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Archaea Biology Vienna
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We are the Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics group at the University of Vienna. This is a lab member-run account.

https://archaea.univie.ac.at/
🎄🧬 It’s December – time for an 'Immunocalendar': “CRISPR CRISPR KNÄUSCHEN”!

Every day we open a new door onto a different prokaryotic immune system, with extra love for archaeal hosts.

Crafted by the Zink Group within our department :)

Have a wonderful Christmas time! ✨
December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Archaea Biology Vienna
Our study of the evolution of the ParB NTP binding domain across the Tree of Life is now published! An awesome collaboration with @tunglejic.bsky.social led by @jovanakaljevic.bsky.social at the John Ines Center. Thanks to editors and reviewers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Reposted by Archaea Biology Vienna
Our preprint is now published in PNAS! This came together thanks to a great collaboration with Antoine Hocher and a strong team effort from the Le Lab. Thank you to the reviewers and to everyone who helped improve it. I hope ParB aficionados will enjoy it.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Versatile NTP recognition and domain fusions expand the functional repertoire of the ParB-CTPase fold beyond chromosome segregation | PNAS
Nucleotide triphosphate (NTP)-dependent molecular switches regulate essential cellular processes by cycling between active and inactive states thro...
www.pnas.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fresh from our group, a new role for oxygen production in ammonia-oxidizing archaea:

Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea

Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work!

Check it out here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Crawling motility of Lokiarchaeum ossiferum, our favorite Asgard Archaeon.
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
An Asgard Archaeon (Lokiarchaeum ossiferum) growing and retracting its arms
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM