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PhotoMicrobes (Allahverdiyeva Lab)
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At Turku University in Finland, the lab led by Prof. Y. Allahverdiyeva explores the core of #photosynthesis — how it works, how it's regulated, and how it can be used in #biotechnology and a circular economy. Website: http://www.utu.fi/photo-microbes
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☀️ 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ☀️

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 🎯

Developing the next generation photosynthetic microbes entrapped in nanomaterials that efficiently produce butanol, shifting conventional microbial suspensions to an artificial leaf architecture.

www.s2b-project.eu
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🌟 PhotoMicrobes at the NPC/NAS 2025 with 6 talks & 4 posters🌿

📍 Elsinore, Denmark | Oct 20–23

Meeting's theme was "Harnessing Photosynthesis & Algal Innovation for Sustainability." We thank the organizers for an inspiring event and engaging program.

#Photosynthesis #Sustainability #Algae
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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💡💡𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐔 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝟐𝐁’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

EU policy is actively shaping the field (see the Commission’s communication on Boosting Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing in the EU). Shared definitions help align science, industry and policymaking.
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Exciting weeks in China!

Prof. @yagut.bsky.social gave invited talks at:

🔬 ISPP 2025 on cyanobacterial bioenergetics
🧪 ICGC 2025 on biotech applications

Featuring EU-funded @s2b-project.eu and REALM, BF's AlgaCircle & RCF's Photo-e-Mat.

Thanks for hosting us!

#Photosynthesis #GreenEnergy
September 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We are pleased to be part of this research. Congratulations @cyanomaria.bsky.social !
September 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥 ☀️ 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐏-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the 18th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

🗓️ 8th-12th September 2025
📍 Qingdao, China
🔗 lnkd.in/g2zU9XHy

𝐒𝟐𝐁☀️𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟑 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬
List of talks in 1st comment ⬇️⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy to share our paper on Synechocystis adaptation to alkaline conditions: at pH9.2, bicarbonate transporter BCT1 increases, SbtA drops — alongside changes in other transporters that help maintain ion balance, pH homeostasis, and C/N ratios. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Acclimation of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to Alkaline pH Under Ambient Air
Cyanobacteria can thrive at a wide pH range from neutral up to pH 11 depending on the species. Even though cyanobacteria are alkaliphilic, only limited information on the metabolic acclimation to alk....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#Photomicrobes made a strong impact at #RRB2025 (June 2–4, Turku), co-chaired by Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne!
🎤Talks: Sema Sirin, Vilja Siitonen
🎤S2B pitch+poster: Sergey Kosourov
📌 Posters: Martina Jokel, Elia Marelli
🎟️ S2B booth at Biobased Market
Pleasure to join this inspiring biotech event!
June 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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I'm doing the #BigHike marathon in the peak district to raise money for the charity Cancer Research UK, with my wife Siobhan, this Saturday 14 June 2025! In memory of Siobhan’s grandma, Stella 🙂 Please #sponsor us by donating money here - fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/siobhan...
June 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
DMF: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology - Site des postulations FBM
wwwfbm.unil.ch
June 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RRB#2025 kicked off today in Turku! We had a refreshing welcome speech from vice-rectors Piia Seppänen (University of Turku @utu.fi ), Reko Leino (Åbo Akademi University @aboakademi.bsky.social), and the Mayor of Turku. More info: www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...
21st International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries in Turku, June 2-4 2025
The International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (RRB Conference) will be held in Turku at the Turku City Theatre from June 2 to 4, 2025.
www.utu.fi
June 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🎥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: "𝐔𝐓𝐔 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬: 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 | 𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥"

🧫 Discover how S2B is revolutionising solar fuel production through the eyes of Elia Marelli, PhD Student from UTU!

🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSz...

#SolarFuels #SyntheticBiology #CleanEnergy #HorizonEurope
UTU Lab Tours: Photomicrobes, Part 1 | S2B - Solar to Butanol
YouTube video by Turun yliopisto - University of Turku
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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📧 𝐒𝟐𝐁 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! ☀️

You did not receive it? No worries, here it is!
🔗 mailchi.mp/17e59523a0e9...

If you don't want to miss the next one, 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 ⬇️
🔗 www.s2b-project.eu

#SolarFuels #SyntheticBiology #CleanEnergy #HorizonEurope
May 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We demonstrate that deletion of the PacR in Anabaena sp. 7120 triggers heterocyst formation in nitrate containing medium. This phenotype may stem from PacR mediated regulation of key genes of N and C metabolism as well as photosynthesis. doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
The role of the LysR‐type transcription factor PacR in regulating nitrogen metabolism in Anabaena sp. PCC7120
In the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, heterocyst formation is triggered by changes in the C/N-ratio and relies on transcriptional reprogramming. The transcription factor PacR is co....
doi.org
May 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#RRB2025 Check our latest newsletter and get to know Prof. María José Cocero Alonso mailchi.mp/e04513c37d21... @yagut.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @chsteven.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great to host TSYK high school students at PhotoMicrobes! They were introduced to our research topics, made alginate-immobilized microalgae, and saw photoinhibition effects on fluorescence. 🌿 🧪💡 Thanks for the visit— inspiring to share science with curious minds! #ScienceOutreach #Photosynthesis
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Curious about our @horizoneu.bsky.social funding and our sister project @s2b-project.eu? 🇪🇺☀️⛽

Get all the details in our shared goals in our latest press release: sunperform.eu/eu-funds-joi...
EU Funds Joint Effort to Accelerate Solar Fuel Breakthroughs
Bio-inspired technologies aim to revolutionize renewable fuel production for hard-to-electrify sectors.
sunperform.eu
May 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Deadline early bird registration is 30 April! See you in Turku at #RRB2025 Check for more rrbconference.com
@yagut.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @chsteven.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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In 2023, the @ec.europa.eu Joint Research Center published a report on solar fuels in the EU. It stressed a major challenge: low conversion efficiency in photobiological systems.

Read the report at setis.ec.europa.eu/solar-fuels-...

#SolarToX #ClimateNeutral
Solar fuels in the European Union
CETO 2023 Status Report on solar fuels in the European Union
setis.ec.europa.eu
April 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Looking for a #postdoc position?

Come work with us on CO2 fixation in #cyanobacteria using #biochemistry and #CryoEM! 🦠 🧪 🧫 ❄️🔬

We are a friendly group. 🙂

https://www.blikstadlab.org/open-positions.html

#job #postdoc
Open positions
Postdoctoral scholar in biochemistry of cyanobacterial CO 2 fixation The Blikstad research group is searching for a postdoc to study fundamental principles of CO 2 fixation in cyanobacteria. Our...
www.blikstadlab.org
April 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🗓️ On 10th April 2025, S2B joined Made by Cells Biotech seminar held by the Finnish Bioindustries FIB is Finland’s biotechnology industry association.

Read our complete article on our website ⬇️
www.s2b-project.eu/s2b-at-made-...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
S2B at Made by Cells 2025 – S2B
www.s2b-project.eu
April 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM