liti_nice
@litinice.bsky.social
Of yeast and man: sampling yeast, researching yeast, editing Yeast, eating yeast, drinking yeast
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There's a lot more juicy stuff inside so I hope you'll give it a read over at @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Thanks to my (Bluesky) coauthors @linder-surprise.bsky.social, @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social, @ana-pontes.bsky.social, @hittingerlab.bsky.social, & @rokaslab.bsky.social!
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
There's a lot more juicy stuff inside so I hope you'll give it a read over at @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Thanks to my (Bluesky) coauthors @linder-surprise.bsky.social, @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social, @ana-pontes.bsky.social, @hittingerlab.bsky.social, & @rokaslab.bsky.social!
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The deadline for the submission of papers to the special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025 has been extended to 31 March. Papers should be connected to one of the meetings listed below. Hurry up and don't miss this chance!
More information at:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
More information at:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
January 27, 2026 at 10:19 AM
The deadline for the submission of papers to the special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025 has been extended to 31 March. Papers should be connected to one of the meetings listed below. Hurry up and don't miss this chance!
More information at:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
More information at:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Last paper in collaboration with Zhou XU. We explored the natural telomere length diversity in S. cerevisiae and found that ploidy level, and subtelomere structure drive telomere length variation. Higher ploidy levels lead to telomere elongation! genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Natural diversity of telomere length distributions across 100 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains
An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms
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January 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Last paper in collaboration with Zhou XU. We explored the natural telomere length diversity in S. cerevisiae and found that ploidy level, and subtelomere structure drive telomere length variation. Higher ploidy levels lead to telomere elongation! genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
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@rcply.bsky.social argues that phylogenetic inferences in sponge–ctenophore–bilaterian relationships based on shared chromosomal rearrangements suffer from insufficient statistical support.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf321
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf321
#evobio #molbio
Sponges, ctenophores, and the statistical significance of syntenies
Abstract. Shared fusions between ancestral chromosomal linkage groups have previously been used to support phylogenetic groupings, notably sponges with cni
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December 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
@rcply.bsky.social argues that phylogenetic inferences in sponge–ctenophore–bilaterian relationships based on shared chromosomal rearrangements suffer from insufficient statistical support.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf321
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf321
#evobio #molbio
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This work is the first paper issued from a fantastic collaboration with @litinice.bsky.social , Bertrand Llorente and Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino aiming at revisiting the yeast life cycle onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Hopefully more is coming soon :-)
The budding yeast life cycle: More complex than anticipated?
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January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Last work of the lab showing that Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in yeast evolution | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Last work of the lab showing that Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in yeast evolution | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The new year has just started and we are happy to share the news that the new issue of #Yeast (Volume 42, Number 12, December 2025) is finally out!!! 😀😀😀
This issue includes two research articles and two reviews.
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
This issue includes two research articles and two reviews.
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
Happy 40th birthday Yeast: Yeast: Vol 42, No 12
Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The new year has just started and we are happy to share the news that the new issue of #Yeast (Volume 42, Number 12, December 2025) is finally out!!! 😀😀😀
This issue includes two research articles and two reviews.
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
This issue includes two research articles and two reviews.
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
Here is our first publication of 2026 which is the first article of a special issue that mark the journal 40 anniversary - happy new year to all the #yeast community
In this #Yeast review article, Jens Nielsen discusses how Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used as both a model organism and a cell factory, shedding light on the molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic life but also boosting industrial biotechnology 💪💪💪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Power of Yeast
Yeasts have been intimately connected with human civilization for millennia, originally used for fermentation in food and beverage production. This article explores the multifaceted roles of yeasts—p...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Here is our first publication of 2026 which is the first article of a special issue that mark the journal 40 anniversary - happy new year to all the #yeast community
here is our first contribution of yeast in microbiomes led by Jason Tsai group[ with contributions from Alberto and Nelly: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
more to come
more to come
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 me...
www.biorxiv.org
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
here is our first contribution of yeast in microbiomes led by Jason Tsai group[ with contributions from Alberto and Nelly: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
more to come
more to come
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📢 Join us in sunny Lisbon 🇵🇹 2-5 June for the @embo.org workshop ☀️
“The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution”
Apply by March 1st!
Please repost to help spread the word!
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#EMBORulesOfTheGame @gimmfoundation.bsky.social
“The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution”
Apply by March 1st!
Please repost to help spread the word!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel...
#EMBORulesOfTheGame @gimmfoundation.bsky.social
The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution
Cells are the fundamental units of life, shaped by evolution into a remarkable diversity of forms and functions. Much is known about the roles of genes and proteins, the regulation of molecular proce…
meetings.embo.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 Join us in sunny Lisbon 🇵🇹 2-5 June for the @embo.org workshop ☀️
“The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution”
Apply by March 1st!
Please repost to help spread the word!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel...
#EMBORulesOfTheGame @gimmfoundation.bsky.social
“The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution”
Apply by March 1st!
Please repost to help spread the word!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel...
#EMBORulesOfTheGame @gimmfoundation.bsky.social
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Some more shenanigans on the Ctenophora Porifera debate from @rcply.bsky.social academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
Sponges, ctenophores and the statistical significance of syntenies
Abstract. Shared fusions between ancestral chromosomal linkage groups have previously been used to support phylogenetic groupings, notably sponges with cni
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December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Some more shenanigans on the Ctenophora Porifera debate from @rcply.bsky.social academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
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🗞️ New preprint from the lab, led by our postdoc Ana Garoña (not on here) in collab with @andreagiometto.bsky.social: “Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a mechanism for cell size evolution”, aka: “honey, we shrank the yeasts!” 🎥
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🗞️ New preprint from the lab, led by our postdoc Ana Garoña (not on here) in collab with @andreagiometto.bsky.social: “Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a mechanism for cell size evolution”, aka: “honey, we shrank the yeasts!” 🎥
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Le Grand Prix scientifique franco-taïwanais 2025 du Conseil National des Sciences de #Taïwan et de @academiesciences.bsky.social a été décerné à Gianni LITI, de l'Institut de recherche sur le cancer et le vieillissement de Nice, et Isheng TSAI, du Biodiversity Research Center de l'Academia Sinica.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Le Grand Prix scientifique franco-taïwanais 2025 du Conseil National des Sciences de #Taïwan et de @academiesciences.bsky.social a été décerné à Gianni LITI, de l'Institut de recherche sur le cancer et le vieillissement de Nice, et Isheng TSAI, du Biodiversity Research Center de l'Academia Sinica.
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So excited to see my PhD work finally being published!!!
It was such a pleasure working with a great team!!!
It was such a pleasure working with a great team!!!
How to keep in step when your (protein) partner speeds up…
Here we investigated the adaptive remodeling of a protein-protein interaction surface essential for telomere protection.
Congrats to whole team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here we investigated the adaptive remodeling of a protein-protein interaction surface essential for telomere protection.
Congrats to whole team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity
Intragenomic conflict with selfish genetic elements spurs adaptive changes in subunits of essential multiprotein complexes. Whether and how these adaptive changes disrupt interactions within such comp...
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
So excited to see my PhD work finally being published!!!
It was such a pleasure working with a great team!!!
It was such a pleasure working with a great team!!!
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Congratulations to EMBO Member Tony Hyman on his appointment as the next Director General of EMBL! We look forward to working with him to strengthen European and global #LifeSciences.
Read more:
https://www.embo.org/features/embo-congratulates-new-director-general-of-embl/
Read more:
https://www.embo.org/features/embo-congratulates-new-director-general-of-embl/
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Congratulations to EMBO Member Tony Hyman on his appointment as the next Director General of EMBL! We look forward to working with him to strengthen European and global #LifeSciences.
Read more:
https://www.embo.org/features/embo-congratulates-new-director-general-of-embl/
Read more:
https://www.embo.org/features/embo-congratulates-new-director-general-of-embl/
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In this #Yeast review article, Jose Ribamar Ferreira-Junior, Vittoria de Lima Camandona & Mario H. Barros show how Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be used as a model to study the cellular processes underlying #neurodegenerative disorders and to test new drugs 💊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
From Yeast to Therapeutics: Modeling Neurodegenerative Diseases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yeast plasmids expressing human Aβ-42, α-syn, htt, and TDP-43. Their fate includes an equilibrium between the endocytic pathway and aggregates that potentially disrupt endocytosis, vesicular transpor...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In this #Yeast review article, Jose Ribamar Ferreira-Junior, Vittoria de Lima Camandona & Mario H. Barros show how Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be used as a model to study the cellular processes underlying #neurodegenerative disorders and to test new drugs 💊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In the latest #Yeast research article, Miguel A. Rocha, Gowda Bhavani and Jacob Fleischmann investigate the role of exonuclease-resistant ribosomal RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, their relationship with nutritional status and the TOR signalling pathway.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
18S and 25S Exonuclease Resistant Ribosomal RNA Molecules Are Produced by 5′‐End Modification During TOR Inhibition.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces exonuclease-resistant rRNA molecules upon TOR inhibition. This phenomenon occurs when cells enter the diauxic phase, upon addition of rapamycin to the culture, or wh...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the latest #Yeast research article, Miguel A. Rocha, Gowda Bhavani and Jacob Fleischmann investigate the role of exonuclease-resistant ribosomal RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, their relationship with nutritional status and the TOR signalling pathway.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The new issue of #Yeast of 2025 (Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2025) is out! It includes papers about new yeast genomes, the biodiversity of yeasts in dough, polyphosphate accumulation and even a new #FantasticYeasts species 😃
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
Happy 40th birthday Yeast: Yeast: Vol 42, No 11
Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The new issue of #Yeast of 2025 (Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2025) is out! It includes papers about new yeast genomes, the biodiversity of yeasts in dough, polyphosphate accumulation and even a new #FantasticYeasts species 😃
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
You can browse it at this link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
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In the latest #Yeast research article, Alexander Deitert, Lars M. Blank and team investigated the effect of zinc and inositol in polyphosphate accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, revealing their role in energy metabolism and phosphate signalling.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Polyphosphate Accumulation Is Determined by Zinc and Inositol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Zinc and inositol supplementation during phosphate starvation significantly enhances final polyphosphate levels in S. cerevisiae.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In the latest #Yeast research article, Alexander Deitert, Lars M. Blank and team investigated the effect of zinc and inositol in polyphosphate accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, revealing their role in energy metabolism and phosphate signalling.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In this new #Yeast research article Yueting Zheng, Wei Yang, Wei Zhang & teams developed a new expression vector system to produce exogenous proteins in Kluyveromyces marxianus, and they successfully expressed the cap gene of porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Characterization of Vector Elements and Soluble Expression of Pcv3 Cap Protein in Kluyveromyces Marxianus
We engineered a vector system that was suitable for Kluyveromyces marxianus-based recombinant protein expression. Endogenous promoter PDC1 with high expression strength was used in this vector system...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In this new #Yeast research article Yueting Zheng, Wei Yang, Wei Zhang & teams developed a new expression vector system to produce exogenous proteins in Kluyveromyces marxianus, and they successfully expressed the cap gene of porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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NEW GENOME ALERT 👇: in this new #Yeast research article
@dmattanovich.bsky.social , Brigitte Gasser, Alexandra B. Graf and team published the complete and annotated genome sequence of the Komagataella phaffii type strain, revealing new genes and SNPs.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@dmattanovich.bsky.social , Brigitte Gasser, Alexandra B. Graf and team published the complete and annotated genome sequence of the Komagataella phaffii type strain, revealing new genes and SNPs.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW GENOME ALERT 👇: in this new #Yeast research article
@dmattanovich.bsky.social , Brigitte Gasser, Alexandra B. Graf and team published the complete and annotated genome sequence of the Komagataella phaffii type strain, revealing new genes and SNPs.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@dmattanovich.bsky.social , Brigitte Gasser, Alexandra B. Graf and team published the complete and annotated genome sequence of the Komagataella phaffii type strain, revealing new genes and SNPs.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Ever wondered what is in your Tarhana dough? In the latest #Yeast research article, Burcu Ozel, Bilal Agirman, Omer Simsek and Huseyin Erten investigated the effects of backslopping on the yeast and volatile aroma compound diversity of tarhana.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ever wondered what is in your Tarhana dough? In the latest #Yeast research article, Burcu Ozel, Bilal Agirman, Omer Simsek and Huseyin Erten investigated the effects of backslopping on the yeast and volatile aroma compound diversity of tarhana.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The new issue of #Yeast is out ... with a surprise 😄! This issue marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of our journal, in 1985. To celebrate this achievement, we made a brand new cover with the most beautiful #Yeast front pages 😍
Happy birthday Yeast!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
Happy birthday Yeast!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
Happy 40th birthday Yeast: Yeast: Vol 42, No 8-10
Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The new issue of #Yeast is out ... with a surprise 😄! This issue marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of our journal, in 1985. To celebrate this achievement, we made a brand new cover with the most beautiful #Yeast front pages 😍
Happy birthday Yeast!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
Happy birthday Yeast!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...
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Big congratulations to Dilanaz Arisan (@rquatrini.bsky.social 's lab) and Pablo Quintrel (@fcocubillosr.bsky.social 's lab) for winning the best posters awards sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the @smbe-chile2025.bsky.social conference in Puerto Varas 🎉🎉🎉
October 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Big congratulations to Dilanaz Arisan (@rquatrini.bsky.social 's lab) and Pablo Quintrel (@fcocubillosr.bsky.social 's lab) for winning the best posters awards sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the @smbe-chile2025.bsky.social conference in Puerto Varas 🎉🎉🎉