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Iain Duggin
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Molecular microbiologist. Deputy director, AIMI@UTS Studying shapeshifting shenanigans of microbes - archaea and E. coli (UPEC)
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Check out this weird protein we found in a Loki Asgard archaea.🧬🧶Only found relatives in other Lokis. 🤔

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Unusual protein found in a Loki Asgard Archaea.
July 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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lowlab.bsky.social
More incredible glimpses of Asgard archaea architecture and lifestyle.. 👏
July 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Our new preprint with a new #Asgard from stromatolites (and its Desulfobacterota companion). Complete circularised genomes of both, cool #cryoem images, protein modelling, etc

Big group effort with a lot of people involved
#archaeasky #archaea
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An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats
It has been proposed that eukaryotic cells evolved via symbiosis between sulfate-reducing bacteria and hydrogen-producing archaea. Here we describe a highly enriched culture of a novel Asgard archaeon...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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What a missed opportunity... 🤔 We should have declared an official "Archaeal Week" at Nature Communications! 😆

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#Archaea #ArchaeaSky 🦠
June 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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📢 Interested in chromosomes and microbes thriving at the edge of life?PhD project in York-UK on chromosome segregation in #Archaea.

Supervised by me, @Steve Quinn & @georgerheath.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Open to Applicants Worldwide!

📅 January 6, 2025

#microsky #archaeasky
Diagram showing archaeal cells containing two chromosomes bound by proteins prior to cell division.
November 23, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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If you are in Sydney don’t miss the AMR day this Thursday: www.theasm.org.au/conferences-...
Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium 2024 — Australian Society for Microbiology
A collaboration between the Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection (AIMI) at UTS and the Australian Society for Microbiology NSW-ACT Branch. Join us for a one-day symposium dedicated to ...
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November 17, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Role of tubulins in Haloarchaea by the @iduggin.bsky.social 🧪 🧫 #archaeasky
November 1, 2024 at 6:16 AM
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CetZ1-dependent assembly and positioning of the motility machinery in haloarchaea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.02.592137v1
CetZ1-dependent assembly and positioning of the motility machinery in haloarchaea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.02.592137v1
The tubulin-like CetZ proteins are archaeal cytoskeletal proteins that contribute to cell shape and
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May 3, 2024 at 6:16 AM