Ankita Banerjee
@ankitabanerjee.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #ARCTECH Doctoral Candidate in the lab of @archaellum.bsky.social
University of Freiburg
Molecular Biology of Archaea
University of Freiburg
Molecular Biology of Archaea
@sshamphavi.bsky.social and the amazing #Archaellum made it to the cover ✨😍
Some keen Observations in Our October issue!
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence
and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@sshamphavi.bsky.social and the amazing #Archaellum made it to the cover ✨😍
Reposted by Ankita Banerjee
Bacteria with archaella, who would have thought that this existed. Happy to share that it does 🎉and we just published it today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com 🎉🥳. Congrats to everyone involved! 🦠
Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Bacteria with archaella, who would have thought that this existed. Happy to share that it does 🎉and we just published it today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com 🎉🥳. Congrats to everyone involved! 🦠
Reposted by Ankita Banerjee
Who would have thought I would ever publish an article about a bacterium?
But here it is, but of course only because Litorilinea aerophilum actually has an archaellum!
Here is what we learned about its cell structure and other surface appendages:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
But here it is, but of course only because Litorilinea aerophilum actually has an archaellum!
Here is what we learned about its cell structure and other surface appendages:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Filamentous growth, cell envelope architecture, and surface appendages of a member of the Chloroflexota, Litorilinea aerophila
Litorilinea aerophila, a filamentous bacterium of the phylum Chloroflexota (class Caldilineae), exhibits unique morphological and cell envelope features that challenge traditional bacterial models. In...
www.biorxiv.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Who would have thought I would ever publish an article about a bacterium?
But here it is, but of course only because Litorilinea aerophilum actually has an archaellum!
Here is what we learned about its cell structure and other surface appendages:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
But here it is, but of course only because Litorilinea aerophilum actually has an archaellum!
Here is what we learned about its cell structure and other surface appendages:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Ankita Banerjee
Congrats to Ankita Banerjee from @archaellum.bsky.social's lab & #ARCTECH for winning the VAAM poster award! 🏆 She studies how Sulfolobus acidocaldarius protects itself from UV damage using pili & DNA exchange- understanding archaeal stress responses!
#VAAM2025 #Microbiology #Archaea #ScienceWins
#VAAM2025 #Microbiology #Archaea #ScienceWins
March 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Congrats to Ankita Banerjee from @archaellum.bsky.social's lab & #ARCTECH for winning the VAAM poster award! 🏆 She studies how Sulfolobus acidocaldarius protects itself from UV damage using pili & DNA exchange- understanding archaeal stress responses!
#VAAM2025 #Microbiology #Archaea #ScienceWins
#VAAM2025 #Microbiology #Archaea #ScienceWins
Reposted by Ankita Banerjee
Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6
Archaellum in Bacteria!
Would you expect that Bacteria use an archaellum for swimming? We didn't, but we found that some Chloroflexota do! Find the story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A little thread below 1/n
A little thread below 1/n
Horizontal gene transfer of the functional archaellum machinery to Bacteria
Motility in Archaea is driven by a nanomachinery called the archaellum. So far, archaella have been exclusively described for the archaeal domain; however, a recent study reported the presence of arch...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Archaellum in Bacteria!
Here we go 🥳🦠 #ARCTECH
Exciting news! 🚀 We're launching #ARCTECH, the first EU-funded MSCA Doctoral Network focused on #archaea —a fascinating and resilient domain of life with great #biotech potential.
By addressing key gaps in archaeal research, we aim to unlock the vast potential of these #microorganisms. 🦠🔬
By addressing key gaps in archaeal research, we aim to unlock the vast potential of these #microorganisms. 🦠🔬
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Here we go 🥳🦠 #ARCTECH
So here it begins 😋🥳
Very happy to be a part of this research and beginning my journey in Archaeal molecular biology.
A special one as it includes both my previous and current labs!
Thanks a lot @aglab-2024.bsky.social and @arghya93.bsky.social for introducing me to this exciting world!
Very happy to be a part of this research and beginning my journey in Archaeal molecular biology.
A special one as it includes both my previous and current labs!
Thanks a lot @aglab-2024.bsky.social and @arghya93.bsky.social for introducing me to this exciting world!
The story is finally out!!! Here, we showed multiple functions of the VapBC4 toxin-antitoxin of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius under stress. Thanks to @archaellum.bsky.social for an excellent collaboration.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Role of VapBC4 toxin-antitoxin system of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius in heat stress adaptation | mBio
This research enhances our knowledge of toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems in archaea, specifically in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. TA systems are widespread in both bacterial and archaeal genomes, indicating their evolutionary ...
journals.asm.org
November 13, 2024 at 8:59 PM
So here it begins 😋🥳
Very happy to be a part of this research and beginning my journey in Archaeal molecular biology.
A special one as it includes both my previous and current labs!
Thanks a lot @aglab-2024.bsky.social and @arghya93.bsky.social for introducing me to this exciting world!
Very happy to be a part of this research and beginning my journey in Archaeal molecular biology.
A special one as it includes both my previous and current labs!
Thanks a lot @aglab-2024.bsky.social and @arghya93.bsky.social for introducing me to this exciting world!