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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

How does a geminivirus replicate its genome using a pick&mix strategy with host proteins? 🦠🦠🌱🧬 Our new preprint identifies plant proteins repurposed by geminiviruses to carry out rolling-circle replication. Congrats @chaonan123.bsky.social , who spearheaded this work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

What an amazing #IS3DV conference (isdv2026.com) in Ilhéus, Brazil! A big thanks to Murilo Zerbini&team for the fantastic organization — we’re looking forward to IS3DV 2029 in Málaga! (ssDNA virus enthusiasts, stay tuned!) @lauramepul.bsky.social @huangtan.bsky.social

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

RNA splicing generates a functionally specialized Rep protein isoform in geminiviruses — enabling timely control of the viral cycle. Strikingly, similar strategies might have evolved in DNA viruses infecting different kingdoms: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Spearheaded by @delphinem-p.bsky.social!

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

GT Lab (median) New Year dinner 🎉 + Clem’s farewell 😊🥲😔 at Chin-Thai Restaurant/天富楼 in Tübingen — amazing food and better company! All the best for your PI life (!) @clemmar.bsky.social — so much fun lies ahead! (but we will miss you!!)

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

What could be better than discussing single-stranded DNA viruses with an international community of experts and a trans-kingdom perspective — at an affordable prize? Doing it in Bahia, Brazil! 🌴🌊☀️ Join us for IS3DV, June 15-19! isdv2026.com

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The GT goes to Stuttgart! A (brief) trip, nice scenery, good food, a touch of (mostly fictitious) science, and excellent company! What else could one wish for in a lab retreat? (Ah — it was also the 10th anniversary of the lab!) 🎂🌱🦠

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Incredibly happy and proud of our Chaonan Shi (chaonan123.bsky.social ), who successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday at the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social ! (And what a brilliant defence it was!) 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Dr Shi!!! 🍾🥂🍋‍🟩🌶️ We are so lucky to have you in our team ❤️

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It was such a pleasure to host @albertopmacho.bsky.social at the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social —in his little detour on his way to Cologne for the #2025ISMPMI. “Deciphering the interaction between plants and bacterial pathogens: beyond activation and suppression of immunity”—what a treat we got!

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“Age matters: host developmental stage modulates immune responses&viral evolution" - lucky to have hosted Santiago Elena @sfelena.bsky.social at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as part of our TRR356 seminar series! (Interested? Check pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39292505/ & pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36744567/)

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

10 years today! Happy birthday to the GeminiTeam!! ❤️

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