University of Edinburgh; Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences; photosynthesis; plant and algal engineering biology; cyanobacterial biotechnology
Joined May 2019
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25 Nov 2024
Our new review is out now – well done Ella, Sabina, Nicky and Charlotte – a great collaboration with the @mackinderlab!
From algae to plants: understanding pyrenoid based CO2-concentrating mechanisms. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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16 Nov 2024
Check out this insightful commentary article for an overview of our discovery of the components needed to generate thylakoid membrane traversions through pyrenoids. Many thanks to Jean-David Rochaix. Full paper here: doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-0…
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15 Nov 2024
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 @JonikasLab, @pituvilarnadal, @JinkersonLab and Sam Zeeman’s lab. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-0…
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1 Nov 2024
Excited to share our latest preprint!
Proteomic analysis of the pyrenoid-traversing membranes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals novel components biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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11 Oct 2024
Check out this Research Briefing for a quick overview of our work exploring Rubisco condensation by CsLinker, an intrinsically disordered protein from Chlorella. All driven by @james_r_barrett doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-0…
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10 Oct 2024
A promiscuous algal Rubisco binding protein that binds to the large subunit, can condense plant Rubiscos and functionally complement an epyc1 mutant. Congrats @james_r_barrett great team effort @Mihris_N,@mjplevin,@McCormick_Lab,@JNB_lab,@YorkBioimaging. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-0…
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18 Sep 2024
Postdoc position alert! We are teaming up with colleagues at UEA, Stellenbosch and @CyanoCapture on a @CtrfoundationUk funded project to engineer fast-growing cyanobacteria for growth on flue gas to help reduce CO2 emissions. Please do apply if interested jobs.ac.uk/job/DJT883/postdo…
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10 Aug 2024
Excited to share our latest preprint!
Biogenesis, engineering and function of membranes in the CO2-fixing pyrenoid
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23 Jul 2024
Many thanks to the CTRF team, it was a privilege to host you during your recent visit to our lab! It was great to share our progress on this exciting collaborative project to engineer plants for improved carbon capture.
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12 May 2024
Out now: our new review on the potential role of cyanobacteria in carbon negative emissions technologies. Great work by @gelomerase and @mikeyasci, and thanks to the @CtrfoundationUk and @CyanoCapture for inspiration! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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8 May 2024
Fantastic to see this now online. Congrats again to Angelo, Tiago and our co-authors. A toolbox to engineer the highly productive cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901 academic.oup.com/plphys/arti…
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1 May 2024
And that's a wrap. Thanks to all for coming and thanks also to the sun for showing up just in time for the group photo
@bengeliscious @MariaHondele @fern_way @LabRichter @omc111 @McCormick_Lab @mackinderlab @JonikasLab @lau_gunn @gatesfoundation @EPSRC @BPSIYork @PhysicsofLifeUK
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4 May 2024
Perspectives on improving photosynthesis to increase crop yield academic.oup.com/plcell/arti…
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11 Apr 2024
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_r_barrett, @JNB_lab, @mjplevin, @BPSIYork, @McCormick_Lab. @JonikasLab doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.09.5…
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18 Mar 2024
We've got an exciting opportunity for a PDRA to join our multi-UK lab Chlamy engineering team! Working with the Edinburgh Genome Foundry, we aim to enhance photosynthesis through a high-throughput plastome engineering strategy. Pls do apply if interested shorturl.at/bnCM8
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26 Feb 2024
Working towards your goals one step at a time: An interview with Plant Physiology monitoring editor Alistair McCormick buff.ly/3uQuM6X
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ALT Learning from experienced editors. An interview with Plant Physiology Monitoring Editor Alistair McCormich, PhD by Assistant Features Editor Jiawen Chen, PhD
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29 Feb 2024
Congratulations @PerrinAbi 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/10.1101/… . Explore the data here: morf-db.org/projects/York-Ma… @Algae_UK #algae
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5 Feb 2024
Interested in sustainable plastic upcycling? An exciting collaborative project has just been advertised to work with Dr Joanna Sadler's lab and us on plastic upcycling using E. coli and cyanobacteria co-cultures. Please apply if you are interested! jobs.ac.uk/job/DFT835/postdo…
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19 Jan 2024
A great way to end to the week, our starchy saga is now out in PNAS. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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Job alert!! Still time to apply for a Lectureship in Plant Science and join a very vibrant and friendly department. Looking forward to receiving your application. Deadline 5/1/24 @GlobalPlantGPC @nythbran @SRUCResearch @JamesHuttonInst @Hortres @HortQFLNet
We are hiring🌱🧪🧬🌻🌽🌿. If you would like to join a very friendly, vibrant and very diverse community of plant scientists, we would love to see your application. Deadline 5th Jan 2024. jobs.ac.uk/job/DCZ948/lectur… @SBSatEd @GlobalPlantGPC @EdinPlantSci @Luehea @EnvironChangeEd
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