Reposted by @lflarrondo.bsky.socialLaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Luis Larrondo @lflarrondo.bsky.social is illuminating 💡the role of light 🕯️ in the circadian clock ⏰ They are doing this by building 🏫 semi-synthetic clocks ⏰ #fungal26 071
Reposted by @lflarrondo.bsky.socialÁkos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Luis on creating semi-synthetic oscillators (see their @embojournal.org paper: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....) towards Minimal Synthetic Oscillators (MiSOs)embopress.orgTranscriptional rewiring of an evolutionarily conserved circadian clock | The EMBO JournalimageimageEukaryotic circadian oscillators share a one-step transcription-translation negative-feedback loop (TTFL) circuit design, where a main transcriptional complex drives expression of a negative element that can inhibit its own expression. ... 143
Reposted by @lflarrondo.bsky.socialÁkos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Luis describes their super synthetic biology tools for light controled mutualistic interactions (cross feeding) in fungi =Optoecology See their mBio: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...journals.asm.orgA new flavor of synthetic yeast communities sees the light | mBioThe Earth is populated by a huge diversity of organisms, which rarely exist in isolation. Instead, they constantly interact with other biological agents shaping ecosystems and occupying distinct habit... 012
Reposted by @lflarrondo.bsky.socialAntony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Incredible Friday Seminar today from Luis Larrondo- fungal circadian clocks, and can fungi see? @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #chronobiology 0215
lflarrondo.bsky.social @lflarrondo.bsky.social · 16/09/2025What a treat !! Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to enjoy an e-talk by @wcratcliff.bsky.social at our Faculty of Biological Sciences at the Universidad Catolica de Chile! Thanks a lot Will ! 120
Reposted by @lflarrondo.bsky.socialNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 07/05/2025#NatureMicroPicks Friendly fungus! A fungal isolation chip helped identify a human gut symbiotic fungus Fusarium foetens, which produces metabolites that alleviate fatty liver disease in mice. 🍄🐀 Published in @science.org #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...science.orgA symbiotic filamentous gut fungus ameliorates MASH via a secondary metabolite–CerS6–ceramide axisThe gut microbiota is known to be associated with a variety of human metabolic diseases, including metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Fungi are increasingly recognized as importa... 096
Reposted by @lflarrondo.bsky.socialKaçar Lab at UW-Madison @kacarlab.bsky.social · 15/02/2025🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab is looking for a lab technician & a postdoc to study enzyme evolution across geologic time. Learn more about one of our projects here: ⬇️ 🔗 research.wisc.edu/uncategorize... Folks who recently lost jobs are especially encouraged to apply! #Hiring #ScienceJobsresearch.wisc.eduKeck Foundation grant funds UW–Madison research to explore an enzyme behind the origins and early evolution of life on Earth | Research | UW–Madison searchopen menucloseExpandCollapseExpandCollap... 11415
lflarrondo.bsky.social @lflarrondo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Congratulations to all new fellows! In particular to @hittingerlab.bsky.social 🙌https://asm.org/Press-Releases/2025/February/65-Fellows-Elected-Into-the-American-Academy-of-Miasm.org65 Fellows Elected Into the American Academy of MicrobiologyThe Academy elected 65 new fellows to the Class of 2025. 110
