Photosynthesis Lab using systems and synthetic biology to research the molecular basis of global carbon fixation #photosynthesis @UniOfYork #UKRIFLF
Joined October 2016
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
13 Dec 2024
Take a look at this stunning artwork made by local school children during our 2nd outreach workshop.
#STEMeducation #outreach
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
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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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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Luke Mackinder retweeted
7 Oct 2024
Diatom PyShells help fix 20% of the Earth's #CO2🌍. Luke, Onyou, & team -- It was a great pleasure collaborating with you on this very exciting project. So much to explore in the diverse world of marine algae!🌊🦠🪸
7 Oct 2024
A blueprint of the diatom pyrenoid reveals a Rubisco encapsulating protein Shell is critical for CO2 fixation. Is it essential for global NPP? Congrats to @OnyouNam,@james_r_barrett,@ItsCarolineMck,@JNB_lab great collab with @DemulderManon,@bengeliscious.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.…
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7 Oct 2024
A blueprint of the diatom pyrenoid reveals a Rubisco encapsulating protein Shell is critical for CO2 fixation. Is it essential for global NPP? Congrats to @OnyouNam,@james_r_barrett,@ItsCarolineMck,@JNB_lab great collab with @DemulderManon,@bengeliscious.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.…
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
3 Oct 2024
Some of the amazing, microscopic algae and animals that float at the sea surface. (From my plankton net tows) It is shocking that this vital world of life is so overlooked by natural history TV programmes. In fact, I'd say it is a dereliction of duty. @zeiss_micro
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
4 Oct 2024
Evolution of Thylakoid Structural Diversity!🌱🦠🌍
Annemarie's deep dive🤿 into the wide wild world of photosynthetic complexes and thylakoid architecture and is now available open access @AnnualReviews.
She also made beautiful figures🎨. Check it out!
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
2 Oct 2024
The final version of our PyShell🥧🐚 paper is now online @CellCellPress. Check out how diatoms soak up 20% of the Earth's #CO2!🌏
📜 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Brilliant work by @DemulderManon, @Jorgendottir, Ginga, Aki, Giovanni, Genji, Yusuke, and all the rest of our collabs 🤗
27 Oct 2023
Meet the PyShell!🥧🐚 Diatom pyrenoids fix up to 20% of the Earth's #CO2🌏. We discovered that their Rubisco is encased in a tight protein lattice that is essential for efficient carbon fixation and cell growth🌱
Super excited to share our new preprint📜: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
20 Sep 2024
Our preprint on the interplay between algal CO2 concentrating mechanism and photorespiration is now available.
We have identified LCI20 as a new player in algal photorespiration that delivers amino groups for mitochondrial glycolate metabolism. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
5 Sep 2024
Super excited to share our latest work on the native in-cell organization of the mitochondrial respiratory chain 🥳
Using cryo-electron tomography🔬, we show how the respiratory complexes (and other complexes) are organized inside native mitochondria!
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13 Aug 2024
Another major hurdle overcame in plant pyrenoid engineering to enhance CO2 fixation - how to traverse the Rubisco condensate with thylakoid membranes. Congratulations @JonikasLab @McCormick_Lab @JHennacy @NickyJAtkinson
10 Aug 2024
Excited to share our latest preprint!
Biogenesis, engineering and function of membranes in the CO2-fixing pyrenoid
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21 May 2024
Great to be part of this multi-disciplinary project. See the insightful thread by @CharlSchaef explaining how we worked across disciplines to predict phase diagrams that we experimentally validated #pyrenoid
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15 May 2024
A game changer in chloroplast engineering. We are already hugely benefitting from the tools. Well worth reading the thread to see how it was achieved
11 May 2024
Very excited to share the preprint of a big chapter of my PhD, where I am corresponding & shared first author (together with @gitanguy) about advancing #chloroplast #synbio through high-throughput plastome engineering of #Chlamydomonas:
Below in a 🧵:
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
13 May 2024
Super happy to have contributed in a small way to this monumental effort by René et al.! This is a really amazing piece of work that significantly advances our ability to engineer chloroplasts.
11 May 2024
Very excited to share the preprint of a big chapter of my PhD, where I am corresponding & shared first author (together with @gitanguy) about advancing #chloroplast #synbio through high-throughput plastome engineering of #Chlamydomonas:
Below in a 🧵:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Out from our lab: a toolbox for chloroplast engineering . Paving the way towards synbio in chloroplasts. Fantastic work by @rene_inckemann @gitanguy @CedKB @michaelcburgis and labs of @FWillmund @mackinderlab @james_r_barrett biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Luke Mackinder retweeted
1 May 2024
What a super meeting! With creative new ways to do research at the beautiful edges of physical and life sciences you really really can make transformative progress that, frankly, will have global and long-lasting impact… @PhysicsofLifeUK
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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Luke Mackinder retweeted
2 May 2024
5 Apr 2024
On this #phycologyfriday I am happy to announce an open #PhD position!
We aim to increase CRISPR efficiency and study carbon capture in the green seaweed Ulva
➡️Advert: floppy.psb.ugent.be/index.ph…
➡️Apply via ugent.be/en/work/scientific/…
‼️Deadline May 15th!
@GenomePlant @PhycologyUgent
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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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