How would chromatin look and work in Asgard archaea? @damelab.bsky.social and I share our ideas in our Trends in Genetics review, out now at doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
"Chromatin organization in Asgard archaea: Histones, SMC complexes, and the archaeal roots of eukaryotic chromatin"
by Remus Dame & colleagues (@damelab.bsky.social)
"Understanding chromatin organization in Asgard archaea is key to understanding how eukaryotic chromatin evolved."
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We krijgen opvallend veel reacties op deze podcast. We zijn daar blij mee want we vinden het een belangrijk probleem. Dank aan iedereen die reageert en de podcast deelt! Het zijn er te veel om allemaal te kunnen beantwoorden. @maartenschinkel.bsky.social
Zijn we weer! Met een ontzettend belangrijk maar te weinig besproken probleem: de zorgelijke daling in reken- en leesvaardigheden van Nederlandse 15-jarigen. We spraken dé onderzoeker vd Oeso hierover. Wat is er in vredesnaam aan de hand? En wat kunnen we eraan doen? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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In Europa nemen de vaardigheden van 15-jarigen af. Of je tieners nu test op wiskunde, natuurkunde of begrijpend lezen, sinds een jaar of tien lopen de scores terug. Dat geldt helemaal voor Nederland. ...
🧵 1/10 New paper out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com from my postdoc at @mib-wur.bsky.social! 🎉
How eukaryote-like was the archaeal ancestor of eukaryotes? Sequence searches alone can't tell us — so we used protein structure prediction to look deeper. 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A structural catalogue of the Asgard archaeal pangenome reveals hundreds of eukaryotic-like proteins that suggest a higher degree of cellular complexity in the archaeal ancestor of eukaryotes.
Just over ten years after the discovery of the first Asgard archaeal genomes, we revisit the rapid expansion of this remarkable archaeal lineage. From diverse genomes and metabolisms to eukaryotic signature proteins and the first cultured representatives.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌞 Alles staat klaar voor de verkiezingen morgen.
Woensdag is de keuze aan de kiesgerechtigde inwoners van Wageningen.
Stemmen kan vanaf 7.30 tot 21:00 uur bij 21 stembureaus met stempas en identiteitsbewijs ⬇️
www.wageningen.nl/verkiezingen...
We have just published a short note on archaeal phylogeny: complex mixture models support a deep placement of Methanonatronarchaeia within Euryarchaea and indicate that three recently described groups (Halorutilales, Afararchaeaceae, and Ordosarchaeia) are actually the same.
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Check out the draft program for the Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes meeting! Want to attend? Are you a speaker? Don't wait! Registration is closes on May 4.
comparativegenomics2026.com/program/ w/ @cstairs.bsky.social
Stephan Köstlbacher
The Asgard archaea have become a cornerstone of archaeal research, particularly for studies aiming to unravel the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes. This Review outlines the current state of th...
Phd Position alert 🚨
Join our project ASTRAfun (Adaptation and Starship Traffic in Root-Associated fungi), in which we will use computational models to unveil the hidden dynamics of fungal evolution.
It’s not going to be just regular fun. It’s going to ASTRAfun. 🤓
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I'm looking for an enthusiastic student to join my team as a PhD candidate on archaeal genome evolution 🦠💻
Work in beautiful Utrecht, at @binfutrecht.bsky.social, an international group full of caring, amazing scientists, and with frequent cake breaks!
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Kassiani Panagiotou
How do giant mobile elements called ‘Starships’ reshape fungal plant pathogens? Help us computationally model their spread and impact in nature and agriculture!
