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Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science
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Asteroids, antibiotics and ants: a year of remarkable science
Highlights from News & Views published in 2025.
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11 days ago
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receives the
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award for the best paper of 2025
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ืืงืืืช ืืช ืคืจืก ืืืืจ ืืฉื ื ืืคืงืืืื ื2025
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Our BEHIND THE STORY. A glimpse into the role of auxiliary metabolic genes in cyanophages during infection
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A glimpse into the role of auxiliary metabolic genes in cyanophages during infection
https://communities.springernature.com/posts/a-glimpse-into-the-role-of-auxiliary-metabolic-genes-in-cyanophages-during-infection
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EMBO Lab Leadership
21 days ago
Still need to use up 2025 funding? Places available for
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Lab Leadership for
#Postdocs
course 27โ29 January! Take time to focus on interpersonal skills + discover tools to support development. Sign up now and still get invoice this year:
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Gal Haimovich โฃ ๐งช๐ฌ๐
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#ืคืืืืืข
ืืืืื ืืืืืืจ ืื ืืช 3 ืืืืืืช ืื ืืกืคืืช: ืืืจื ืืกืขืืจ ืืืขืืจืืช.
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Dr. Ayala Shiber from the Technion has been selected to join the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Program
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Dr. Ayala Shiber from the Technion has been selected to join the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Program - ืืืื ืืื-ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืจืื
https://www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/article/dr-ayala-shiber-from-the-technion-has-been-selected-to-join-the-european-molecular-biology-organization-embo-young-investigator-program/
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ื"ืจ ืืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืืจื ืืชืืื ืืช ืืืืงืจืื ืืฆืขืืจืื ืฉื ืืืจืืื ืืืืจืืคื ืืืืืืืืื ืืืืงืืืจืืช (EMBO)
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ื"ืจ ืืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืืจื ืืชืืื ืืช ืืืืงืจืื ืืฆืขืืจืื ืฉื ืืืจืืื ืืืืจืืคื ืืืืืืืืื ืืืืงืืืจืืช (EMBO) - ืืืื ืืื-ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืจืื
https://www.technion.ac.il/blog/article/%d7%93%d7%a8-%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%94-%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%91%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%94%d7%98%d7%9b%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%a0%d7%91%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%aa%d7%95%d7%9b%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%97/
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EMBO
24 days ago
Congratulations to the new cohort of 28 EMBO Young Investigators! They are joining an international network of more than 800 life scientists โ Welcome! Read the press release here:
https://www.embo.org/press-releases/twenty-eight-group-leaders-become-embo-young-investigators/
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Congratulations to our Dr. Ayala Shiber for becoming a member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme (YIP)
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Call for Nominations for the Annual Faculty of Biology Conference Award, 2026
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Call for Nominations for the Annual Faculty of Biology Conference Award, 2026 - ืคืงืืืื ืืืืืืืืื Biology Faculty
As part of the Faculty of Biology Annual Research Conference, which will take place on February 3โ4, 2026, an Excellence Award will be presented to an individual with a significant connection to the F...
https://biology.technion.ac.il/en/call-for-nominations-for-the-annual-faculty-of-biology-conference-award-2026/
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Paper of the Month September 2025 Winner โ Almog Angel!
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Paper of the Month September 2025 Winner โ Almog Angel! - ืคืงืืืื ืืืืืืืืื Biology Faculty
The winner of Paper of the Month for September 2025 is Almog Angel from Dr. Dvir Aranโs lab, whose article has been accepted for publication in Genome Biology! This is an impressive achievement that m...
https://biology.technion.ac.il/en/paper-of-the-month-september-2025-winner-almog-angel/
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xCell 2.0: robust algorithm for cell type proportion estimation predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade
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xCell 2.0: robust algorithm for cell type proportion estimation predicts response to immune checkpoint blockade - Genome Biology
Background Accurate estimation of cell type proportions from bulk gene expression data is essential for understanding the cellular heterogeneity underlying complex tissues and diseases. Here, we intro...
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Centre for Structural Systems Biology CSSB
30 days ago
Using a combination of X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, a new study from
@landaulabcssb.bsky.social
shows that amyloids,form different structures that could be useful as a natural mechanism of immune protection. More info:
t1p.de/4n8se
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26 days ago
Light-harvesting by antenna-containing xanthorhodopsin from an Antarctic Pseudanabaenaceae cyanobacterium
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Behavioral age-detection in individuals reconstructs minute-scale developmental transcriptomics
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Distinct cis-acting elements combinatorically mediate co-localization of mRNAs encoding for co-translational interactors in cytoplasmic clusters in S. cerevisiae
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Machine Learning Identifies Common Risk Variants and Implicates Abnormal Vision Physiology in ASD
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Molecular mechanisms underlying p62-dependent secretion of the Alzheimer-associated ubiquitin variant, UBB+1
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Dynamic Tumor Immune Microenvironment Remodeling Predicts Response of Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
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about 1 month ago
Inferring single-cell heterogeneity of bacteriophage lysis-associated life-history traits from population-scale dynamics
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A functional cyanophage thioredoxin increases competitive phage fitness
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about 1 month ago
The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus
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The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus - ืืืื ืืื-ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืจืื
https://www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/article/the-trojan-horse-gene-of-the-marine-virus/
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Distinct cis-acting elements combinatorically mediate co-localization of mRNAs encoding for co-translational interactors in cytoplasmic clusters in S. cerevisiae
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6 months ago
A Resilient Journey Through Science
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A Resilient Journey Through Science โ People โ EMBO
Meet Sheila Roitman, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Biology
https://www.embo.org/people/a-resilient-journey-through-science/
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EMBO
about 1 month ago
"EMBO steps in and shows you that interpersonal #skills are learnable, which provides instant results at any point of your #career,โ says
Alina Pushkarev
, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
. ๐งช Learn more here:
https://www.embo.org/people/thinking-out-of-the-box/
#skills
#career
#research
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Robert McNees
about 1 month ago
Several years ago I told students in my Electrodynamics class that they could make a final exam formula sheet using "one side of a piece of paper." Needless to say, the instructions now specify that the surface must be orientable. ๐งช โ๏ธ
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A study conducted in the
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reveals a unique mechanism in immune system aging
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Calcium-Regulated Mitochondria Remodeling by Myo19 is Required for Filopodia Tip-Extension
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SLAYER: a computational framework for identifying synthetic lethal interactions through integrated analysis of cancer dependencies
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SLAYER: a computational framework for identifying synthetic lethal interactions through integrated analysis of cancer dependencies
Abstract. Synthetic lethality represents a promising therapeutic approach in precision oncology, yet systematic identification of clinically relevant synth
https://academic.oup.com/nargab/article/7/2/lqaf052/8118977
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Ashish Malik
2 months ago
PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP. On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network. Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
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Ziv Aardening
about 1 year ago
Now online! The whole and its parts: cell-specific functions of brassinosteroids We review how recent discoveries in the field of brassinosteroid signaling provide new insights into its role in shaping organ growth across cell layers
#plantscience
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The whole and its parts: cell-specific functions of brassinosteroids
Brassinosteroid (BR) phytohormones operate at both the cellular and organ levels, and impart distinct transcriptional responses in different cell types and developmental zones, with distinct effects o...
https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(24)00283-8
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about 1 month ago
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
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this project was led by
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and is a joint work between the labs of
@bejalab.bsky.social
, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from
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about 1 month ago
1/6 PhD /PostDoc positions available. Exploration of physiological functions of the cell fusogen Fusexin1 in Archaea. In a collaborative project between the Albers lab (Freiburg) and the Podbilewicz lab (Technion) starting in January 2026.
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GBM (Gesellschaft fรผr Biochemie und Molekularbiologie)
2 months ago
๐ Huge congrats to Maya Schuldiner from the Weizmann Institute (Israel) for the ๐ Otto Warburg Medal 2026! Her work on how proteins find their way to organelles and how these organelles talk to each other has reshaped how we think about cells ๐งฌโจ
#OWM
#WeizmannInstitute
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Ella Preger ๐๏ธ
about 2 months ago
Check out our new preprint on the evolution of enhancer loss. Turns out there are 50 ways to lose a function. We found four of them.
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Distinct mechanisms decommission redundant enhancers to facilitate phenotypic evolution
The evolutionary loss of morphological traits is often driven by changes in gene regulation. Many developmental genes are controlled by multiple, redundant enhancers, raising the question of how robus...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684981v1
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BejaLab
3 months ago
Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly
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3 months ago
BindUP-Alpha: A Webserver for Predicting DNA-and RNA-binding Proteins based on Experimental and Computational Structural Models
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BindUP-Alpha: A Webserver for Predicting DNA-and RNA-binding Proteins based on Experimental and Computational Structural Modelsโ
Structural data provides important information on the proteinsโ function. Recent development of advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence โฆ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283625003067
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3 months ago
Comprehensive analysis of 42 psilocybin-producing fungal strains reveals metabolite diversity and species-specific clusters
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Comprehensive analysis of 42 psilocybin-producing fungal strains reveals metabolite diversity and species-specific clusters - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Comprehensive analysis of 42 psilocybin-producing fungal strains reveals metabolite diversity and species-specific clusters
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-97710-z
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Current Biology
4 months ago
David Baltimore, giant of molecular biology, has died.
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Nature
4 months ago
How is this possible? This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
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CARMIL2 deficiency disrupts activation-induced metabolic reprogramming in T cells, and is partially rescued by glutamine supplementation
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CARMIL2 deficiency disrupts activation-induced metabolic reprogramming in T cells, and is partially rescued by glutamine supplementation
T-cell activation requires signaling through the T-cell receptor and costimulatory molecules, including CD28, triggering metabolic reprogramming to suโฆ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091674925008061
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Inbal Shainer ๐๏ธ
11 months ago
Excited to share our new paper in Nature! 'Transcriptomic neuron types vary topographically in function and morphology' explores how neurons in the zebrafish optic tectum exhibit diverse functions and shapes despite similar transcriptional profiles. ๐
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Meet Sheila and Alina, graduates of our faculty and EMBO postdoctoral fellows - ืคืงืืืื ืืืืืืืืื Biology Faculty
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5 months ago
our new paper on pelagic
#Asgard
archaea that use
#rhodopsins
with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans. Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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5 months ago
Scientific bedlam at the worldโs weirdest and wildest research conference
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Scientific bedlam at the worldโs weirdest and wildest research conference
Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science aimed to encourage collaborations through creativity. The walk-on music for presentations was fun, too.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02169-7
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5 months ago
Fifteen years later, Science retracts โarsenic lifeโ paper despite study authorsโ protests | Science | AAAS
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Fifteen years later, Science retracts โarsenic lifeโ paper despite study authorsโ protests
Belated decision on widely disputed 2010 study pleases some critics but puzzles and dismays others
https://www.science.org/content/article/fifteen-years-later-science-retracts-arsenic-life-paper-despite-study-authors
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STCmicrobeblog
6 months ago
RIP Franklin W. Stahl (1929โ2025) here is Frank explaining semiconservative replication of DNA in the marvelous interview from 2020 together with Matt Meselson (
youtu.be/7-tnuAqEp9g
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