Magda Lechowska
magdalechowska.bsky.social
Magda Lechowska
@magdalechowska.bsky.social
PhD Student @Baum Lab @MRC-LMB | Membrane biology of archaea
Reposted by Magda Lechowska
An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments

Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reposted by Magda Lechowska
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October 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Reposted by Magda Lechowska
The mechanics of a continuous self-assembling surface-layer aids cell division in an archaeon

out in @pnas.org

Tight collaboration with Sherman Foo, Alice Cezanne and @buzzbaum.bsky.social, Sulfolobus cryo-ET from @idocaspy.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A self-assembling surface layer flattens the cytokinetic furrow to aid cell division in an archaeon | PNAS
The surface layer or “S-layer” is a two-dimensional lattice of proteins that coats a wide range of archaea and bacteria in place of a cell wall or ...
www.pnas.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Great story about DNA segregation in archaea! Congratulations Joe!
We are excited to share our preprint describing how Sulfolobus cells coordinate DNA segregation with cell division! In eukaryotes this type of regulation involves checkpoints and CDK-cyclins. But how does this work in archaea? This is the question we ask in our paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Temporal and spatial coordination of DNA segregation and cell division in an archaeon.
Cells must coordinate DNA segregation with cytokinesis to ensure that each daughter cell inherits a complete genome. Here, we explore how DNA segregation and division are mechanistically coupled in ar...
www.biorxiv.org
May 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reposted by Magda Lechowska
Excited to announce the Molecular Biology of Archaea (MBoA) 2026!

Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated to Archaea.
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM