Bungo Akiyoshi
@bungoakiyoshi.bsky.social
Studying kinetochores in African trypanosome (kinetoplastid) and marine plankton (diplonemid) in Edinburgh
https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/groups/akiyoshi
https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/groups/akiyoshi
Pinned
My attempt to become a professor was unsuccessful again but the diplonema tagging paper is now published in Open Biology. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Interested in pursuing a PhD by working on a long-neglected marine organism and making a lot of discoveries? Darwin Trust offers a PhD studentship for international students (anyone non-UK) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interested in pursuing a PhD by working on a long-neglected marine organism and making a lot of discoveries? Darwin Trust offers a PhD studentship for international students (anyone non-UK) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Simply looking at the 60 pages of images is just so much fun. Data S1 console.s3.embl.de/browser/cult...
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Simply looking at the 60 pages of images is just so much fun. Data S1 console.s3.embl.de/browser/cult...
Reposted by Bungo Akiyoshi
Only the second radiolarian I’ve seen in my life, and this one is a chonks!
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Only the second radiolarian I’ve seen in my life, and this one is a chonks!
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
#marineplankton #protistsonsky 🦑
I was happy with the cell counter which worked for more than 10 years. When I bought a new one recently, the company sent a newer version, which turned out to be an absolute nightmare
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I was happy with the cell counter which worked for more than 10 years. When I bought a new one recently, the company sent a newer version, which turned out to be an absolute nightmare
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Béla Novák (1956–2025) – a legacy of scientific discovery and personal charm
Alexis Barr, Francis Barr and John Tyson remember Béla Novák.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Alexis Barr, Francis Barr and John Tyson remember Béla Novák.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Béla Novák (1956–2025) – a legacy of scientific discovery and personal charm
Alexis Barr, Francis Barr and John Tyson remember Béla Novák.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Alexis Barr, Francis Barr and John Tyson remember Béla Novák.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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We have a 3+ year post doc available in our lab to study trypanosome transmission and virulence. Combined wet lab and bioinformatics expertise preferred. Please apply via the HR link (elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...). Find out more about us in the link below.
The Matthews Lab | Biology
The Matthews Lab
biology.ed.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We have a 3+ year post doc available in our lab to study trypanosome transmission and virulence. Combined wet lab and bioinformatics expertise preferred. Please apply via the HR link (elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...). Find out more about us in the link below.
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HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Congrats to all authors, especially Lim who had an impressive PhD viva last week! TAC is a very interesting structure linking mitochondrial DNA and basal bodies in trypanosomes
September 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Congrats to all authors, especially Lim who had an impressive PhD viva last week! TAC is a very interesting structure linking mitochondrial DNA and basal bodies in trypanosomes
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Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Save the dates!! @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 will be in Bonnie Glasgow! 7-9 April 2026, with a drinks reception in Glasgow City Chambers on the 6th of April 2026!
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
Keep an eye on the BSP website for registration and abstract submission!
Logo by @shannaraeilean.bsky.social! 🦟
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A big welcome to everyone who has joined us for the @bspparasitology.bsky.social trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis meeting this week in the beautiful city of Ceske Budějovice!
September 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A big welcome to everyone who has joined us for the @bspparasitology.bsky.social trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis meeting this week in the beautiful city of Ceske Budějovice!
I guess I have been quite open about my ongoing diplonema project, showing PCR results, live cell imaging, IF attempts, some interesting localization. For example, my tweet about "one of two flagella" protein led to conversations with various people I had not talked to. It's been so much fun
If you're in academia or industry and have taken action to push the needle to make your research, science, data etc. more open and useful (even if you've been told it will damage your career or goals), I'd love to know about what you've done.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I guess I have been quite open about my ongoing diplonema project, showing PCR results, live cell imaging, IF attempts, some interesting localization. For example, my tweet about "one of two flagella" protein led to conversations with various people I had not talked to. It's been so much fun
Core funding, Orbitrap Astral, Aquilos 2, super low facility charges, etc etc
August 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Core funding, Orbitrap Astral, Aquilos 2, super low facility charges, etc etc
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Building a synthetic cell together - nice common perspective written by many leading scientists who gathered in Shenzhen China for the inaugural ‘SynCell Global Summit’.
Check it out in Nature Comm: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check it out in Nature Comm: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Building a synthetic cell together - nice common perspective written by many leading scientists who gathered in Shenzhen China for the inaugural ‘SynCell Global Summit’.
Check it out in Nature Comm: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check it out in Nature Comm: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hotel ISG, EMBL
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hotel ISG, EMBL
In Tokyo last month. In Heidelberg this week. Let's see what kind of images we can get
August 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In Tokyo last month. In Heidelberg this week. Let's see what kind of images we can get
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Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you!
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
My attempt to become a professor was unsuccessful again but the diplonema tagging paper is now published in Open Biology. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My attempt to become a professor was unsuccessful again but the diplonema tagging paper is now published in Open Biology. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Bungo Akiyoshi
The discovery of CENP-A, the centromere-specific histone H3 variant turns 40 years!
Grant Rowley wrote a wonderful historical piece on the cell cycle control of this fascinating piece of chromatin! Check it out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Grant Rowley wrote a wonderful historical piece on the cell cycle control of this fascinating piece of chromatin! Check it out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The discovery of CENP-A, the centromere-specific histone H3 variant turns 40 years!
Grant Rowley wrote a wonderful historical piece on the cell cycle control of this fascinating piece of chromatin! Check it out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Grant Rowley wrote a wonderful historical piece on the cell cycle control of this fascinating piece of chromatin! Check it out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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📣 Open postdoc position in my lab to investigate how Toxoplasma acquires nutrients. Join me at the University of Edinburgh. Closing date 14th August. More details below ⬇️
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Postdoctoral researcher to join the Maclean lab to investigate the metabolism of the human parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Open postdoc position in my lab to investigate how Toxoplasma acquires nutrients. Join me at the University of Edinburgh. Closing date 14th August. More details below ⬇️
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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New preprint! We solve a mystery you didn't know existed. Mitotic cells lack new transcription but require ongoing translation. Interphase mRNA half life is only 2-4 hrs. So how do cells arrest in mitosis for hours without depleting their transcriptomes?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Global inhibition of deadenylation stabilizes the transcriptome in mitotic cells
In the presence of cell division errors, mammalian cells can pause in mitosis for tens of hours with little to no transcription, while still requiring continued translation for viability. These unique...
www.biorxiv.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New preprint! We solve a mystery you didn't know existed. Mitotic cells lack new transcription but require ongoing translation. Interphase mRNA half life is only 2-4 hrs. So how do cells arrest in mitosis for hours without depleting their transcriptomes?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Subcellular proteomics of Paradiplonema papillatum reveals digestive capacity of the cell membrane and the plasticity of peroxisomes across euglenozoans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.665091v1
July 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Subcellular proteomics of Paradiplonema papillatum reveals digestive capacity of the cell membrane and the plasticity of peroxisomes across euglenozoans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.665091v1
The problem is that the more I understand, the less it makes sense. Something is not right
Working on under-studied organisms makes me feel stupid all the time. So many times I say "I don't know what I'm looking at"
In today's episode of the Night Science Podcast we talk with Martin Schwartz from Yale about the importance of stupidity in science: while learning science makes you feel smart, true scientific discovery often involves feeling stupid, because it means venturing into the unknown.
July 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The problem is that the more I understand, the less it makes sense. Something is not right
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After 5 amazing years @pilhoferlab.bsky.social I'm starting my lab @embl.org Grenoble this November embl.org/wollweber
We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis
First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6
We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis
First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6
June 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
After 5 amazing years @pilhoferlab.bsky.social I'm starting my lab @embl.org Grenoble this November embl.org/wollweber
We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis
First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6
We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis
First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6
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Postdoc positions open in my lab (Francis Crick Institute) to study
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
June 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Postdoc positions open in my lab (Francis Crick Institute) to study
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...