
@floravincent.bsky.social
and
@gautamdey.bsky.social
labs! Expanding diatoms and their evil little parasites was peak Halloween vibes 🎃
@embl.org
#ExM
#diatoms
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Anthony M. Bonacolta
about 1 month ago
Out now in Environmental Microbiome! 🧬 By re-analyzing microbialite sequencing data, we show that chromerid algae (the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexans) are consistent and widespread associates of microbialites across diverse marine and freshwater environments worldwide 🌎
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Modern microbialites harbor an undescribed diversity of chromerid algae - Environmental Microbiome
Background Chromerid algae are the closest photosynthetic relatives of apicomplexan parasites. While chromerids have been central to understanding the evolutionary transition from free-living algae to...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40793-026-00852-4
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Anthony M. Bonacolta
about 2 months ago
Api New Year! 🎉 For anyone attending SICB next week, I will be presenting my work on marine apicomplexans in SYM-1A (Host-microbe interactions) on Sunday at 8:45 AM! 🪸🐟🪱
#SICB2026
#Protists
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
about 2 months ago
🎉 It’s been a big year for ocean science here at WHOI! Celebrate with us! Check out what made the ocean world go round in 2025:
whoi.edu/best-of-2025
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Karthik Anantharaman
3 months ago
Our paper "Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils" is out in Nature Microbiology! We show that peatland health strongly structures viral communities, shaping virus–host networks, and carbon and nutrient cycling. Please share.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#phagesky
#Microsky
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Ecosystem health shapes viral ecology in peatland soils - Nature Microbiology
Metagenomics shows that viral diversity and community structure are shaped by geography and ecosystem health status, positioning viruses as unexpected players in peatland restoration.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02199-x
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Jozef Nissimov
4 months ago
I am happy to announce the launch of my lab's website:
www.enverg.ca
After more than 5 years, I finally got the time to put something together. Its basic, but hopefully will grow over the upcoming months and years.
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Our approach to research
https://www.enverg.ca
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Mart Krupovic
3 months ago
Check out our latest paper on mirusviruses, one of the most remarkable new groups of protist viruses - extremely diverse, carry lots of spliceosomal introns (including new homing introns) and are at the evolutionary crossroads between tailed phages and herpesviruses!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Widespread and intron-rich mirusviruses are predicted to reproduce in nuclei of unicellular eukaryotes - Nature Microbiology
Environmental metagenomic explorations show that Mirusviricota lineages lack essential replication and transcription genes and contain spliceosomal introns, suggesting nuclear reproduction.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02190-6
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Our work in collaboration with
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lab on the temporal dynamics of marine giant viruses published in ISME communications. PhD student Benjamin Minch is a co-first author. Please take a look!
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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https://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ismeco/ycaf217/8339883
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Patrick Rafter
3 months ago
I hear that University of Miami is looking for a paleoceanography / paleoclimate scientist:
careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
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Assistant Professor in Paleoceanography - Marine Geosciences in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Faculty & Physicians at University of Miami
Apply for Assistant Professor in Paleoceanography - Marine Geosciences job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Faculty & Physicians at University of Miami
https://careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R100092185/Assistant-Professor-in-Paleoceanography-Marine-Geosciences
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Genetics Society UK
4 months ago
Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal!
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BejaLab
4 months ago
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
this project was led by
@omernadel.bsky.social
and is a joint work between the labs of
@bejalab.bsky.social
, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from
@biologytechnion.bsky.social
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Excited to share our new paper introducing BEREN, a tool for identifying giant and other dsDNA viruses from metagenomic data — now online! Beren improves viral genome recovery and expands our view of the virosphere.
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BEREN: A bioinformatic tool for recovering Giant viruses, Polinton-like Viruses, and Virophages in metagenomic data
AbstractMotivation. Viruses in the kingdom Bamfordvirae, specifically giant viruses (NCLDVs) in the phylum Nucleocytoviricota and smaller members in the Pr
https://academic.oup.com/bioinformaticsadvances/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf284/8317246?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=bioinformaticsadvances&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=7757108d-7809-48be-86b5-0a6ece193e77
4 months ago
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Earth -
#photography
#canyons
#time
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Sullivan Lab at OSU
4 months ago
We found that overall virus-community diversity remains stable, but individual populations show clear diel and depth-linked shifts, with distinct viral archetypes peaking at day or night. Read the full story on BioRxiv:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Lead author: Alfonso Carrillo
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Sub-daily Bermuda Atlantic Time Series virus sampling reveals taxonomy, host, and functional differences at the population, but not community level
Ocean microbes contribute to biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem function, but they do so under top-down pressure imposed by viruses. While viruses are increasingly understood spatially and beginning ...
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.20.683370
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Preparation for the Halloween lab door decoration contest in full swing!
#monirlab
#halloween
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
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Ákos T Kovács
5 months ago
Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites -in
#ISMEJournal
by Joanna Lepper,
@hbrappap.bsky.social
and
@oliverio.bsky.social
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Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites
Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc
https://academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ismejo/wraf219/8276779
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JL Weissman
5 months ago
Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!):
apply.interfolio.com/174869
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https://apply.interfolio.com/174869
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Curtis Suttle
5 months ago
Come join us at UBC!
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Harvard Med Cell Biology
5 months ago
Historically, viruses were thought to primarily use host cell's translational machinery. New work from
@harvardcellbio.bsky.social
faculty Amy Lee reveals that a giant DNA virus encodes its own IF4F initiation complex, suggesting an unexpected evolutionary innovation.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Giant DNA viruses encode a hallmark translation initiation complex of eukaryotic life
In contrast to living organisms, viruses were long thought to lack protein synthesis machinery and instead depend on host factors to translate viral transcripts. Here, we discover that giant DNA virus...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.678621v1
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
5 months ago
In case you wonder which platforms are here to help creators thrive and which are here to tell us to eat shit, here’s the breakdown of likes for crab, 15 hours after posting. Follower count in () for more useful comparison. TikTok(2k): 139 Instagram (22k): 719 Tumblr (13k): 12k Bsky (52k): 22k
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Harmit Singh Malik
5 months ago
Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.
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Curtis Suttle
5 months ago
Are you a recent PhD interested in a postdoc in Canada? Up to 20% of NSERC Postdoc Fellowships (70k/y for 2y) will be awarded to International applicants, who did their PhD outside of Canada. Deadline is 17 October. See:
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...
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NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
NSERC - Canada Postdoctoral Research Award program
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/cpra-bprc_eng.asp#a3
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Corrie Moreau
5 months ago
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P7BfU0emdcGFVIWIs_erFxyy0UGXXORw7h0rpU19gQ8/edit?gid=1219796980#gid=1219796980
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Mahwash Jamy
6 months ago
Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky
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Birds of Everglades - Florida 2025.
#birds
#wildlife
#photography
#everglades
6 months ago
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Mart Krupovic
6 months ago
Many interesting PhD projects, including ours. Consider applying!
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Mya Breitbart
7 months ago
Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (
@cmarinescience.bsky.social
) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊
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Hurricane season - South Florida sky is full of drama this month.
#photography
#hurricane
#landing
#flights
#miami
#MIA
#clouds
6 months ago
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Christine He
6 months ago
ONT has a temporary bioinformatics position (8 months) open while I'm on maternity leave. Focus will be on microbial genomics but with opportunities to work on projects across the breadth of genomics!
ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Applications Bioinformatician (8 month temporary role)
We are looking for an individual with expertise in bioinformatics and data analysis, specializing in microbial genomics and metagenomics, to join our Applications team as an Applications Bioinformatic...
https://ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/2906
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Karen Lloyd
6 months ago
Great new article about the cool stuff we're finding (improbably) alive deep inside Earth's crust! Nice work,
@laurapoppick.bsky.social
at
@quantamagazine.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-...
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The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable | Quanta Magazine
A decade ago, Karen Lloyd discovered single-celled microbes living beneath the seafloor. Now she studies how they can survive in Earth’s crust, possibly for hundreds or thousands of years, and push li...
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-of-life-where-it-seems-unimaginable-20250820/
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Fabien Burki
6 months ago
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Pangenome biology and evolution in harmful algal-bloom-forming pelagophytes
In prokaryotes, lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a key mechanism leading to intraspecies variability in gene content and the phenomenon of pangenomes. I…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225009649?via%3Dihub
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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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https://monirlab.com/join/
6 months ago
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Cameron Thrash
7 months ago
Do you like coastal/estuarine microbiology, time-series data, and/or metagenomics? Have we got a dataset for you
#NSFfunded
Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#jcampubs
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Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Metagenomes and 1,313 metagenome-assembled genomes from a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal time series
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05736-9
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Cameron Thrash
7 months ago
Marine Viruses and Their Role in Marine Ecosystems and Carbon Cycling
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Marine Viruses and Their Role in Marine Ecosystems and Carbon Cycling | Annual Reviews
Marine viral ecology emerged as a distinct discipline approximately 25 years ago. Despite significant progress, direct assessments of viral impacts on carbon flux remain scarce. Here, we integrate rec...
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-marine-040324-020244?TRACK=RSS
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Brad Weiler
7 months ago
🚨New Preprint Alert🚨 P. strigosa, a reef-building coral shows tightly regulated transcriptional control over natural diel cycles.
#CoralReefs
#Symbiosky
#bioinformatics
#marinemicrobes
#protistsonsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Curtis Suttle
7 months ago
Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
and
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
. A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters.
@kevinzhong2006.bsky.social
@rhizalyssa.bsky.social
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Meaghan Castledine
7 months ago
Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚
www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1
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Karolin Luger
7 months ago
our paper is online!
rdcu.be/exXBX
. Who would have thought that some
#giantviruses
not only have
#histones
, but even histone variants that make weird
#nucleosomes
(pdb 9CVT). Fantastic work from Ale Villalta and Chelsea Toner, with Hugo Bisio
@molbiolgv.bsky.social
and Chantal Abergel
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Melbournevirus encodes a shorter H2B-H2A doublet histone variant that forms structurally distinct nucleosome structures
Nature Communications - Melbournevirus encodes a conserved shorter H2B-H2A doublet variant. Here the authors report a cryo-EM structure of a nucleosome-like particle reconstituted with viral H4-H3...
https://rdcu.be/exXBX
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