Silvia Ramundo
@sramundo.bsky.social
Curious scientist leading a research team mainly working on organelle biology and biotechnology: we study -and often “torture”- chloroplasts to understand how they do their magic ;)
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research/research-groups/silvia-ramundo
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Silvia Ramundo
@sramundo.bsky.social
· Feb 14
Welcome to the GMI
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Welcome to the Gregor Mendel Institute -Europe's HHMI for plant and algal biologists. Located at the Vienna Biocenter, we're privileged to have amazing colleagues in the neighboring institutes. Living and working in the world's most livable city, we're doing 🧪 what we love 💚! youtu.be/uoh9peXNtQ8
9 life lessons by Tim Minchin: simply brilliant! youtu.be/yoEezZD71sc?...
9 Life Lessons - Tim Minchin UWA Address
YouTube video by The University of Western Australia
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February 11, 2026 at 5:39 AM
9 life lessons by Tim Minchin: simply brilliant! youtu.be/yoEezZD71sc?...
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
🦠 Neither plant, animal, nor fungi: protists are beautiful, bizarre, and behaviourally complex.
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🦠 Neither plant, animal, nor fungi: protists are beautiful, bizarre, and behaviourally complex.
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
For @sallywarring.bsky.social and @santa-walker.bsky.social at Earlham Institute, they're creating some fascinating scientific challenges.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/8lRrX8b
What was this year’s Science Ball about for me? Celebrating the friendships and collegiality behind the science at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: good vibes, shared laughs, and lots of “sharing is caring”—all in elegant dresses ;-). So here you go: a dance-floor shot capturing that spirit!
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
What was this year’s Science Ball about for me? Celebrating the friendships and collegiality behind the science at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: good vibes, shared laughs, and lots of “sharing is caring”—all in elegant dresses ;-). So here you go: a dance-floor shot capturing that spirit!
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
#ProtistsOnSky
no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
#ProtistsOnSky
no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Here's how you can visualize gene expression during P. patens reproduction, from egg/sperm to spore, in the new web tool peatmoss.plantcode.cup.uni-freiburg.de
Info on paper in post below.
@watertoland.bsky.social
Info on paper in post below.
@watertoland.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Here's how you can visualize gene expression during P. patens reproduction, from egg/sperm to spore, in the new web tool peatmoss.plantcode.cup.uni-freiburg.de
Info on paper in post below.
@watertoland.bsky.social
Info on paper in post below.
@watertoland.bsky.social
The ClaRa retreat V1 was a blast!
The Clausen + Ramundo folks teamed up for two days of science, cooking, and good chaos — plus some skiing ⛷️
Then came the pipetting showdown… and the whale trophy swam home with us 🐋🏆!
Will the @clausenlab.bsky.social win it back next year? Probably 😅 …
The Clausen + Ramundo folks teamed up for two days of science, cooking, and good chaos — plus some skiing ⛷️
Then came the pipetting showdown… and the whale trophy swam home with us 🐋🏆!
Will the @clausenlab.bsky.social win it back next year? Probably 😅 …
January 31, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The ClaRa retreat V1 was a blast!
The Clausen + Ramundo folks teamed up for two days of science, cooking, and good chaos — plus some skiing ⛷️
Then came the pipetting showdown… and the whale trophy swam home with us 🐋🏆!
Will the @clausenlab.bsky.social win it back next year? Probably 😅 …
The Clausen + Ramundo folks teamed up for two days of science, cooking, and good chaos — plus some skiing ⛷️
Then came the pipetting showdown… and the whale trophy swam home with us 🐋🏆!
Will the @clausenlab.bsky.social win it back next year? Probably 😅 …
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
New on the CryoET Data Portal: ~27,000 tomograms of affinity-captured lysosomes from HEK293T cells across 4 physiological states. Includes raw data, AreTomo3 reconstructions & Membrain-Seg annotations. Openly available for reuse!
cryoetdataportal.czscience.com/depositions/...
cryoetdataportal.czscience.com/depositions/...
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
New on the CryoET Data Portal: ~27,000 tomograms of affinity-captured lysosomes from HEK293T cells across 4 physiological states. Includes raw data, AreTomo3 reconstructions & Membrain-Seg annotations. Openly available for reuse!
cryoetdataportal.czscience.com/depositions/...
cryoetdataportal.czscience.com/depositions/...
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Interested in direct tRNA-seq by Nanopore? We developed a new RNA-based barcoding aproach for seq parallelization; it is also cost-saving. Scripts available on github. #tRNA #Nanopore
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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ADAM-tRNA-seq: an optimized approach for demultiplexing and enhanced hierarchal mapping in direct tRNA sequencing
Abstract. Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) play an essential role in protein synthesis and cellular homeostasis, and their dysregulation is associated with various hu
track.smtpsendmail.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Interested in direct tRNA-seq by Nanopore? We developed a new RNA-based barcoding aproach for seq parallelization; it is also cost-saving. Scripts available on github. #tRNA #Nanopore
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Having fun with the microscope lately. Here’s one of my favourite artsy and slightly psychedelic shots of #Marchantia chloroplasts and a fluorescent membrane reporter. (z-stack maximum projection)
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Having fun with the microscope lately. Here’s one of my favourite artsy and slightly psychedelic shots of #Marchantia chloroplasts and a fluorescent membrane reporter. (z-stack maximum projection)
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Can't wait for this meeting!
Here we go again! Join us in Vienna, May 21–22, for two days of plant science—talks, discussions, and celebration of what makes plants both beautiful and essential 💚Full program + registration here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
Come be part of it — each of you counts!
Come be part of it — each of you counts!
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Can't wait for this meeting!
Here we go again! Join us in Vienna, May 21–22, for two days of plant science—talks, discussions, and celebration of what makes plants both beautiful and essential 💚Full program + registration here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
Come be part of it — each of you counts!
Come be part of it — each of you counts!
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Here we go again! Join us in Vienna, May 21–22, for two days of plant science—talks, discussions, and celebration of what makes plants both beautiful and essential 💚Full program + registration here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
Come be part of it — each of you counts!
Come be part of it — each of you counts!
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Interested in giving a talk? Submit your abstract by 13 March to be considered.
More Information about the event and registration here: events.vbc.ac.at/gmi_events/m...
#Mendel_ECR_26 #WhereKnowledgeGrows
More Information about the event and registration here: events.vbc.ac.at/gmi_events/m...
#Mendel_ECR_26 #WhereKnowledgeGrows
Mendel Early Career Symposium 2026
Register below for the 2026 Mendel Early Career Symposium21-22 May 2026 at the Campus-Vienna-Biocenter, AUSTRIA
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January 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Interested in giving a talk? Submit your abstract by 13 March to be considered.
More Information about the event and registration here: events.vbc.ac.at/gmi_events/m...
#Mendel_ECR_26 #WhereKnowledgeGrows
More Information about the event and registration here: events.vbc.ac.at/gmi_events/m...
#Mendel_ECR_26 #WhereKnowledgeGrows
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In addition to keynote lectures by @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social and @nkwhiteman.bsky.social, the symposium features a How-"Do-You-Do-It?" workshop on ChimeraX and Alphafold. A networking dinner at the Vienna Rathauskeller will follow, kindly supported by the City of Vienna.
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
In addition to keynote lectures by @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social and @nkwhiteman.bsky.social, the symposium features a How-"Do-You-Do-It?" workshop on ChimeraX and Alphafold. A networking dinner at the Vienna Rathauskeller will follow, kindly supported by the City of Vienna.
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Registration is now open! The 4th edition of the Mendel Early Career Symposium will take place on 21-22 May at the GMI, part of the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. This two-day event brings together researchers across career stages to discuss the latest research in all areas of plant science.
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Registration is now open! The 4th edition of the Mendel Early Career Symposium will take place on 21-22 May at the GMI, part of the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. This two-day event brings together researchers across career stages to discuss the latest research in all areas of plant science.
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Using micropatterning & thousands of hours on the microscope
@manuelthery.bsky.social and the #CytoMorphoLab reimagined the Musée D’Orsay. Accompanied by an orchestra and poet, their images transported us into the cellular universe. I remembered why I am a cell biologist. All of this is in us. Wow!
@manuelthery.bsky.social and the #CytoMorphoLab reimagined the Musée D’Orsay. Accompanied by an orchestra and poet, their images transported us into the cellular universe. I remembered why I am a cell biologist. All of this is in us. Wow!
January 25, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Using micropatterning & thousands of hours on the microscope
@manuelthery.bsky.social and the #CytoMorphoLab reimagined the Musée D’Orsay. Accompanied by an orchestra and poet, their images transported us into the cellular universe. I remembered why I am a cell biologist. All of this is in us. Wow!
@manuelthery.bsky.social and the #CytoMorphoLab reimagined the Musée D’Orsay. Accompanied by an orchestra and poet, their images transported us into the cellular universe. I remembered why I am a cell biologist. All of this is in us. Wow!
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
“What excites me is not what we’ve already done, but what we still don’t know how to do.”
Nobel laureate David Baker in his lab at the Institute for Protein Design, surrounded by the everyday tools of discovery. This is what the frontier looks like up close.
Seattle (2026) @nationalacademies.org
Nobel laureate David Baker in his lab at the Institute for Protein Design, surrounded by the everyday tools of discovery. This is what the frontier looks like up close.
Seattle (2026) @nationalacademies.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“What excites me is not what we’ve already done, but what we still don’t know how to do.”
Nobel laureate David Baker in his lab at the Institute for Protein Design, surrounded by the everyday tools of discovery. This is what the frontier looks like up close.
Seattle (2026) @nationalacademies.org
Nobel laureate David Baker in his lab at the Institute for Protein Design, surrounded by the everyday tools of discovery. This is what the frontier looks like up close.
Seattle (2026) @nationalacademies.org
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Nature research paper: Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions
go.nature.com/4qu2ExZ
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Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions - Nature
Sidewinder enables high-fidelity DNA assembly by separating the information that guides assembly from the final assembled sequence.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Nature research paper: Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions
go.nature.com/4qu2ExZ
go.nature.com/4qu2ExZ
Amsterdam for the weekend... Lifespan extension included! J U S T
K I D D I N G 😉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
K I D D I N G 😉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice - npj Aging
npj Aging - Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Amsterdam for the weekend... Lifespan extension included! J U S T
K I D D I N G 😉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
K I D D I N G 😉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prepare to be jelly @atinygreencell.bsky.social : this little pearl is way less complicated and more efficient than what you’re dealing with… 🙃
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Prepare to be jelly @atinygreencell.bsky.social : this little pearl is way less complicated and more efficient than what you’re dealing with… 🙃
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
If you're doing innovative research about #microbiota and received an MD &/or PhD in last 10 yrs don’t forget to apply for the NOSTER & @science.org Microbiome Prize! Grand Prize: $25K & your essay published in Science Magazine
Deadline: Feb 14th
Enter: buff.ly/5GKZgUN
Deadline: Feb 14th
Enter: buff.ly/5GKZgUN
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
If you're doing innovative research about #microbiota and received an MD &/or PhD in last 10 yrs don’t forget to apply for the NOSTER & @science.org Microbiome Prize! Grand Prize: $25K & your essay published in Science Magazine
Deadline: Feb 14th
Enter: buff.ly/5GKZgUN
Deadline: Feb 14th
Enter: buff.ly/5GKZgUN
What?!? & Why? @science.org
I know the price is very reasonable… but let’s put it this way: how would you feel if scientists put a very reasonable price for any manuscript they review for you? Let’s talk about this.
I know the price is very reasonable… but let’s put it this way: how would you feel if scientists put a very reasonable price for any manuscript they review for you? Let’s talk about this.
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
What?!? & Why? @science.org
I know the price is very reasonable… but let’s put it this way: how would you feel if scientists put a very reasonable price for any manuscript they review for you? Let’s talk about this.
I know the price is very reasonable… but let’s put it this way: how would you feel if scientists put a very reasonable price for any manuscript they review for you? Let’s talk about this.
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Lhcf2 in the peripheral antenna is essential for non-photochemical quenching and Lhcx1 accumulation in the diatom Chaetoceros gracilis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Lhcf2 in the peripheral antenna is essential for non-photochemical quenching and Lhcx1 accumulation in the diatom Chaetoceros gracilis
Photosynthetic organisms must continuously balance efficient light harvesting with protection against excess excitation energy, a challenge met by nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ). Although the molecular components involved in NPQ have been extensively studied, how the essential energy-quenching site is assembled remains poorly understood, particularly in marine diatoms. Here, we show that in the centric diatom Chaetoceros gracilis , which belongs to one of the most abundant and diverse genera in marine phytoplankton, the light-harvesting complex protein Lhcf2 is required for energy-dependent NPQ (qE). Targeted knockout of Lhcf2 abolished qE by preventing the stable accumulation of Lhcx1, the canonical NPQ effector in this species. Lhcf2 localizes to the peripheral antenna system and associates with Lhcx1 in a higher-order complex suggested by biochemical and functional analyses. In contrast, other established NPQ-related factors, including the trans-thylakoid proton gradient and the accumulation of diatoxanthin, were not affected by the loss of Lhcf2. These results identify a non-Lhcx-type light-harvesting complex protein as an essential structural component for qE-NPQ and establish a general design principle for the cooperative assembly of photoprotective energy-quenching sites in eukaryotic photosynthesis, with implications for marine carbon fixation. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JP25KJ1660, JP23H02347, JP24H02081 Institute for Fermentation, https://ror.org/05nq89q24, L-2023-3-007
www.biorxiv.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Lhcf2 in the peripheral antenna is essential for non-photochemical quenching and Lhcx1 accumulation in the diatom Chaetoceros gracilis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A fantastic opportunity to work in Geneva if you are in the field of origins of life!
📢 Open faculty position – Origins of Life
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀
SPREAD THE WORD
Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
We have an opening in our section at the University of Geneva! 🧬🚀
SPREAD THE WORD
Apply here: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed
ALT: a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed
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January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
A fantastic opportunity to work in Geneva if you are in the field of origins of life!