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LernerLab
@lernerlab.bsky.social
Account content: Science from laboratory of Eitan Lerner, Hebrew University.
Interests: Biological Fluorescence, Photosynthesis, Single-particle spectroscopy, Dynamic Structural Biology, Super-resolution microscopy... (Life is short yet interesting)
Congrats, Rita
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In other words, be careful when using PEG to induce protein phase separation. It will do so not only for proteins with intrinsically disordered proteins but also for well-folded stable ones, with minimal disorder.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Importantly, it is not only about the bulkiness of a crowder. We compared the effects of PEG & PVA, with similar "softness" and different chemical groups.
Only PEG induced fluorescence lifetime modulation.
PEG's interactions with exposed lysines are unique.
February 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Sure thing. See you soon.
February 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
As well as a talk in the "Spectroscopy: from forces to photons I" platform, Sunday 17:55.

Come over
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
9) As a final remark, I am looking forward to meeting you, existing friends and colleagues, and new potential ones to discuss Science.
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
8) Finally, I am taking part in a multi-group study, led by the @timcraggs.bsky.social Lab, which will be presented Wednesday 10:30, poster B478, continuing the exploration of single-molecule fluorescence-based tools for probing distances shorter than ones possible with smFRET.
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
7) The talk will be given Sunday 17:55 at the "Spectroscopy: from forces to photons I" platform.
Importantly, this work is a close collaboration with the Nir Keren lab, and already feeds exciting follow-up projects (to be continued).
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
6) The talented postdoc, Paul Harris, will give a talk about his work regarding the multiparameter time-resolved fluorescence-based measurements of photosynthesis-related features in phytoplankton cells one at a time (see doi.org/10.1111/febs...).
FEBS Press
Phytoplankton cells of the same species in the same environment exhibit cell-wide coordination into distinct subpopulations of photophysiological cell states. Upon a rapid change in light intensity, ...
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
5) As for posters, the research associate, Yair Razvag, will present one about FRETsael (doi.org/10.1101/2023...), which allows localizing FRET pairs of interacting proteins with 20-30 nm precision, using confocal microscopy and non-blinking dyes (Monday 13:45, poster B567).
FRET-sensitized acceptor emission localization (FRETsael) – nanometer localization of biomolecular interactions using fluorescence lifetime imaging
Super-resolution light microscopy techniques facilitate the observation of nanometer-size biomolecules, which are 1-2 orders of magnitude smaller than the diffraction limit of light. Using super-resol...
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
4) Come over on Monday 13:45 to see the poster of
the @sarahrauscher.bsky.social lab, summarizing this work (poster B4).
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
3) This is a collaborative project with the @meshorer.bsky.social lab, and the @sarahrauscher.bsky.social lab.

Talking about @sarahrauscher.bsky.social, they have presented an elaborate MD-based model of the effects of PEG on the FP mCherry, a work we took part in (see doi.org/10.1101/2024...).
PEG-mCherry interactions beyond classical macromolecular crowding
The dense cellular environment influences bio-macromolecular structure, dynamics, interactions and function. Despite advancements in understanding protein-crowder interactions, predicting their precis...
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
2) about how to use FLIM of (monomeric red) fluorescent proteins to probe local densities and their heterogeneities within heterochromatin bio-condensates in mouse embryonic stem cells (see doi.org/10.1038/s414...).
February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM