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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New preprint from Dodonova lab 🔔! Capturing multiple states by cryo-EM❄️, we show for the first time how archaeal RNA Polymerase engages a nucleosome and forms direct contacts with histones! 🧬 Great work by Gabriele & a fantastic collaboration with Dina Grohmann! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Excited to share our new preprint! 🧬❄️ by brilliant @mdreimann.bsky.social and great collaborators! Using cryo-ET&EM, we reveal archaeal chromatin in a near-native state: variable-beads-on-a-string fibers shaped by growth phase and histone composition #ArchaeaSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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EMBL @embl.org · 04/05/2026

EMBL graduated its biggest class ever at the end of April, celebrating with 60 fellows who submitted or defended their theses over the past 12 months. Representing 22 different countries, EMBL graduates continued to show a diversity in science as well as background. Congratulations graduates!

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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Extremophile alert! Registration is OPEN for the 2026 EMBO Archaeal workshop in Cambridge. Spaces are limited, so register soon with an abstract if you’d like to give a talk. If you can’t come in person, we are welcoming virtual attendees. So join us online where all talks will be screened!

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Today the very first PhD student of Dodonova Lab has successfully defended his PhD Thesis!!🥳🥳🥳 And that with Honours, so well deserved!! Huge congratulation, dear @harshranawat.bsky.social !!!👏 Awesome PhD and awesome Defense!! Very happy and proud! And brilliant future ahead!👨‍🎓🎓🥳

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Love seeing the archaeal work at EMBL highlighted! 🥰 Feels great to be part of a growing community pushing this fascinating biology forward! #teamArchaea #EMBL 🧫🤓🧪🌏

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EMBL @embl.org · 22/01/2026

EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. www.embl.org/news/people-...

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Steven Salzberg @stevensalzberg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

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In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL

EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Calling all archaeal enthusiasts! 🔬🔥 From molecular machines to microbial communities, Archaea never fail to surprise us! We are excited to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Archaea, 6–10 July in Cambridge, UK! Sign up here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc... #ArchaeaSky

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

What a wonderful week at the #EMBOevoChromo25! ☺️ ✨ Excellent talks, posters, and fantastic discussions about all angles of chromatin! Huge kudos to @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social for putting together such a special meeting — all in a stunning location!

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 10/12/2025

Are you ready for the 17th edition of 'Transcription and chromatin'? Our conference remains a must-attend event for anyone engaged in the forefront of transcription research and we hope you can join us! 🧬 25 – 28 August 2026 Submit your abstract by 25 May: s.embl.org/trm26-01-bl #EMBLTranscript

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thank you, Daniela, @danielabarilla.bsky.social, for a wonderful commentary! 🤗🤗 More spotlight on the Asgards and their chromatin! ❤️ #archaea #chromatin

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Happy to see our recent Asgard chromatin structures shown in a new light! 🤩👩🏻‍🎨 - thanks to a beautiful design by @leonoramartinez.bsky.social

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Are you just about to start a lab? 🤓👩‍🔬👨‍🔬Then sign up for this GBM Workshop for new PIs! Great program and great org team! #workshops #academic #leadership #GBM yi-workshop.gbm-online.de/yi-workshop-...

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YI Workshop - GBM Young Investigators Workshop

Workshops & Events of the GBM Young Investigators

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EMBL @embl.org · 29/10/2025

EMBL scientists have new detailed info about Asgard archaea DNA structures offering important clues to more complex cell evolution. With #cryoEM, scientists found both open and closed chomatin structures with a possible role in regulating chromatin. doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Lab’s first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM 🧬❄️ Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We are looking for motivated #postdocs to join the lab! Biochemistry/microbiology/cryo-EM experience? Excited by #cryo-EM/ET, #chromatin? ❄️🧬🧫 Interdisciplinary projects, top EMBL facilities! Email CV + short cover letter → svetlana.dodonova@embl.de Info about the group: www.embl.org/groups/dodon...

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Dodonova Group – Organisational principles and 3D architecture of archaeal chromatin

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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

How did a brain gene end up behaving like a virus? Research has shown that there is an evolutionary connection between Arc, retroviruses, and virus-like genetic elements called retrotransposons. More at Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...

A comparison of the structures of dArc1 (capsid: 6TAP; pentamer: 6TAR), the retrovirus HIV (capsid: 3J3Q; pentamer: 7URN), and the retrotransposon Ty3 (6R24). Pentamers are shown in orange, and hexamers in yellow in the upper panel. In the lower panel, pentamers are shown with monomers colored in different shades of orange.

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🚨 Imagine a bacterium that refuses to follow the textbook: It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks. Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Mark in your calendars! The Molecular Biology of Archaea meeting (MBoA) 2026! Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated to Archaea.

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We had an amazing and sunny ☀️ day today with Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social who visited us at #embl! It was a wonderful talk on archaeal cell biology, and lots of inspiring discussions! Thank you for sharing your insights with us! #Archaea

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EMBL @embl.org · 03/03/2025

📢 Last call for the EMBL International PhD Programme summer recruitment! This is a fully funded PhD programme fostering creative approaches to questions in the molecular life sciences. Join us in promoting scientific excellence throughout Europe. Apply now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...

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Dame lab at Leiden University @damelab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Returning from a great visit to the Dodonova lab at EMBL to discuss archaeal histones and hypernucleosomes. Nice also to see a tribute to the hypernucleosome on EMBL premises !#Archaeasky

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Archaea Power Hour @archaeapowerhour.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Archaea aficionados around the world, APH is now on BlueSky! Follow us for virtual conference announcements and more 🦠

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EMBL @embl.org · 05/12/2024

At its six sites EMBL’s many groups and teams work across the life sciences in interdisciplinary and collaborative ways. Meet and join this community on Bluesky, with this EMBL starter pack 🦋 go.bsky.app/GbCJS2B

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Are you looking for an exciting postdoc opportunity? EMBL EIPOD fellowship call is open! If you are passionate about chromatin and cryo-EM, and are motivated to learn and use other methods as well, and be involved in a collaborative project - Get in touch! #postdoc #EMBL www.embl.org/about/info/p...

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EIPOD-LinC Fellowship Programme – Postdoctoral Programme

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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello blue, and ciao X! Looking forward to the good old community of scientific friends here! 🦋

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