Bioaktive Faktoren aus #Extrakten zu gewinnen, wirkt durch die heutigen genetischen Methoden fast „oldschool“. Dennoch lohnt sich ein Blick zurück auf #Bayliss und #Starling sowie das Auskramen des „Faktorfischens“ für die Grünalge #Chlamydomonas und ihr „Todeswasser.“ Was das nun wieder heißen soll? Lest selbst, im Artikel von Ralf Neumann: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3455.php

#Laborjournal #LifeSci #BioaktiveFaktoren #Faktorfischen #Biotech

Great to see our paper on light-intensity dependent swimming patterns in #Chlamydomonas out now in Phys Rev Lett. as an Editors' suggestion! With a nice commentary by @[email protected]. Chlamy actively modulate the beat planes of their #cilia! journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... #protistsonsky
So you think you understand everything about #Chlamydomonas photoresponses? think again! #protists #behaviour #cilia To explain how Chlamy switches handedness from swimming in CCW circles in low-light to CW in high-light... see our new preprint led by Alan Tsang (HKU) 👇 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

New structural insights into SBPase from #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

This study reveals how #redox state influences the enzyme’s oligomeric form and offers clues to its regulation in the Calvin cycle.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/87196?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Structure of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase from the model microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Crystallography, molecular dynamics simulations, and biochemical analyses of Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) from the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii identify a redox module that controls oligomeric states for the activation of the enzyme.

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Here is specimen of #Chlamydomonas , small unicellular green algae with two flagella. When I saw it it was just spinning around like crazy. Only in this 8x slow motion video the flagella became visible.
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Researchers @microverse_exc @UniJena demonstrate in a recent study in @newphyt how the green alga #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii adapts its shape and metabolism under natural conditions without altering the genome.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2024/12/06/interdisciplinary-research-reveals-astonishing-adaptation-mechanisms-of-microscopic-algae
Interdisciplinary research reveals astonishing adaptation mechanisms of microscopic algae

Forschende @microverse_exc @UniJena zeigen in einer aktuellen Studie in @newphyt, wie die Grünalge #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii unter natürlichen Bedingungen ihre Gestalt und ihren Stoffwechsel anpasst, ohne das Genom zu verändern.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2024/12/06/interdisziplinaere-forschung-enthuellt-erstaunliche-anpassungsmechanismen-von-mikroskopisch-kleinen-algen
Interdisziplinäre Forschung enthüllt erstaunliche Anpassungsmechanismen von mikroskopisch kleinen Algen

Follow the leader: A new study of #flagella in #algae reveals how they coordinate their movements to ensure cells steer efficiently https://elifesciences.org/digests/86102/follow-the-leader #protists #microbes

The younger flagellum sets the beat for #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii https://elifesciences.org/articles/86102

"To steer, C. reinhardtii adjusts the strength of the strokes made by each flagellum. Despite this asymmetry, the flagella must continue to beat in synchrony to move efficiently."

Follow the leader

A new study of flagella in algae reveals how they coordinate their movements to ensure cells steer efficiently.

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