Microbial dynamics in coral reef waters: Diel cycles in contrasting seasons | Science Advances https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ady9534?af=R

21st International Conference on Retinal Proteins (ICRP2026) will be held in Siena, Italy, from September 14 to 19, 2026 Chair- Massimo Olivucci, Co-Chair- Kwang-Hwang Jung www.congressi.unisi.it/retinalprote...

נראה שהשיא מאחורינו, אבל עדיין רמת תחלואה גבוהה מאוד. לכו להתחסן.

congratulations to @omernadel.bsky.social. his paper was chosen as the paper of the month in our faculty @biologytechnion.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ברכות ל @omernadel.bsky.social . המאמר שלו נבחר למאמר החודש בפקולטה!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy New Year! 🌅🎍Last year, while we could report on several studies including UV-absorbing anion channels and carotenoid-binding rhodopsins. In 2026, we also have many exciting events including ICRP in Siena. Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to working with you this year! 🙇‍♂️

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

Nature research paper: Random heteropolymers as enzyme mimics. go.nature.com/4pezEJ9

Megagenomoviruses with nearly five megabase genomes and ribosomal proteins www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

from 2020. Lateral Gene Transfer of Anion-Conducting Channelrhodopsins between Green Algae and Giant Viruses www.cell.com/current-biol...

Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A Structure-guided, Indel-aware Framework for Ancestral Reconstruction of Full-length Seven-transmembrane Proteins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Multistep genomics on single cells and live cultures in subnanoliter capsules www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations to Doi Basu @dwaipayanbasu.bsky.social for publishing his first first-author paper from the lab! The cryoEM structure of a tubulin-like protein from bacteriophage Goslar forms "microtubules" with nine protofilaments! authors.elsevier.com/a/1mM253SNvc...

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Attention students and recent grads! opportunity for #oceanscience interns to sail aboard #EVNautilus next year in a paid position for 3-5 weeks. Whether you’re studying #marinebiology, #geology, or any other type of #oceanography. Learn more and apply by Jan 4 at NautilusLive.org

Schiff base deprotonation and structural changes in a mouse UV-sensitive cone visual pigment revealed by FTIR spectroscopy at 77 K www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biop...

A four-year postdoc focusing on "plant growth-promoting bacteriophages" available in my group. Skills in metaviromics and metagenomics essential. Application deadline: 2.2.2026. For more info, see the link.

The protein turnover and trafficking of Chlamyopsin6 is regulated by IFT88 and IFT52 in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Living Materials Approach for In Situ Bio-Polymers Production Using Bacillus Paralicheniformis in Microneedles advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Single-cell genomics reveals complex microbial and viral associations in ciliates and testate amoebae | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65263-4

End-of-year preprint dump! A collaboration with @messorensen.bsky.social and German and Korean colleagues: "The phylogenetic context for the origin of a unique purple-green photosymbiosis " doi.org/10.64898/202...

FTIR Spectroscopy of a Viral Rhodopsin, OLPVR2 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Metagenomics reveals potential interactions between Patescibacteriota and their phages in groundwater ecosystems | mSystems https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/msystems.01204-25?af=R

@bejalab.bsky.social I watched spinal tap 1+2 back-to-back the last two days. I was laughing so much. Thanks for having this image as your icon 😍

Comment on “Mapping photoisomerization dynamics on a three-state model potential energy surface in bacteriorhodopsin using femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy” by Z. Wang, Y. Chen, J. Jiang, X. Zhao and W. Liu, Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 3713 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Four years ago, the red-light–activated channelrhodopsin #Chrimson restored basic vision in a blind patient. Here, we uncover its #multicolor_photoreactions and show implications for optogenetic applications. Many interesting details and a wonderful team🥳! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

⭐NAR Breakthrough! ⭐ 🧬 A synthetic RNA forms a #G-quadruplex without a G-rich sequence, using a complex 3D fold and GTP as a ligand. This suggests G-quadruplexes may be far more widespread in biologically important RNAs. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... #NARBreaktrhough #RNA #StructuralBiology

from 2023. Phototrophy by antenna-containing rhodopsin pumps in aquatic environments www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Microbial rhodopsins are everywhere in the surface ocean, but were assumed to play a role mainly when nutrients are scarce. Our new study reveals unexpected rhodopsin dynamics tightly linked to phytoplankton blooms.

לחג החנוכה שמסתיים, אתייחס לנס מאיר אחר שהתרחש ב-1862 בשילה, במדינת טנסי שבארצות הברית - שלאחר למעלה מ-130 שנה נמצא לו ההסבר המדעי: #פידמדע לפני 163 שנה, במלחמת האזרחים האמריקאית, נערך קרב הדמים על שילה. לאחר הקרב, כשהפצועים הושארו בשטח קר ורטוב במשך יומיים, הצוותים הרפואיים הבחינו בתופעה מוזרה:

Structure of Photosystem I with SOD reveals coupling between energy conversion and oxidative stress protection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Schiff base deprotonation and structural changes in a mouse UV-sensitive cone visual pigment revealed by FTIR spectroscopy at 77 K www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biop...

Amazing.

*זהירות כלבת!* בעקבות כמאה מקרי הכלבת שהיו לאחרונה בבעלי חיים, מצפון הארץ לשומרון - מאות אנשים נחשפו וטופלו כדי שאם נדבקו, לא תתפתח אצלם המחלה. כזכור לכולנו, בשנה שעברה הייתה תקלה רצינית ובנצרת מת אדם מהמחלה. #פידמדע

Unexpected microbial rhodopsin dynamics in sync with phytoplankton blooms www.nature.com/articles/s41...

מתנגדי החיסונים רוברט פ' קנדי ג'וניור, אהרון סירי וסטיב קירש ביקשו מד"ר פול אופיט להתעמת איתם בנושא בטיחות החיסונים. אחד מהם אף הציע לו מיליון דולר כדי לעשות זאת. הוא, כמובן, סירב. מוזמנים לקרוא מדוע סירב בכתבה חדשה באתר #תיבת_נעם #פידמדע

"How can funders avoid crossing the Szilard point?" The Szilard point is "the threshold at which the total cost of competing for a grant equals (or surpasses) the value of the available funding."

from 2017. Cyanophage-encoded lipid desaturases: oceanic distribution, diversity and function www.nature.com/articles/ism...

#microsky #phagesky The 3rd (? Lost track!) manuscript on a CRISPR/anti-CRISPR -based transposon tool to study gene essentiality in #phages www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Multicolored, Sonosensitizer-optimized Organic Mechanoluminescent Nanoparticles for Functional Sono-optogenetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Live microscopy to 'phollow' phage outbreaks 🔬✳️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, et al.

Our🥶COOLNESS paper to date is finally published! Ice cold and lithium dramatically delay forgetting (extend memory) in C. elegans. Why? read all about it! 👇 rdcu.be/eVhn2

Supplementary Figure gone out of hand ... 🤯 #sciencepublishing

Are you a long-time fan of Archaea, an extremophile-phile, or are you simply curious? Either way, we have good news. We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July. Sign up: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc... We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK. Please repost!

זוכרים את קו התכלת העצבני לפני שנה? אז נראה שהשנה הצונמי הסגול הולך לבלוע אותו. לכו להתחסן 🙏

Cross-species cloning in ants 🐜 These two males belong to different species—but share the same mother. How? Why? To celebrate the print release of our last paper in this week’s @nature.com (issue 8084), here’s a thread summarizing the results. Why? Let’s dive in🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Humbled and honoured to join this club, alongside some of my scientific heroes and colleagues. Grateful to my team, collaborators, and mentors &, just as much, to my wife, family and friends.

Congratulations to Prof. Omaya Dudin for receiving the Friedrich Miescher Award 2026! Find out more: www.ls2.ch/awards/fried... Prof. Dudin will present his award lecture at the LS2 Annual Meeting 2026 in Zurich: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026 @dudinlab.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social