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
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
YouTube video by GregorMendelInstitute GMI
youtu.be
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
Good morning green world 💚!
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Good morning green world 💚!
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Genetic engineering, painting, sculpting, floristry, and fantasy are united in @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social 's flower design art project. New essay out now on a blossoming frontier of transgenic art!
Mutating The Medium
A blooming future for biodesign
allmovingparts.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Genetic engineering, painting, sculpting, floristry, and fantasy are united in @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social 's flower design art project. New essay out now on a blossoming frontier of transgenic art!
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Pleased to share this thoughtful essay by Jess on my flower design project🌹🧬
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pleased to share this thoughtful essay by Jess on my flower design project🌹🧬
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
End-of-year preprint dump! A collaboration with @messorensen.bsky.social and German and Korean colleagues: "The phylogenetic context for the origin of a unique purple-green photosymbiosis "
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
December 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
End-of-year preprint dump! A collaboration with @messorensen.bsky.social and German and Korean colleagues: "The phylogenetic context for the origin of a unique purple-green photosymbiosis "
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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A little Christmas gift for the molecular biology nerds! I love the simplicity of this idea: very useful (and small) plasmid selection system that alleviates the need for antibiotics in molbio and bioprocesses. Elegant work by my former PhD student, lab, and colleagues: doi.org/10.1021/acss...
tRNA-Mediated Plasmid Stabilization for Antibiotic-Free Applications in Escherichia coli
Plasmids are essential tools in molecular biology and biotechnology. In research laboratories, it is common to use antibiotic selection markers to ensure that plasmids are stably maintained in a cellu...
doi.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A little Christmas gift for the molecular biology nerds! I love the simplicity of this idea: very useful (and small) plasmid selection system that alleviates the need for antibiotics in molbio and bioprocesses. Elegant work by my former PhD student, lab, and colleagues: doi.org/10.1021/acss...
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Join the Reck-Peterson lab in NYC as a HHMI Research Technician! This role will support our new work on the cell biology of secondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Research Technician - Reck-Peterson Lab
Primary Work Address: 418 E 71st St #21, New York, NY, 10021 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. About the role: The Reck-Peterson lab studies the molecular mechanism...
hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join the Reck-Peterson lab in NYC as a HHMI Research Technician! This role will support our new work on the cell biology of secondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
This loquat tree grew because I stubbornly kept trying to sprout seeds from the fruits I was eating as a child. I couldn’t understand why the seeds wouldn’t ever grow—like in the song “Per fare un albero ci vuole il seme, per fare il seme ci vuole il frutto…”—until one day I finally made it happen 😅
December 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This loquat tree grew because I stubbornly kept trying to sprout seeds from the fruits I was eating as a child. I couldn’t understand why the seeds wouldn’t ever grow—like in the song “Per fare un albero ci vuole il seme, per fare il seme ci vuole il frutto…”—until one day I finally made it happen 😅
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
in 2013, Elio was so fascinated by the 'heterologous multicellularity' of 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 that he chose a cross-section to celebrate STC's 10th anniversary 🙂
👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
#MicroSky
👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
#MicroSky
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
in 2013, Elio was so fascinated by the 'heterologous multicellularity' of 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 that he chose a cross-section to celebrate STC's 10th anniversary 🙂
👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
#MicroSky
👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
#MicroSky
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
We’re launching the first Vienna BioCenter Mentoring Program, focused on “Career Transitions” and open exclusively to alumni of the Vienna BioCenter. The program connects early-career researchers with mentors from the VBC community, sign up here: https://alumni.training.vbc.ac.at/
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We’re launching the first Vienna BioCenter Mentoring Program, focused on “Career Transitions” and open exclusively to alumni of the Vienna BioCenter. The program connects early-career researchers with mentors from the VBC community, sign up here: https://alumni.training.vbc.ac.at/
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🎉 Great news! The @fwf-at.bsky.social has approved the extension of the SFB Meiosis. Bringing together nine groups from the Perutz, the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, and others, this collaboration keeps uncovering the fundamentals of meiotic recombination ➡️ tinyurl.com/3uxb5v49
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🎉 Great news! The @fwf-at.bsky.social has approved the extension of the SFB Meiosis. Bringing together nine groups from the Perutz, the @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, and others, this collaboration keeps uncovering the fundamentals of meiotic recombination ➡️ tinyurl.com/3uxb5v49
What happens when your son is in charge of taking the lab picture 😅! Oh well—whatever, just real life, kids included, and a very special evening together 🥰🎄🤗
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
What happens when your son is in charge of taking the lab picture 😅! Oh well—whatever, just real life, kids included, and a very special evening together 🥰🎄🤗
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Looking for a gift for that somebody who likes food, drink, and...nature? The hardcover, paperback, and kindle editions of Most Delicious Poison are currently <$15 (and audiobook is on Audible and narrated by me): www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-...
Review: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/b...
Review: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/b...
All Things in Moderation, Especially When They’re Toxic (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Looking for a gift for that somebody who likes food, drink, and...nature? The hardcover, paperback, and kindle editions of Most Delicious Poison are currently <$15 (and audiobook is on Audible and narrated by me): www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-...
Review: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/b...
Review: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/b...
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Abstract submission open for #Fungal26 through Dec 4! Comparative & functional genomics, gene regulation, cell biology, biochemistry and metabolism, population & evolutionary genetics, host-pathogen interactions, ecology, and more. Can’t wait to see your science!
genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/...
genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/...
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Abstract submission open for #Fungal26 through Dec 4! Comparative & functional genomics, gene regulation, cell biology, biochemistry and metabolism, population & evolutionary genetics, host-pathogen interactions, ecology, and more. Can’t wait to see your science!
genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/...
genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/...
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Yesterday's #nonseedUK25 meeting fot me thinking 'what about lichen, how do they fit in?' and lo and behold. Fascinating 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscience
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Yesterday's #nonseedUK25 meeting fot me thinking 'what about lichen, how do they fit in?' and lo and behold. Fascinating 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscience
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Non-seed science is accelerating forwards at a truly impressive rate. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for an awesome #nonseedUK25 meeting, and to @justingoodrich.bsky.social and @sandyheth.bsky.social for agreeing to organise #nonseedUK26 in Edinburgh - looking forward to it 👍
Thanks to everyone who came along to the #nonseedUK25 meeting. Another fantastic day of non-seed science. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for looking after us all so well 👍
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Non-seed science is accelerating forwards at a truly impressive rate. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for an awesome #nonseedUK25 meeting, and to @justingoodrich.bsky.social and @sandyheth.bsky.social for agreeing to organise #nonseedUK26 in Edinburgh - looking forward to it 👍
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🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s...
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Thanks to everyone who came along to the #nonseedUK25 meeting. Another fantastic day of non-seed science. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for looking after us all so well 👍
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thanks to everyone who came along to the #nonseedUK25 meeting. Another fantastic day of non-seed science. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social and Kayla Robinson for looking after us all so well 👍
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
Save the date! The next instalment of Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes is a GO! Join us next year for a programme of talks, posters, ECR/networking activities.
Website and registration details to follow in the coming weeks.
See you October 5-10 2026 in beautiful San Feliu!!
Website and registration details to follow in the coming weeks.
See you October 5-10 2026 in beautiful San Feliu!!
December 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Save the date! The next instalment of Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes is a GO! Join us next year for a programme of talks, posters, ECR/networking activities.
Website and registration details to follow in the coming weeks.
See you October 5-10 2026 in beautiful San Feliu!!
Website and registration details to follow in the coming weeks.
See you October 5-10 2026 in beautiful San Feliu!!
Always a pleasure to present this story—a proper team effort across three labs: us @gmivienna.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social (Chlamy genetics + cell biology + biochemistry), the Schuller lab @synmikro.bsky.social (cryo-EM magic), and the De Vries lab @watertoland.bsky.social (phylogenetic power)!
@sramundo.bsky.social looks through the lens of Chlamydomonas to understand the origins of plastid-encoded RNA polymerase complexity #nonseedUK25 👍
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Always a pleasure to present this story—a proper team effort across three labs: us @gmivienna.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social (Chlamy genetics + cell biology + biochemistry), the Schuller lab @synmikro.bsky.social (cryo-EM magic), and the De Vries lab @watertoland.bsky.social (phylogenetic power)!
Reposted by Silvia Ramundo
@davidjhoey.bsky.social discusses the acquisition of vasculature as an evolutionary innovation - lovely comparative approaches across multiple land plant lineages #nonseedUK25 🌱 😊
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@davidjhoey.bsky.social discusses the acquisition of vasculature as an evolutionary innovation - lovely comparative approaches across multiple land plant lineages #nonseedUK25 🌱 😊
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Miriam Charpentier discusses the evolution of endosymbiosis-mediated nuclear calcium signaling in land plants #nonseedUK25 🌱 👍
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Miriam Charpentier discusses the evolution of endosymbiosis-mediated nuclear calcium signaling in land plants #nonseedUK25 🌱 👍
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Fantastic closing keynote by @rensingstefan.bsky.social. Thanks for joining us and telling us about all of the great @watertoland.bsky.social outputs 👍
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fantastic closing keynote by @rensingstefan.bsky.social. Thanks for joining us and telling us about all of the great @watertoland.bsky.social outputs 👍
Still buzzing from #NonSeedUK2025
@gensocuknonseed.bsky.social Organizing energy: calm and cool (@philcarella.bsky.social) And the questions were flying — no holding back, just pure curiosity. Loved it!
Edinburgh 🏰 next year? Absolutely, UK-based or not 🙃!
@gensocuknonseed.bsky.social Organizing energy: calm and cool (@philcarella.bsky.social) And the questions were flying — no holding back, just pure curiosity. Loved it!
Edinburgh 🏰 next year? Absolutely, UK-based or not 🙃!
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Still buzzing from #NonSeedUK2025
@gensocuknonseed.bsky.social Organizing energy: calm and cool (@philcarella.bsky.social) And the questions were flying — no holding back, just pure curiosity. Loved it!
Edinburgh 🏰 next year? Absolutely, UK-based or not 🙃!
@gensocuknonseed.bsky.social Organizing energy: calm and cool (@philcarella.bsky.social) And the questions were flying — no holding back, just pure curiosity. Loved it!
Edinburgh 🏰 next year? Absolutely, UK-based or not 🙃!