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Albert Cairo
@albertcairo.bsky.social
Cellular Biologist ☘️ 🔬
From Barcelona. In Brno (CEITEC)
https://www.ceitec.eu/
https://rihalab.ceitec.cz/
Super cool! Again, how p-bodies control gene expression in cell fate transitions
1/ Excited to share our new study with @brumbaugh-lab.bsky.social, out in @natbiotech.nature.com! P-bodies selectively sequester RNAs encoding cell fate regulators, often from the preceding developmental stage. Releasing these RNAs can drive changes in cell identity. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Selective RNA sequestration in biomolecular condensates directs cell fate transitions - Nature Biotechnology
Stem cell differentiation is controlled by manipulating RNA condensates.
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Brno, the place with a (Gregor) Mendel Festival 🫛🫛🫛
July 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Engineered autoactive immune receptors trigger broad-spectrum disease resistance in plants www.nature.com/articles/s41... #NBThighlight
Remodelling autoactive NLRs for broad-spectrum immunity in plants - Nature
Cleavage by pathogen-derived proteases of an engineered chimeric protein activates its plant immune receptor component, enabling broad-spectrum resistance to pathogens in plants.
www.nature.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Between 2005 and 2006, the GMI’s six founding research groups relocated to the new building at the Vienna BioCenter. In 2006, two new research groups led by Thomas Greb and Hisashi Tamaru also joined the GMI.

Find out more about our 25th-anniversary celebrations here: https://bit.ly/4139yjT
March 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Happy to see that our Cell wall integrity #CWI & #ATG8ylation #preprint found a home @natureplants www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats Jose, Peng, Alessia & everyone involved. Stay tuned for exciting updates on this story…
ATG8ylation of vacuolar membrane protects plants against cell wall damage - Nature Plants
ATG8ylation of the tonoplast, triggered by cell wall damage, acts as a vital vacuolar quality control mechanism that safeguards vacuolar integrity and ensures cell survival under stress.
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🚨 Exciting PhD Opportunity in Plant Cellular Biology 🌱🔬

Study:

🔥 Translation initiation regulation during stress
🧬 Stress granules & gene expression at single-molecule resolution
🔬 Super-resolution microscopy

📅 Apply by February 14, 2025

@albertcairo.bsky.social

#PhD #PlantBiology #CEITEC
January 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are looking for a PhD student to join our lab to investigate how biocondensates shape the stress response in plants. Please, share/apply:
Jobs - ceitec.cz search.app/UZNZ3ESSCfC9...
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Happy to share our latest @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social “Effector-triggered processing body formation attenuates host translation via ER stress responses and autophagy upon bacterial infection” #proteostasis #plantimmunity 🧵(1/16)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We have published a new preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The manuscript is part of the PhD work on Unnikannan Prabhullachandran, showing the effect of prolonged high temperatures on seed coat integrity in oilseed rape.
Long-term high temperatures affect seed maturation and seed coat integrity in Brassica napus
Temperatures above the optimum growth temperature affect seed development, producing seeds with ruptured seed coats. This phenotype is associated with accelerated embryo development. However, the mole...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:06 AM