Archive News About the Group
2020-2022
A green alga viewed through a light microscope
2023
- December 2023: Our nanofilament paper in cyanobacteria is now published in ACS Nano: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.3c08600External link
- October 2023: Happy Halloween! We had some fun carving pumpkins and welcoming new members to the group: two MSc students (Janine and Nolan) and Chris joining us a for a PhD.
Group Picture AG Zedler October 2023
Image: DAR- September 2023: This month we are all busy travelling and networking! Alexandra, Sayali and Miriam are joining the Cyano2023External link meeting in Kassel with a talk and two posters showcasing their work. You can meet Julie at the GASB 7External link in Freiburg at the annual conference of the German Society for Synthetic Biologie.
- August 2023: We are looking for a PhD student to join our team starting November 2023. More information can be found here.
- August 2023: The first corresponding-author paper of Dr. Jan Klein (Steroid Biosynthesis de, Plant Physiology) about progestogen and androgen biosynthesis in plants was published in the journal New Phytologist. The junir professorship was involved and we say congratulations! The original research article can be found hereExternal link.
- June 2023: Our PhD student Sayali presented her work on strategies for improving cytochrome P450 expression in cyanobacteria at the "15th International Symposium on Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity & Biotechnology" in Copenhagen.
PhD student Sayali at P450 Symposium in Copenhagen
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Visit of Anna Matuszyńska in Jena
Image: Tobias Pfennig- June 2023: Junprof. Dr. Anna Matuszyńska and her PhD student Tobias Pfennig were our guests within the institute seminar. We are looking forward to collaborations and say thank you for a great talk and interesting discussions!
- June 2023: two papers were published: (1) Cell surface composition, released polysaccharides, and ionic strength mediate fast sedimentation in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Environ Microbiol. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.16426External link and (2) the Interlaboratory Study we were a part of: Interlaboratory Reproducibility in Growth and Reporter Expression in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. ACS Synth Biol DOI:10.1021/acssynbio.3c00150External link.
- February 2023: new preprint from a long-term collaborative project and our PhD student Alexandra's first research paper in the group: nanofilament assembly in cyanobacteria: Self-assembly of nanofilaments in cyanobacteria for protein co-localizationExternal link
2022
- December 2022: new preprint from David A. Russo in collaboration with the group to send off the year 2022: Cell surface composition and ionic strength mediate fast sedimentation in the cyanobacteriumExternal linkSynechococcus elongatusPCC 7942External link
- December 2022: Unsere Masterstudierenden Theresa und Damian haben ihre Arbeiten erfolgreich eingereicht - wir gratulieren!
- September, 28th 2022: Our PhD student Miriam Verucchi won the poster prize at the "Cyano2022External link–7th Early Career Researcher Symposium on Cyanobacteria" in Leipzig. What a great start for our CRC "ChemBioSys" Project and for her personally as a new PhD student!
- September, 15th 2022: Our microdroplets manuscripts has now been published in Scientific Reports. DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-19773-6External link
- July 2022: New preprint from our work in collaboration with the Physical Chemistry/ Microreaction Technology Group at TU Ilmenau: Droplet-based microfluidics as a media optimization tool for cyanobacteriaExternal link
- March 2022: Our PhD student Alexandra Schirmacher came second in the 3-Minute-Thesis Competition at the FSU 3 Minute Thesis Competition - congratulations! uni-jena.de/en/3MTExternal link
2021
- December, 13th 2021: The preprint is now published in the Journal of Bacteriology. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00504-21External link
- October, 9th 2021: A new preprint by David A. Russo et al. about "Development of a highly sensitive luciferase-based reporter system to study two-step protein secretion in cyanobacteria" is out. DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.08.463751External link
- September, 14th 2021:The Cebitec Young Researcher Award 2021 was awarded to Julie Zedler at the 10thInternational CeBiTec Research ConferenceExternal link.
- September 2021: The group has received Seedfunding from the Excellene Cluster Balance of the MicroverseExternal link and will eagerly get to work.
- July 2021: We are joining the Collaborative Research Center ChemBioSysExternal link to further strengthen work in the CRC with cyanobacteria. Looking forward to some exciting collaborative research!
- June, 26th 2021: Kick-start event iGEM Phototrophs Meetup, check out the break-out session about cyanobacterial transformation, recorded on Youtube hereExternal link
- May 2021: the Young Algaeneers Symposium 2021 was a great success! Check out further details hereExternal link
2020
- December, 18th 2020: An introduction to "Cyanobacteria for Biotechnology" I gave at the #Cyano2020 Summer School is now available on Youtube. Check it out hereExternal link.
- December, 2nd 2020: Our MSc Student Sayali Hanamghar received a scholarship from the federal state of Thuringia to continue her work with us as a PhD student – Congratulations!
- October, 23rd 2020: Our review about natural competence in cyanobacteria was published (check out more details under Publications).
- October, 9th 2020: A review article about protein translocation and secretion in cyanobacteria is now online (check out more details under Publications).
- Mai, 12th 2020: Interview about the professorship and our interest: "Leben von Luft und Licht" (this is in German only) Article can be found here.External link