Elke Dittmann

#postdoc #job Environ Analytical Chemistry & Toxicology of #benthic #cyanobacteria @eawag.bsky.social Eawag in #Switzerland! Creating knowledge base of benthic cyanobacteria in Switzerland in collaboration with Pilar Junier Uni.Neuchatel. apply by April 8th.
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Stages of biomolecular condensate formation in pro-β-carboxysome assembly - Nature Plants Carboxysomes are cyanobacterial CO2-concentrating compartments with a proteinaceous shell. The elucidation of the role of the shell adaptor protein ApN in stepwise β-carboxysome assembly will aid the ...

Stages of biomolecular condensate formation in pro-β-carboxysome assembly www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PanBGC: A pangenome-inspired framework for comparative analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters Abstract. Bacterial secondary metabolites are a major source of therapeutics and play key roles in microbial ecology. These compounds are encoded by biosyn

PanBGC: A pangenome-inspired framework for comparative analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters

#ISMEComms from @nadineziemert.bsky.social

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Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis - Nature Viral NblA accelerates the cyanophage infection cycle, directs degradation of the host phycobilisome and other proteins, and reduces host photosynthetic light-harvesting efficiency.

Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Join us at the VAAM Annual Conference🌟 22.-25.3.2026 in Berlin 👥!

✏️Registration is now open - benefit from early bird fees🏃‍♀️!
📝 Submit your abstract &
🎓 Apply for student travel grants until
🗓️ 7 November 2025.

All details & more info 👉https://t1p.de/zazfv

Nice work!

Super excited that I’ve been selected as a Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution. We will explore how marine microbes shape the production, transformation, and fate of dissolved organic matter.
Thanks so much @simonsfoundation.org
We can’t wait to get started!

Woo-hoo! Our MetaboArt proposal won a prize in AI art at #Metabolomics2025. 🥰
Title: #Cyanobacteria Metabolomics
Big thanks to @emn-metsoc.bsky.social
#MetaboArt #Metabolomics2025 #MetSoc25

Interested in natural product producing microorganisms? 🦠 See you in Berlin... 😀

Our group photo ❤️. Big thanks to all participants for their contributions.

Peptide surfactants with post-translational C-methylations that promote bacterial development - Nature Chemical Biology Soil-dwelling Actinomyces bacteria have been found to employ an iterative B12-dependent radical S-adenosylmethionine metalloenzyme to synthesize hypermethylated ribosomal peptides. These amphiphilic p...

Soil-dwelling Actinomyces bacteria have been found to synthesize hypermethylated ribosomal peptides, which serve as surface-active agents and promote the growth of aerial, reproductive structures

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Postdoctoral researchers (3-4 positions) in a variety of fields related to research of sustainable materials in the fields of energy, health and manufacturing Turku region with its 320,000 people is a major urban area and a leading hub for technological development and economic growth in Finland. This former capital, located in the southwestern Finland, has...

If you have a background in #photosynthesis, N₂-fixing cyanobacteria, or photosynthetic biotechnologies, consider applying for a postdoctoral position in @photomicrobeslab.bsky.social group @utu.fi, Finland. tinyurl.com/4b4nvyn6

Mixing and Matching of Hybrid Megasynthases is a Hub for the Evolution of Metabolic Diversity in Cyanobacteria Modular megasynthases, such as polyketide synthases (PKSs) and non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs), are molecular assembly lines that biosynthesize many pharmaceutically and ecologically import....

Mixing and Matching of Hybrid Megasynthases is a Hub for the Evolution of Metabolic Diversity in Cyanobacteria onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome Nature - A new lasso peptide antibiotic exhibits broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis, is unaffected by common...

The latest discovery from the lab and great colleagues at McMaster and U Illinois, Chicago. Lariocidin, a new lasso peptide antibiotic that inhibits the ribosome. rdcu.be/efdha

Postdoc in microfluidics

📢We are hiring :
Are you skilled in microfluidics and fluorescence microscopy in biological contexts? We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher to delve into the spatio-temporal dynamics of carboxysomes . Join us in advancing the frontiers of microbial biology through innovative research!

The symbiotic Nostoc strain PCC 73102 gives up its autonomy under inorganic carbon limitation. Please find our latest study here: rdcu.be/ecRjj

Nice work!

A group leader position to work on cyanobacteria is open at Paris Saclay University, France. Further information in the attached image.

A thallus-forming N-fixing fungus-cyanobacterium symbiosis from subtropical forests Fungus lives within cyanobacterial sheaths in a thallus-forming symbiosis, named “phyllosymbia.”

Wow, they found fungal hyphae inside the sheaths of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria! Usually with these types of symbiosis it's the other way around, with bacteria growing inside their host. This is supercool!🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

PARAS: high-accuracy machine-learning of substrate specificities in nonribosomal peptide synthetases Nonribosomal peptides are chemically and functionally diverse natural products with important applications in medicine and agriculture. Bacterial and fungal genomes contain thousands of nonribosomal p...

~5y ago, Barbara, Serina, @marnixmedema.bsky.social & I teamed up to make a better NRPS A-domain specificity predictor. The Challis group & others joined along the way to add some very cool insights.

Very proud of this work. Check it out now on biorxiv!

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Microcystin shapes the Microcystis phycosphere through community filtering and by influencing cross-feeding interactions Abstract. The cyanobacterium Microcystis causes harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) that pose a major threat to human health and ecosystem services, particula

We are pleased to share our new paper in which we have investigated the role of microcystin in a synthetic community of Microcystis and phycosphere bacteria.
#ISMEcomms
#cyanobacteria

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Epigenetic control of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis by m4C DNA methylation in a cyanobacterium Abstract. Epigenetic DNA modifications are pivotal in eukaryotic gene expression, but their regulatory significance in bacteria is less understood. In Syne

Cytosine N4-methylation by the DNA methyltransferase M.Ssp6803II is required for the proper expression level of protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase, HemJ. All details in our new paper in DNA Research: academic.oup.com/dnaresearch/...

Animating insights into the biosynthesis of glycopeptide antibiotics The realm of natural product (NP) research is constantly expanding, with diverse applications in both medicine and industry. In this interdisciplinary…

Excited to share that our latest review on glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis has been published! This article is written with non-experts in mind, providing an accessible overview of the biosynthesis of these fascinating natural products. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#NatProd #SecMet

#Microcystins can be modified with click chemistry to turn into potential anticancer drugs. By the @timoniedermeyer.bsky.social lab.
@niedermeyer-lab.bsky.social
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The 13th International Conference on Toxic #Cyanobacteria, 4-8 May 2025, #Chania, #Crete, #Greece.
Abstract submissions 20 Dec 2024.
Follow us to get updates about #ICTC13.
www.ictc13.gr
#cyanotoxins #water #lake #teammassspec #ecology #waterquality #sequencing #multiomics #metabolomics #genomics

We have a DFG-funded Phd position for 3 years to study gene regulation in cyanophages. This is at Cyanolab in beautiful Freiburg/Germany, from Jan 2025, or later. More details here: cyanolab.de/index.php

It would be great if you included me.

It's Monday, November 18. We have left twitter and from now onwards, we start posting all kind of cyanobacteria-related content here in Bluesky: articles, preprints, research calls, fellowship calls, PhD and post-doc positions... If you have anything relevant for cyanobacteriologists, PM or tag us.

I have now decided to join the blue universe after all. I would like to network with everyone who is interested in #cyanobacteria, #natural_products, #biosynthesis and #microbial_interactions.🦠