J Exp Biol: Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin http://bit.ly/GET6Y4
January 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
J Exp Biol: Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin http://bit.ly/GET6Y4
I am beyond thrilled to present my PhD paper with @rohner.bsky.social. We phenotyped a mutation in the circadian regulator Cryptochrome-1 that has evolved repeatedly in subterranean lineages. Now online at @cp-iscience.bsky.social:
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A repeatedly evolved mutation in Cryptochrome-1 of subterranean animals alters behavioral and molecular circadian rhythms
Chronobiology; Evolutionary biology; Molecular biology; Zoology
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July 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am beyond thrilled to present my PhD paper with @rohner.bsky.social. We phenotyped a mutation in the circadian regulator Cryptochrome-1 that has evolved repeatedly in subterranean lineages. Now online at @cp-iscience.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@stowersgrad.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
@stowersgrad.bsky.social
ONLINE NOW! Circadian disruption and its impact on the cardiovascular system, by Young et al. Read it for free until February 7th at the following link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kIHq3jDgW...
January 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
ONLINE NOW! Circadian disruption and its impact on the cardiovascular system, by Young et al. Read it for free until February 7th at the following link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kIHq3jDgW...
Many migrating birds seem to use a protein, cryptochrome 4, in their eyes for orientation. The protein forms a "radical pair" that senses the Earth's magnetic field. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/23/they-have-no-one-to-follow-how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-mechanics-to-navigate
‘They have no one to follow’: how migrating birds use quantum mechanics to navigate | Science | The Guardian
Evidence is mounting to explain how birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to help fly thousands of miles with unerring accuracy – a discovery that may help advance quantum technology
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March 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Many migrating birds seem to use a protein, cryptochrome 4, in their eyes for orientation. The protein forms a "radical pair" that senses the Earth's magnetic field. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/23/they-have-no-one-to-follow-how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-mechanics-to-navigate
🔗 Cryptochrome magnetoreception: Time course of photoactivation from non-equilibrium coarse-grained molecular dynamics. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
📚 CSBJ Quantum Biology and Biophotonics: www.csbj.org/qbio
#QuantumBiology #Cryptochrome
📚 CSBJ Quantum Biology and Biophotonics: www.csbj.org/qbio
#QuantumBiology #Cryptochrome
May 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🔗 Cryptochrome magnetoreception: Time course of photoactivation from non-equilibrium coarse-grained molecular dynamics. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
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#QuantumBiology #Cryptochrome
📚 CSBJ Quantum Biology and Biophotonics: www.csbj.org/qbio
#QuantumBiology #Cryptochrome
It's true. Technology really does change the way your brain is wired! But we don't yet know the effects. (look up cryptochrome) #iste11
November 16, 2024 at 1:56 PM
It's true. Technology really does change the way your brain is wired! But we don't yet know the effects. (look up cryptochrome) #iste11
Schneps, C. M., Dunleavy, R., Crane, B. R. (2024). Dissecting the Interaction between Cryptochrome and Timeless Reveals Underpinnings of Light-Dependent Recognition. Biochemistry, pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Dissecting the Interaction between Cryptochrome and Timeless Reveals Underpinnings of Light-Dependent Recognition
Circadian rhythms are determined by cell-autonomous transcription–translation feedback loops that entrain to environmental stimuli. In the model circadian clock of Drosophila melanogaster, the clock i...
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September 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Schneps, C. M., Dunleavy, R., Crane, B. R. (2024). Dissecting the Interaction between Cryptochrome and Timeless Reveals Underpinnings of Light-Dependent Recognition. Biochemistry, pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
New #JRSocInterface paper: Cryptochrome 4b protein is probably irrelevant for radical pair-based magnetoreception in the European robin: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #biochemistry
August 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New #JRSocInterface paper: Cryptochrome 4b protein is probably irrelevant for radical pair-based magnetoreception in the European robin: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #biochemistry
I was stunned almost 10 years ago when it was discovered birds use cryptochrome in their eyes to navigate using the earth's magnetic field.
I wondered about our dog who always would start whining from his crate in the back seat of the car as we neared home after a long trip away, how did he know?
I wondered about our dog who always would start whining from his crate in the back seat of the car as we neared home after a long trip away, how did he know?
April 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I was stunned almost 10 years ago when it was discovered birds use cryptochrome in their eyes to navigate using the earth's magnetic field.
I wondered about our dog who always would start whining from his crate in the back seat of the car as we neared home after a long trip away, how did he know?
I wondered about our dog who always would start whining from his crate in the back seat of the car as we neared home after a long trip away, how did he know?
Linear free energy relationship between reduction potential and photoreduction rate: studies on Drosophila cryptochrome
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Linear free energy relationship between reduction potential and photoreduction rate: studies on Drosophila cryptochrome
#Drosophila
PubMed link
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May 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Linear free energy relationship between reduction potential and photoreduction rate: studies on Drosophila cryptochrome
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Hello beauty! #canttakemyeyesoffyou
Read our latest #research on #magnetic sensitivity of #cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird @Nature
#magnetoreception #animalnavigation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03618-9
Read our latest #research on #magnetic sensitivity of #cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird @Nature
#magnetoreception #animalnavigation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03618-9
June 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Hello beauty! #canttakemyeyesoffyou
Read our latest #research on #magnetic sensitivity of #cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird @Nature
#magnetoreception #animalnavigation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03618-9
Read our latest #research on #magnetic sensitivity of #cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird @Nature
#magnetoreception #animalnavigation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03618-9
Meng, Nie, Berger, von Grafenstein, Einholz, Rizzato, Schleicher, Bucher: Optically detected and radio wave-controlled spin chemistry in cryptochrome https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16566 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.16566 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.16566
April 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Meng, Nie, Berger, von Grafenstein, Einholz, Rizzato, Schleicher, Bucher: Optically detected and radio wave-controlled spin chemistry in cryptochrome https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16566 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.16566 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.16566
(J Am Chem Soc) [ASAP] Time-Resolved Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry to Solve Conformational Changes in a Cryptochrome: Journal of the American Chemical SocietyDOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13818 http://dlvr.it/T72NQ3 #JAmChemSoc #MassSpecRSS
May 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM
(J Am Chem Soc) [ASAP] Time-Resolved Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry to Solve Conformational Changes in a Cryptochrome: Journal of the American Chemical SocietyDOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13818 http://dlvr.it/T72NQ3 #JAmChemSoc #MassSpecRSS
Control of odor sensation by light and cryptochrome in the Drosophila antenna https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.12.628259v1
December 18, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Control of odor sensation by light and cryptochrome in the Drosophila antenna https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.12.628259v1
[2/3] Des expériences montrent que la protéine cryptochrome 4, présente dans les yeux d’oiseaux migrateurs comme le rouge-gorge, réagit au champ magnétique terrestre grâce à un mécanisme quantique activé par la lumière, appelé « effet des paires radicalaires ». #geography #ornithology
March 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
[2/3] Des expériences montrent que la protéine cryptochrome 4, présente dans les yeux d’oiseaux migrateurs comme le rouge-gorge, réagit au champ magnétique terrestre grâce à un mécanisme quantique activé par la lumière, appelé « effet des paires radicalaires ». #geography #ornithology
Bellanda, M., Damulewicz, M., Zambelli, B., ...., Costa, R., Minervini, G., Mazzotta, G. M. (2024). A PDZ scaffolding/CaM-mediated pathway in Cryptochrome signaling. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 33(3):e4914 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A PDZ scaffolding/CaM‐mediated pathway in Cryptochrome signaling
Cryptochromes are cardinal constituents of the circadian clock, which orchestrates daily physiological rhythms in living organisms. A growing body of evidence points to their participation in pathway...
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October 31, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Bellanda, M., Damulewicz, M., Zambelli, B., ...., Costa, R., Minervini, G., Mazzotta, G. M. (2024). A PDZ scaffolding/CaM-mediated pathway in Cryptochrome signaling. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 33(3):e4914 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.27.609845v1
Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.27.609845v1
Vision and magnetoreception in navigating songbirds are strongly connected as recent findings link a
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August 28, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.27.609845v1
Light-induced conformational switching and magnetic sensitivity of Drosophila cryptochrome
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Light-induced conformational switching and magnetic sensitivity of Drosophila cryptochrome
#Drosophila
PubMed link
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August 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Light-induced conformational switching and magnetic sensitivity of Drosophila cryptochrome
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
@MarderLab characterized neural responses mediated by blue light in the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) of 🦀. In addition they found mRNA coding for cryptochrome in the STG and discuss its role in the circadian rhythm.
@CurrentBiology...
@CurrentBiology...
January 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
@MarderLab characterized neural responses mediated by blue light in the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) of 🦀. In addition they found mRNA coding for cryptochrome in the STG and discuss its role in the circadian rhythm.
@CurrentBiology...
@CurrentBiology...
What Does Cryptochrome Do?
Cryptochrome is a light-sensitive protein found in many organisms, playing a key role in regulating biological rhythms. But researchers suspect it may be doing more—reacting to external fields in a way we don’t fully understand.
Cryptochrome is a light-sensitive protein found in many organisms, playing a key role in regulating biological rhythms. But researchers suspect it may be doing more—reacting to external fields in a way we don’t fully understand.
February 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
What Does Cryptochrome Do?
Cryptochrome is a light-sensitive protein found in many organisms, playing a key role in regulating biological rhythms. But researchers suspect it may be doing more—reacting to external fields in a way we don’t fully understand.
Cryptochrome is a light-sensitive protein found in many organisms, playing a key role in regulating biological rhythms. But researchers suspect it may be doing more—reacting to external fields in a way we don’t fully understand.
Light-induced conformational switching and magnetic sensitivity of Drosophila cryptochrome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.10.632489v1
January 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Light-induced conformational switching and magnetic sensitivity of Drosophila cryptochrome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.10.632489v1
This #OpenAccess mini-review packs a 1-2 punch! Explore the remarkable dual-action mechanism of #Arabidopsis #cryptochromes right here. #PlantScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
This #OpenAccess mini-review packs a 1-2 punch! Explore the remarkable dual-action mechanism of #Arabidopsis #cryptochromes right here. #PlantScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I have a robin red breast that follows me around the garden. So I looked up this lovely species on Wikipedia. This section is astonishing. Gimme some of that cryptochrome!
May 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have a robin red breast that follows me around the garden. So I looked up this lovely species on Wikipedia. This section is astonishing. Gimme some of that cryptochrome!
Just out: The ionic and protonation states of flavin control the activation and recovery of Drosophila cryptochrome
The ionic and protonation states of flavin control the activation and recovery of Drosophila cryptochrome
Communications Chemistry, Published online: 09 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01647-3The release of the C-terminal tail (CTT) of the Drosophila cryptochrome (dCry) upon illumination is central to light signal transduction in this flavin-containing photoreceptor, but the roles of flavin in the different ionic and protonation states are not fully understood. Here, the authors show that both flavin anionic semiquinone and anionic hydroquinone can trigger CTT release, while the formation of a small fraction of neutral semiquinone under neutral conditions, moderately supresses CTT release, but ensures fast recovery of dCry after light sensing.
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August 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just out: The ionic and protonation states of flavin control the activation and recovery of Drosophila cryptochrome
새가 자기장을 눈으로 볼 수 있으며, 어떻게 보는지가 처음으로 밝혀졌다고 한다. https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-see-magnetic-fields-cryptochrome-cry4-photoreceptor
November 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
새가 자기장을 눈으로 볼 수 있으며, 어떻게 보는지가 처음으로 밝혀졌다고 한다. https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-see-magnetic-fields-cryptochrome-cry4-photoreceptor