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Melania D'Angiolo

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Postdoc in Jurg Bahler's lab at UCL. Former PhD student in Gianni Liti's lab. Interested in genomics, evolution, systems biology and telomeres. Fission and budding yeasts enthusiast. Communications & Engagement manager for @yeast-journal.bsky.social

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New paper out in Yeast: Fellipe de Mello & team established a collection of ecologically diverse Brazilian yeasts and screened their performance in industrially relevant conditions, discovering some species that could be used for industrial applications 🇧🇷 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Screening of Brazilian Isolated Yeasts Reveals Multiple Potential Chassis for Industrial Biotechnology

Harnessing Brazilian microbial diversity, comprehensive phenotypic screening of 79 yeast isolates identified non-conventional strains with superior multi-stress tolerance and metabolic versatility co...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In the latest Yeast review article, Takashi Hirasawa discusses the Saccharomyces cerevisiae knockout strain collection and its applications in functional genomics studies, biotechnology and human disease research, including its caveats and future prospects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Yeast Knockout Strain Collection: Driving Functional Genomics, Biotechnological Applications and Human Disease Research

The knockout strain collection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has served as a valuable resource for functional genomics and yeast-based biotechnology studies. A comprehensive single-gene knockout strain...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New paper in Yeast: Luciano Gomes Fietto & team studied the mechanisms of stress response in the #yeast Spathaspora passalidarum and compared it to S. cerevisiae, uncovering sequence and structural divergence of #transcription factors between the two species. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Comparative Genomics and Heterologous Complementation Reveal Sequence and Structural Divergence of Selected Transcription Factors From <i>Spathaspora passalidarum</i>

Comparative genomic analyses identified substantial sequence and structural differences between transcription factors from Spathaspora passalidarum and their Saccharomyces cerevisiae counterparts. He...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tired of isolating mitochondria from yeast cells? Lizeth Camacho Lopez, Mazzen Eldeeb, Elliana Mohrhardt & Flavia Fontanesi developed CryoBN-PAGE, a new approach to study the mitochondrial OXPHOS system from whole-cell yeast lysates. Read the article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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CryoBN‐PAGE: A Rapid and Cost‐Effective Method for the Analysis of Yeast Respiratory Complexes and Their Dynamic Organization

We present cryoBN-PAGE, a method that enables blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of mitochondrial respiratory complexes and supercomplexes directly from whole yeast cells using c...

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Evomics Lab @evomicslab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Very happy to share a recent preprint from our lab on multidimensional telomere characterization, which combines state-of-art software development and cross-species analysis on #telomere diversity regarding length, variant repeat, and DNA methylation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Multidimensional telomere diversity and inheritance at individual and population scales

Variation in telomere length, sequence composition and epigenetic state influences genome stability, aging and disease, yet its high-resolution characterization across species remains challenging. Her...

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Jia-Xing Yue (岳家兴) @iamphioxus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The first written piece of our telomere work. More to come~

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Many congratulations to Rosalie Wouters from Delft University for winning the best poster award sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the 9th Conference on Physiology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi @pyff-9.bsky.social in Valencia 🎉🎉🎉 The prize was awarded by our editor-in-chief @litinice.bsky.social

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The new #Yeast issue of September 2026 (Volume 43, Number 5) is now out, with three research articles on various topics and two reviews on the use of yeast to study #stress biology and current methods to study #mitochondrial #metabolism and homeostasis 🙂 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41... We're quietly defunding the infrastructure modern biology runs on. PomBase, FlyBase, HGNC. have faced, or facing, existential funding crises since 2024. Curation expertise, once lost, is difficult to rebuild.

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In this review, Chieh-Ping Lin, Alberto Geroldi, Nelly Selem @litinice.bsky.social and @ishengtsai.bsky.social analyse #yeasts in fungal #metabarcoding samples from the GlobalFungi database, revealing distinct patterns of distribution across environments 🍄 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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A Global Synthesis of Yeast in Microbiomes

Yeasts are widespread members of microbial communities across terrestrial, aquatic, and host-associated environments, yet they remain underrepresented in microbiome studies due to low abundance and m....

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New review article out in #Yeast: Stefania Francesconi and team developed a new protocol to investigate the mutational patterns of #quiescent #Schizosaccharomyces #pombe cells, revealing a mutational spectrum distinct from that observed during proliferation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In the latest #Yeast research article, Thomas Brune and Ralf Kölling investigated Etl1, a new yeast protein with similarity to the ESCRT-III protein Snf7. Etl1 had strong secondary structure similarity with Snf7 and was located in the plasma membrane. 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Identification of Yeast Protein Sequences With Similarity to the ESCRT‐III Protein Snf7

Endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT-III) is a membrane remodeling complex involved in a large number of cellular processes. It appears to perform an essential function in eukaryot...

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Jia-Xing Yue (岳家兴) @iamphioxus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Great collaboration with Dr. Na Liu and Dr. Jun Ma's teams! It was a fun journey to expand our research footprint into cancer-associated microorganisms. Special thanks to @simonemozzachiodi.bsky.social for critically reading our manuscript and providing valuable feedback. 🧬🦠

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

❗Latest review article out in the Yeast journal: Bingyin Peng, Masahiro Tominaga, Chengqiang Wang, Robert E. Speight and Jun Ishii discuss the latest advances in the usage of #transposons as tools for genome engineering in #yeasts and filamentous #fungi 🍄🍄🍄 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Transposons as Tools for Future Genome Engineering in Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi

Applications of transposon-based tools for genome engineering in fungi include transposon-mediated mutagenesis and targeted genomic integration.

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Kiran R. Patil @kiranrpatil.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Could laboratory evolution of microbes strengthen pollinator resilience to chemical exposure? Happy to share the latest preprint from our lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Fantastic work by @simonemozzachiodi.bsky.social @davidbaracchi.bsky.social @skamrad.bsky.social et al.

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Simone Mozzachiodi @simonemozzachiodi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Happy to share our story on the impact of #chemicals on #fungi and #pollinators. We started from a broad screening of agrochemicals toxicity and ended up using #laboratoryevolution to mitigate the negative effect of a common pesticide on #pollinators and their #microbiomes. See below Kiran's post 👇🏻

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

❗New research article out in #Yeast: Tomoo Ogata, Katsuaki Kuroki and team study the mechanisms of mating-type-specific gene expression in miso and soy sauce Zygosaccharomyces species, with a special focus on the transcription factor Mata2 🍜 🍶 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The new #Yeast issue of July 2026 (Volume 43, Number 4) is now out, with an editorial on the journal's history, two reviews on recent advances in optogenetics and synthetic biology, and two research articles about flocculation and new bioinformatic tools 🙂 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New paper out: Alya Hussain, Kevin Fotso & @mcmurraylab.bsky.social describe #yeasts and other #fungi isolated from cacti or non-cactus plants, including the new species Coniochaeta udwismasis, and provide new hints at modes of #adaptation to the cactus 🌵🌵🌵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Comparative Analysis of Stress Adaptation in the Yeast Microbiome of Cactus

Yeasts and related fungi isolated from cacti or nearby non-cactus plants were characterized phenotypically and genomically, revealing differences that hint at modes of adaptation to the cactus host.

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In this #Yeast research article, Kanokarn Kocharin, Niran Roongsawang and team report the enhanced production of #recombinant thermophilic xylanase X11P in Ogataea polymorpha via in-silico signal peptide discovery and fed-batch #fermentation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Enhanced Production of Recombinant Thermophilic Xylanase X11P in Ogataea polymorpha via In‐Silico Signal Peptide Discovery and Fed‐Batch Fermentation

Genome-wide signal peptide screening identified a novel Ogataea polymorpha α-mating factor-like peptide (FUN_005010) that markedly improved recombinant thermophilic xylanase X11P secretion. Combined ....

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New article out for the series #technoYeast: Maria Abraham, Christine Iosue & Dennis D. Wykoff developed new molecular tools for genetic manipulation in the Nakaseomyces clade, that can be used for the #evolutionary comparison of signal transduction #pathways onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Genetic Tools in the Nakaseomyces clade for Evolutionary Comparisons of Signal Transduction Pathways

The genus Nakaseomyces provides four species that are closely related but have different characteristics. For example, N. glabratus (formerly known as Candida glabrata) is a common human pathogen, wh...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

In this #Yeast research article, Koichi Tanabe, Atsuhiko Nakata, Mizuki Hosotani & Jun Shima investigate the role of organic acids in glucose repression by measuring GAR+ cells, which undergo a protein-based epigenetic change allowing them to survive longer. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Sugar Metabolisms Altered By Undissociated Forms of Organic Acids Based on the Emergence of [GAR+] Cells in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The glucose repression system is a mechanism for effective energy acquisition by glucose assimilation in microorganisms. In yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is known as a prion-like protein [GA...

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liti_nice @litinice.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Thank you for visiting @iamphioxus.bsky.social was great to see you again. I enjoyed both the science and the company and glad to see you are doing great. Come back soon 👋

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Jia-Xing Yue (岳家兴) @iamphioxus.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Great to come back to Nice, an ever charming & cozy city that I’ve spent good five years of my life ! Had a lovely reunion with my postdoc advisor @litinice.bsky.social as well as both old & new friends at @ircan.bsky.social. Until next time, à bientôt ~

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Interested in mitochondria? In this review article, Ferran Gómez-Armengol, Elena Hidalgo & Montserrat Vega discuss pros & cons of methods to study mitochondrial metabolism and homeostasis in fission yeast S. pombe, including in vivo and in vitro approaches. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Methods to Study Mitochondrial Metabolism and Homeostasis in Fission Yeast

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Not sure how to analyze your #rDNA data? Use rDNAmine, a new #bioinformatic toolkit for capturing and examining large repetitive arrays in Oxford Nanopore #sequencing data 🧬, by Agnieszka Czarnocka-Cieciura and Natalia Gumińska. Now published in #Yeast: 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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rDNAmine: A New Tool for the Analysis of Long Repetitive Sequences

This work introduces a novel approach for analysing long repetitive genomic sequences, combining a method to isolate large DNA molecules from individual chromosomes. We also describe the bioinformati...

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Ché Pillay @chepillay.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I have a postdoc position available in my lab. We are exploring post-redox stress recovery in cells. Please share with potential candidates.

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In this review, Audrey P. Gasch reflects on the history of the Environmental Stress Response (ESR) in #yeast, from its discovery 25 years ago to more recent insights into its purpose and regulation, focusing on remaining questions in #stress biology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Twenty‐Five Years of the Environmental Stress Response and the Enduring Power of Yeast in Stress Biology

All organisms must be able to sense and respond to adverse environments, especially those that threaten cellular integrity. The age of genomics clarified the breadth and specificity of cellular stres...

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Melania D'Angiolo @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It was a pleasure to share my research with the fission yeast community during the last #PombeTalks seminar and talk about our efforts to uncover the role of conserved unknown genes in S. #pombe and a new #mitochondrial gene that we discovered A big thank you to the organisers and the audience ☺️

Melania D'Angiolo @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It was a pleasure to share my research with the fission yeast community during the last #PombeTalks seminar and talk about our efforts to uncover the role of conserved unknown genes in S. #pombe and a new #mitochondrial gene that we discovered A big thank you to the organisers and the audience ☺️

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

In this editorial that marks #Yeast 's 40th anniversary, our former editor Stephen Oliver walks us through the journal's history, from its very first steps to the change of the editorial board in more recent years, and wishes the best for Yeast's future 🙂 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

In this review marking our 40th birthday, Edward Archer, Roy Walker, Paige Erpf, Ian Paulsen & Isak Pretorius reflect on the great power of #yeast #genetics, outlining key advances emerging from the Sc2.0 project and the future potential of #synthetic yeasts onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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One Yeast, Sixteen Synthetic Chromosomes, Infinite Possibilities

The evolution of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, from a genetically tractable model organism to a chassis for genome-scale engineering represents one of the most influential trajectories in euka....

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Interested in #flocculation? In this #Yeast article, Devanshu Mehta, Mary Serviss, Keith Schneider, Renee Goodrich & Andrew MacIntosh investigate S. pastorianus flocculation during #brewing #fermentation, finding an association with the level of cell mannose onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The Role of Mannose in Saccharomyces pastorianus Flocculation During Industrial Brewing Fermentations

Yeast flocculation is a phenomenon in which yeast zymolectins bind to mannose on adjacent cells resulting in aggregation within fermentation media. Flocculation has been extensively studied and is of...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Another work on #optogenetics is out in #Yeast: in this review, Riya Joon, Rhythm Phutela & Prashant Khare discuss key advances in the field, with a focus on the EL222 system for protein production in P. pastoris and metabolic engineering in S. cerevisiae 💡💡💡 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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EL222‐Based Optogenetic Gene Regulation in Methylotrophic Yeasts: Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Directions

Methylotrophic yeasts such as Pichia pastoris are widely used for heterologous protein production because they contain strong and tightly regulated promoters. However, the use of methanol as an induc...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The new issue of #Yeast is out (Volume 43, Number 3, May 2026). Scroll down to read more about genome engineering in non-conventional yeasts, #lifespan extension, a new web platform to explore gene conservation and a new set of #optogenetic switches 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Calling all young and aspiring writers Enter the 2026 Marcus Pembrey BioNews Writing Prize and join the world of science communication... Closing date: 23:59 on 30 June 2026 (BST). Full details on our website www.progress.org.uk/bionews-writ... #fertility #genomics #AI #bioethics #stemcells

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

In the latest #Yeast research article, Matías Guerrero, Francisco Salinas and team developed new optogenetic switches based on the BcWCL1 photoreceptor. These systems improve light-controlled gene expression in S. cerevisiae, and versions with C-terminal deletions are the most performant 💡💡💡

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Eduardo I. Kessi-Pérez @eikp11.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New article today in @yeast-journal.bsky.social! I had the pleasure of collaborating in this work (also with Dr Claudio Martínez), led by Dr Francisco Salinas, in which a new set of #optogenetic #switches was developed in #yeast. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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A New Set of Optogenetic Switches in Yeast Based on the BcWCL1 Photoreceptor

Optogenetic switches based on the BcWCL1PAS∆ photoreceptor: functional in single-component (homodimer) and two-component (heterodimer) configurations for light-controlled gene expression in yeast.

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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

@Pombase links to SOGs from every gene page. See the ortholog section.

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The latest #Yeast research article features a tool developed by Guo-Song Jia, @lilindu.bsky.social & team: www.sogweb.org. Based on genome assemblies and annotations of Schizosaccharomyces species, users can explore gene alignments and phylogenetic trees. 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Schizosaccharomyces Orthogroup (SOG) Resource: A Web Platform for Exploring Gene Conservation in Fission Yeasts

The Schizosaccharomyces orthogroup (SOG) resource is a freely accessible web platform for fission yeast comparative genomics. It enables visualization of orthogroup alignments and phylogenetic trees,....

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

In the latest #Yeast research article, Yukinori Ozaki, Taku Ozaki and Qiu-Mei Zhang-Akiyama show that glucose restriction extends chronological #lifespan in budding yeast, while auxotrophic markers can induce abnormal cellular states under starvation. 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Glucose Restriction Extends Chronological Lifespan of Budding Yeast by Avoiding Commonly Used Auxotrophic Marker Nutrient Starvation

The survival period of yeast is determined by the type of nutrients they starved of. GR extends lifespan by avoiding auxotrophic starvation. Auxotrophic starvation causes degenerative cellular charac...

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Melania D'Angiolo @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I am extremely happy to share that the final paper from my PhD in @litinice.bsky.social 's team at @ircan.bsky.social (Université Cote d'Azur, @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social) is now out in @natcomms.nature.com !!! 😁😁😁 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The adaptive molecular landscape of reprogrammed telomeric sequences - Nature Communications

The molecular mechanisms allowing organisms to adapt to new telomeric sequences remain poorly understood. Here, the authors engineer multiple yeast lines with human-like telomeric repeats to unveil th...

Melania D'Angiolo @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I am extremely happy to share that the final paper from my PhD in @litinice.bsky.social 's team at @ircan.bsky.social (Université Cote d'Azur, @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social) is now out in @natcomms.nature.com !!! 😁😁😁 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The adaptive molecular landscape of reprogrammed telomeric sequences - Nature Communications

The molecular mechanisms allowing organisms to adapt to new telomeric sequences remain poorly understood. Here, the authors engineer multiple yeast lines with human-like telomeric repeats to unveil th...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The new #Yeast issue of January-March 2026 (Volume 43, Number 1-2) is now out, with a review on the role of Rad9 in DNA repair, and three research articles spanning the isolation of yeast species from flowers and honeys, and the effects of furanic compounds. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Evomics Lab @evomicslab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Excited to share our PNAS paper on the genome evolution of an early-diverging #amphioxus, Asymmetron lucayanum! There is a long and twisty story behind this work, which also explains the username choice of the lab PI @iamphioxus.bsky.social . 😀 @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Insights into cephalochordate genome and gene evolution from the early-diverging amphioxus Asymmetron lucayanum | PNAS

Cephalochordates (amphioxus or lancelet) are considered as living proxies for ancestral chordates due to their key phylogenetic position and slow e...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

In this #Yeast review article, Wendel Batista da Silveira & team give us an overview of the application of the CRISPR/Cas9 system in oleaginous yeasts. They discuss the main advances in the use of the tool, its technical limitations and future opportunities 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Engineering in Non‐Conventional Oleaginous Yeasts: Applications, Challenges, and Prospects

Given the biotechnological potential of yeast-derived oils for oleochemical production, genes encoding lipid metabolism enzymes are key targets for metabolic engineering. Genetic engineering tools su...

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Only a few days left for this call!!!

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Ben Heineike @heineikeb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Proud of our new paper just out in the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social's #GENETICS journal academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...!

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Genetic and environmental determinants of multicellular-like phenotypes in fission yeast

Abstract. Multicellular fungi have repeatedly given rise to primarily unicellular yeast species. Some of these, including the fission yeast Schizosaccharom

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In this #Yeast research article, Laise Cedraz Pinto Matos, Amy Milburn and @yorkyeast.bsky.social investigated the physiological effects of #furanic compounds from the Maillard reaction in yeast & found that they have different uptake, efflux, and toxicity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Uptake Mechanisms and Physiological Effects of Furanic Compounds From the Maillard Reaction in Budding Yeast

Matos et al. use genetic approaches in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to show toxicity of different furanic compounds can be modulated via regulation of surface nutrient transporters. Distinct furanic comp....

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

In the latest #Yeast research article, Joanna Sękul, Anna Maria Kot, Katarzyna Pobiega and team analyze yeasts isolated from Polish urban #honeys and identify honey-derived S. cerevisiae strains that could be used as novel starters for mead production 🇵🇱 🍯 🐝 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Yeasts Isolated From Urban Honeys: Diversity and Potential Application in Mead Production

This study aimed to isolate, identify, and evaluate yeasts originating from urban honeys as potential starters for mead production. Honey samples from urban apiaries from Poland were analyzed. A tota...