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Sebastian Baumgarten @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The singular job of all known ribosomes: synthesizing protein. Enter the malaria parasite. In our new work, we show that Plasmodium evolved an entire new kind that does just the opposite - inhibit mRNA translation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Miguel A. Garcia-Campos @garciacampos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For those mosquito, parasites, and RNA lovers out there 🦟🧬(Hopefully there are ... ) Here is a VERY interesting #preprint from the @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social and Schwartz labs on malaria P. falciparum. Showing that on transmission to the mosquito vector, ... (1/2) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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A variant rRNA serves as a translational repressor in Plasmodium falciparum

Ribosome composition can vary through differences in associated proteins, post-transcriptional and post-translational modifications. Such heterogeneity enables ribosomes to respond to environmental[1]...

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Jordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Amazing paper from collaborators Schraga Schwartz and Moran Shalev-Benami at Weizmann. Nucleotide resolution sequencing of 16 RNA modifications from diverse organisms cultured under basal and 'extreme' conditions + enzymology, structure, synthesis, and biophysics. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Pan-modification profiling facilitates a cross-evolutionary dissection of the thermoregulated ribosomal epitranscriptome

Pan-Mod-seq enables systematic, multi-modification mapping of rRNA across life. Applying it to diverse organisms reveals that hyperthermophiles dynamically install stabilizing modifications to support...

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

How can #extremophilic #archaea make proteins in almost boiling water? At #Biochemistry2026, Schraga Schwartz gave a lecture about the many interesting #RNA modifications these organisms are using and how they can be studied. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio

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Dina Grohmann @curiousdina.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Professurship (W2) in Microbiology - Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Universität Regensburg | 12851113

UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a Professurship (W2) in Microbiology To be...

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