Tanai Cardona

Our paper 'Structure and evolution of photosystem I in the early-branching cyanobacterium Anthocerotibacter panamensis' is out now in PNAS! A great collab with @mingyangho's and Chris Gisriel's labs, and colleagues at Yale. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Enjoy! ☘️☘️

Chloroplast Cell-Free Systems from Different Plant Species as a Rapid Prototyping Platform | ACS Synthetic Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Pleased to share my very general review of Photosynthesis now published in @NatRevMCB 🌞🌱 rdcu.be/em1lz Hopefully a useful primer for Postgrad and undergrad students

Excited to share that our preprint on the #evolution of far-red light #photoacclimation (FaRLiP) in #cyanobacteria has been published in Current Biology. cell.com/current-biolog…

Postdoc position available at my group! Please retweet!

Our work applying #AlphaFold prediction and structural phylogenetics to the D1 subunit of #photosystem II is now on BioRxiv! This project was spearheaded by @TomDongmin in my lab, in collaboration with @daniopencell and @jwm_imperial. Check it out: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Fascinating study. "Oxidative adaptations in prokaryotes imply the oxygenic #photosynthesis before the crown group Cyanobacteria" Although, one only needs to look at the #evolution of photosystem II to understand what happened... 😃 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/adva…

#TREES_ThemeTuesday: TREES (@NERC_TREES_DLA) is offering PhD studentships in 9 themes across environmental science. 1 theme is … Applied Environmental Modelling, Mathematics & Physics🧮🖥️ Search for projects and supervisors on the TREES website: trees-dla.ac.uk/projects

Several PhD opportunities are available to join my group, the Molecular Evolution Lab @QMUL ! 🌴 If you’re interested in the origin and evolution of #photosynthesis or in applying #SynBio to photosynthetic enzymes, get in touch! All info here: cardonalab.uk/joinus Do share!

Two great #PhDposition available in the Photosynthesis Research Group at Sheffield 🌞🌱🦠 Pls RT tinyurl.com/5yhajrpp tinyurl.com/4nsdu45s Come and join us!

Interesting! cell.com/current-biolog… but just as I predicted (suspected) based on a few published observations: doi.org/10.1016/j.bbab… 😄

Really excited to share this collaborative work with @Chris_Gisriel and @mingyangho, resolving the structure of photosystem I from the Gloeobacter-like strain Anthocerotibacter panamensis. We also provide some interesting evolutionary insights! 🪴☀️doi.org/10.1101/2024.1…

Scientist Carl Johnson has a sticky note on his office door that reads: “Progress is made by young scientists who carry out experiments that old scientists say would not work.” His doctoral student Luisa Jabbur did just that. To Johnson’s surprise, she proved that bacterial cells…

The October 2024 issue of The Plant Cell – with a Focus on Photosynthesis -- is now online! @ASPB @OxUniPress buff.ly/3GvIUT4 #PlantSci

JOB OPPORTUNITY. Research Fellow position in Prof Nick Lane’s group. Origin-of-life enthusiast, with a strong interest in life as a guide to its own origin. Closing date 6th Oct 2024 ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

I had a fantastic time and it was great to catch up with so many of the people in the community! Thanks again for the invitation! 😊😊

Locating the Missing Chlorophylls f in Far-red Photosystem I biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Fantastic work by Giovanni Consoli @consoli_gio, the Rutherford group and collaborators, visualising the missing chlorophyll f in the reaction centre core of far-red-light-adapted Photosystem I!

Compelling open questions in #photosynthesis research! 🪴 A pleasure to contribute a piece with such stellar company. We asked: Are the photosystems evolvable?😃 A forward perspective on the evolution of these fascinating enzymes @ThePlantCell @QM_SBBS doi.org/10.1093/plcell…

Just in: @NASAPersevere observed a rock with distinct features that may indicate that Mars hosted microbial life in its ancient past, but further research is needed. It contains a compelling detection of organic material, chemical signatures, and evidence of water interaction.…

We have a PhD student position available dealing with the generation of synthetic enzymatic organelles in cyanobacteria. Come join a #newPI at @IBVF_Sevilla @investigaUS