🌿 CYSS Turku Event 2025 🌿 Last week we had a fantastic day hosting colleagues from @aalto.fi and @vtt.fi here @utu.fi! Our team shared ongoing research, sparked inspiring discussions, and showcased our labs in addition to fascinating tour at @turkubioscience.bsky.social. #SmartBIo #S2B

☀️ 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ☀️ 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 🎯 Developing the next generation photosynthetic microbes entrapped in nanomaterials that efficiently produce butanol, shifting conventional microbial suspensions to an artificial leaf architecture. www.s2b-project.eu

🌟 PhotoMicrobes at the NPC/NAS 2025 with 6 talks & 4 posters🌿 📍 Elsinore, Denmark | Oct 20–23 Meeting's theme was "Harnessing Photosynthesis & Algal Innovation for Sustainability." We thank the organizers for an inspiring event and engaging program. #Photosynthesis #Sustainability #Algae

💡💡𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐔 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝟐𝐁’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 EU policy is actively shaping the field (see the Commission’s communication on Boosting Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing in the EU). Shared definitions help align science, industry and policymaking.

Exciting weeks in China! Prof. @yagut.bsky.social gave invited talks at: 🔬 ISPP 2025 on cyanobacterial bioenergetics 🧪 ICGC 2025 on biotech applications Featuring EU-funded @s2b-project.eu and REALM, BF's AlgaCircle & RCF's Photo-e-Mat. Thanks for hosting us! #Photosynthesis #GreenEnergy

We are pleased to be part of this research. Congratulations @cyanomaria.bsky.social !

🚀 Our preprint is live on #bioRxiv! We report >4 months of continuous #ethylene production by #cyanobacteria in #photosynthetic #biocatalysts (#ELMs): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @photomicrobeslab.bsky.social @utu.fi #SyntheticBiology #Microalgae #CarbonCapture #Bioengineering

𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥 ☀️ 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐏-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the 18th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes 🗓️ 8th-12th September 2025 📍 Qingdao, China 🔗 lnkd.in/g2zU9XHy 𝐒𝟐𝐁☀️𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟑 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 List of talks in 1st comment ⬇️⬇️

Happy to share our paper on Synechocystis adaptation to alkaline conditions: at pH9.2, bicarbonate transporter BCT1 increases, SbtA drops — alongside changes in other transporters that help maintain ion balance, pH homeostasis, and C/N ratios. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Photomicrobes made a strong impact at #RRB2025 (June 2–4, Turku), co-chaired by Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne! 🎤Talks: Sema Sirin, Vilja Siitonen 🎤S2B pitch+poster: Sergey Kosourov 📌 Posters: Martina Jokel, Elia Marelli 🎟️ S2B booth at Biobased Market Pleasure to join this inspiring biotech event!

I'm doing the #BigHike marathon in the peak district to raise money for the charity Cancer Research UK, with my wife Siobhan, this Saturday 14 June 2025! In memory of Siobhan’s grandma, Stella 🙂 Please #sponsor us by donating money here - fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/siobhan...

New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

#RRB2025 Congratulations to the #RRB2025 Poster Prize Winners! @yagut.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social

RRB#2025 kicked off today in Turku! We had a refreshing welcome speech from vice-rectors Piia Seppänen (University of Turku @utu.fi ), Reko Leino (Åbo Akademi University @aboakademi.bsky.social), and the Mayor of Turku. More info: www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...

Online now: Genome editing of epigenetic transgene silencing in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

🎥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: "𝐔𝐓𝐔 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬: 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 | 𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥" 🧫 Discover how S2B is revolutionising solar fuel production through the eyes of Elia Marelli, PhD Student from UTU! 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSz... #SolarFuels #SyntheticBiology #CleanEnergy #HorizonEurope

📧 𝐒𝟐𝐁 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! ☀️ You did not receive it? No worries, here it is! 🔗 mailchi.mp/17e59523a0e9... If you don't want to miss the next one, 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 ⬇️ 🔗 www.s2b-project.eu #SolarFuels #SyntheticBiology #CleanEnergy #HorizonEurope

We demonstrate that deletion of the PacR in Anabaena sp. 7120 triggers heterocyst formation in nitrate containing medium. This phenotype may stem from PacR mediated regulation of key genes of N and C metabolism as well as photosynthesis. doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

#RRB2025 Check our latest newsletter and get to know Prof. María José Cocero Alonso mailchi.mp/e04513c37d21... @yagut.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @chsteven.bsky.social

Great to host TSYK high school students at PhotoMicrobes! They were introduced to our research topics, made alginate-immobilized microalgae, and saw photoinhibition effects on fluorescence. 🌿 🧪💡 Thanks for the visit— inspiring to share science with curious minds! #ScienceOutreach #Photosynthesis

Curious about our @horizoneu.bsky.social funding and our sister project @s2b-project.eu? 🇪🇺☀️⛽ Get all the details in our shared goals in our latest press release: sunperform.eu/eu-funds-joi...

#RRB2025 Today is the last day for early bird registration! Hurry hurry! rrbconference.com/registration/ @yagut.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @chsteven.bsky.social

Deadline early bird registration is 30 April! See you in Turku at #RRB2025 Check for more rrbconference.com @yagut.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @chsteven.bsky.social

In 2023, the @ec.europa.eu Joint Research Center published a report on solar fuels in the EU. It stressed a major challenge: low conversion efficiency in photobiological systems. Read the report at setis.ec.europa.eu/solar-fuels-... #SolarToX #ClimateNeutral

Looking for a #postdoc position? Come work with us on CO2 fixation in #cyanobacteria using #biochemistry and #CryoEM! 🦠 🧪 🧫 ❄️🔬 We are a friendly group. 🙂 https://www.blikstadlab.org/open-positions.html #job #postdoc

🗓️ On 10th April 2025, S2B joined Made by Cells Biotech seminar held by the Finnish Bioindustries FIB is Finland’s biotechnology industry association. Read our complete article on our website ⬇️ www.s2b-project.eu/s2b-at-made-... @horizoneu.bsky.social

🎉 Thrilled to share that our paper published in Physiologia Plantarum is among the Top 10% most-viewed articles of 2023! 🌱✨ 📝 Microalgae from Nordic collections demonstrate biostimulant effect by enhancing plant growth and photosynthetic performance (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

It was a pleasure to meet members of the Finnish biotech community and hear their valuable insights at the 'Made by Cells' Biotech seminar in Espoo. I was also glad to share the biotech directions of our @photomicrobeslab.bsky.social group and the @s2b-project.eu concept.

🗓️The S2B project was pleased to co-organise and participate in the Joint EIC–SUNERGY Road mapping Event on Renewable Hydrogen, Fuels, and Chemicals, held in Brussels on March 26–27, 2025. Read our complete article on our website ⬇️ www.s2b-project.eu/s2b-at-the-e... @horizoneu.bsky.social

Our long-term research on the regulation of flavodiiron proteins in cyanobacteria is now published in New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social ! We present in vivo evidence of a self-regulatory feedback mechanism in which light-induced pH changes in cytosol control FDP activity. doi.org/10.1111/nph....