Bacterial cell division folks take note: @eswaralab.bsky.social lab reports that GpsB interacts with FtsZ and stimulates FtsZ GTPase activity in multiple G+ organisms (not just in #staph)! It also serves as an alternative to FtsA in anchoring FtsZ.
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
GpsB interacts with FtsZ in multiple species and may serve as an accessory Z-ring anchor | Molecular Biology of the Cell
Bacterial cytokinesis commences when a tubulin-like GTPase, FtsZ, forms a Z-ring to mark the division site. Synchronized movement of Z-ring filaments and peptidoglycan synthesis along the axis of divi...
www.molbiolcell.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Bacterial cell division folks take note: @eswaralab.bsky.social lab reports that GpsB interacts with FtsZ and stimulates FtsZ GTPase activity in multiple G+ organisms (not just in #staph)! It also serves as an alternative to FtsA in anchoring FtsZ.
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Happy to share a new preprint from the lab: Marko became interested in whether the disordered linker of FtsZ might influence how the protein organizes into the Z-ring. And this led to some surprising findings!
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Charge segregation in the C-terminal linker of FtsZ enables Z-ring scaling with prokaryotic cell width
Bacterial cytokinesis is orchestrated by the Z-ring, a cytoskeletal structure formed by treadmilling filaments of the tubulin-like GTPase FtsZ. During assembly, filament curvature must match the cell ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Happy to share a new preprint from the lab: Marko became interested in whether the disordered linker of FtsZ might influence how the protein organizes into the Z-ring. And this led to some surprising findings!
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
who doesn't enjoy some beautiful FtsZ rings on a sunday evening? these from 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴, from all angles, by the @jwveening.bsky.social, posted earlier on 𝕏, on may 6, 2021
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
March 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
who doesn't enjoy some beautiful FtsZ rings on a sunday evening? these from 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴, from all angles, by the @jwveening.bsky.social, posted earlier on 𝕏, on may 6, 2021
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity
@natmicrobiol.nature.com from Michael Laub & Abel Garcia-Pino
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natmicrobiol.nature.com from Michael Laub & Abel Garcia-Pino
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity - Nature Microbiology
The activation of an antiphage defence system relies on host factors targeted by phages, a mechanism analogous to the way that eukaryotic innate immune systems detect pathogen-induced perturbations of...
www.nature.com
June 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity
@natmicrobiol.nature.com from Michael Laub & Abel Garcia-Pino
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natmicrobiol.nature.com from Michael Laub & Abel Garcia-Pino
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new #CryoET study shows that the protein ZapD helps organise FtsZ filaments into stable ring-like structures in building bacterial division machinery.
buff.ly/saLPqJM
buff.ly/saLPqJM
September 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A new #CryoET study shows that the protein ZapD helps organise FtsZ filaments into stable ring-like structures in building bacterial division machinery.
buff.ly/saLPqJM
buff.ly/saLPqJM
CdpA-an archaeal anchor for FtsZ! Excited to be part of this. (FtsZ is easily my favourite protein and the whole larger family in Archaea are intriguing).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell division protein CdpA organises and anchors the midcell ring in haloarchaea - Nature Communications
Cell division in many archaea requires the coordinated activities of two distinct FtsZ proteins, which are part of the midcell division ring. Here, Liao et al. show that an additional protein, CdpA, o...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
CdpA-an archaeal anchor for FtsZ! Excited to be part of this. (FtsZ is easily my favourite protein and the whole larger family in Archaea are intriguing).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
MinD is famously known for positioning FtsZ at mid-cell in bacteria
In our study, myself and @iduggin.bsky.social found that MinD homologues in Haloferax volcanii influence the localisation of CetZ1, a homologue of FtsZ and tubulin
#Archaeasky #Microsky
MinD is famously known for positioning FtsZ at mid-cell in bacteria
In our study, myself and @iduggin.bsky.social found that MinD homologues in Haloferax volcanii influence the localisation of CetZ1, a homologue of FtsZ and tubulin
#Archaeasky #Microsky
Frontiers | MinD proteins regulate CetZ1 localization in Haloferax volcanii
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November 23, 2024 at 7:23 AM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
MinD is famously known for positioning FtsZ at mid-cell in bacteria
In our study, myself and @iduggin.bsky.social found that MinD homologues in Haloferax volcanii influence the localisation of CetZ1, a homologue of FtsZ and tubulin
#Archaeasky #Microsky
MinD is famously known for positioning FtsZ at mid-cell in bacteria
In our study, myself and @iduggin.bsky.social found that MinD homologues in Haloferax volcanii influence the localisation of CetZ1, a homologue of FtsZ and tubulin
#Archaeasky #Microsky
We’re on the cover of @embojournal.org
Odin, from Norse mythology, emerges from the Odinarchaeota yellowstonii genome, holding FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 the ancestral twins of tubulin highlighting their evolutionary divergence in Asgard archaea. 👉 shorturl.at/n7iZE
#archaea #evolution #tubulin #cytoskeleton
Odin, from Norse mythology, emerges from the Odinarchaeota yellowstonii genome, holding FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 the ancestral twins of tubulin highlighting their evolutionary divergence in Asgard archaea. 👉 shorturl.at/n7iZE
#archaea #evolution #tubulin #cytoskeleton
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
FtsZ fans, take note 👇
christoph: I just stumbled upon an older post by Elio - doesn't this FtsZ-less 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 looks like a lava lamp from the 1970s ? ahem, the paper is from 2016 (Mercier R, Kawai Y, Errington J doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.91).
#MicroSky
smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
christoph: I just stumbled upon an older post by Elio - doesn't this FtsZ-less 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 looks like a lava lamp from the 1970s ? ahem, the paper is from 2016 (Mercier R, Kawai Y, Errington J doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.91).
#MicroSky
smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
FtsZ fans, take note 👇
christoph: I just stumbled upon an older post by Elio - doesn't this FtsZ-less 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 looks like a lava lamp from the 1970s ? ahem, the paper is from 2016 (Mercier R, Kawai Y, Errington J doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.91).
#MicroSky
smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
christoph: I just stumbled upon an older post by Elio - doesn't this FtsZ-less 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 looks like a lava lamp from the 1970s ? ahem, the paper is from 2016 (Mercier R, Kawai Y, Errington J doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.91).
#MicroSky
smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
🎉🍾Excited to share our #Asgardarchaea #odin #cytoskeleton study published in
@embojournal.org Dual FtsZ proteins in Odinarchaeon form distinct filaments shedding light on tubulin/FtsZ evolution. Brilliantly led by @jayantik.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@embojournal.org Dual FtsZ proteins in Odinarchaeon form distinct filaments shedding light on tubulin/FtsZ evolution. Brilliantly led by @jayantik.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
August 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🎉🍾Excited to share our #Asgardarchaea #odin #cytoskeleton study published in
@embojournal.org Dual FtsZ proteins in Odinarchaeon form distinct filaments shedding light on tubulin/FtsZ evolution. Brilliantly led by @jayantik.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@embojournal.org Dual FtsZ proteins in Odinarchaeon form distinct filaments shedding light on tubulin/FtsZ evolution. Brilliantly led by @jayantik.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
cell divisionists & FtsZ fans take note 👇
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
cell divisionists & FtsZ fans take note 👇
September 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Happy to share our latest publication:
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
#livMatS @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
#livMatS @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Happy to share our latest publication:
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
#livMatS @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
#livMatS @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Check out our latest research on Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins! #FtsZ #Physcomitrella @chrisvanderdoes.bsky.social @reskilab.bsky.social
Happy to share our latest publication:
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
#livMatS @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
#livMatS @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Check out our latest research on Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins! #FtsZ #Physcomitrella @chrisvanderdoes.bsky.social @reskilab.bsky.social
GpsB interacts with FtsZ in multiple species and may serve as an accessory Z-ring anchor
-in Bacillus subtilis
#MolBiolCell from @eswaralab.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
-in Bacillus subtilis
#MolBiolCell from @eswaralab.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
GpsB interacts with FtsZ in multiple species and may serve as an accessory Z-ring anchor | Molecular Biology of the Cell
Bacterial cytokinesis commences when a tubulin-like GTPase, FtsZ, forms a Z-ring to mark the division site. Synchronized movement of Z-ring filaments and peptidoglycan synthesis along the axis of divi...
www.molbiolcell.org
November 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
GpsB interacts with FtsZ in multiple species and may serve as an accessory Z-ring anchor
-in Bacillus subtilis
#MolBiolCell from @eswaralab.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
-in Bacillus subtilis
#MolBiolCell from @eswaralab.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Ancient Truncated FtsZ Paralogs Likely Tune Cell Division in Hyphomicrobiales academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad... #jcampubs
September 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Ancient Truncated FtsZ Paralogs Likely Tune Cell Division in Hyphomicrobiales academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad... #jcampubs
Published in March, this video comes from research that aimed use #CryoET to demonstrate how FtsZ filaments are recruited into a ring or “toroidal” structure as part of a bacterial cell’s division machinery. #12DaysOfeLife
https://buff.ly/3BBCDIY
https://buff.ly/3BBCDIY
December 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Published in March, this video comes from research that aimed use #CryoET to demonstrate how FtsZ filaments are recruited into a ring or “toroidal” structure as part of a bacterial cell’s division machinery. #12DaysOfeLife
https://buff.ly/3BBCDIY
https://buff.ly/3BBCDIY
Happy New Year!
Our preprint
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
has been accepted for publication.
Stay tuned.
Our preprint
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
has been accepted for publication.
Stay tuned.
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
Bacterial cell division and plant chloroplast division require self-assembling Filamentous temperature-sensitive Z (FtsZ) proteins. FtsZ proteins are GTPases sharing structural and biochemical similar...
www.biorxiv.org
January 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Happy New Year!
Our preprint
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
has been accepted for publication.
Stay tuned.
Our preprint
Differential GTP-dependent in-vitro polymerization of recombinant #Physcomitrella FtsZ proteins
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
has been accepted for publication.
Stay tuned.
First Post! Thrilled to share our lab's first evolutionary cytoskeleton study! We uncover two distinct FtsZ paralogs in Odinarchaeota OdinFtsZ1 forms curved filaments, while OdinFtsZ2 assembles into spiral rings. A glimpse into tubulin evolution! threads👇 #Eukaryogenesis #AsgardArchaea #cytoskeleton
February 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
First Post! Thrilled to share our lab's first evolutionary cytoskeleton study! We uncover two distinct FtsZ paralogs in Odinarchaeota OdinFtsZ1 forms curved filaments, while OdinFtsZ2 assembles into spiral rings. A glimpse into tubulin evolution! threads👇 #Eukaryogenesis #AsgardArchaea #cytoskeleton
Neat paper from Schwille lab. They demonstrate constriction of synthetic vesicles using important components of the bacterial cell division machinery, FtsZ and FtsN. They induce strong constriction of Z-rings in vesicles just by adding the cytoplasmic domain of FtsN www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Optimizing spatial organization of FtsZ rings for large-scale constriction in synthetic cells - Nature Communications
Spatially regulated membrane constriction is an important milestone in reconstituting minimal cell division. Here the authors engineer a truncated system where the cytosolic domain of FtsN forms large...
www.nature.com
March 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Neat paper from Schwille lab. They demonstrate constriction of synthetic vesicles using important components of the bacterial cell division machinery, FtsZ and FtsN. They induce strong constriction of Z-rings in vesicles just by adding the cytoplasmic domain of FtsN www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to see our work published in @embojournal.org
#asgard #archaea #cytoskeleton #tubulin #FtsZ
We sincerely appreciate the constructive peer review and the reviewers’ thoughtful, supportive feedback, which greatly strengthened our work.
#asgard #archaea #cytoskeleton #tubulin #FtsZ
We sincerely appreciate the constructive peer review and the reviewers’ thoughtful, supportive feedback, which greatly strengthened our work.
Insights into the origins of the #tubulin / #FtsZ superfamily: @syncellbiolab.bsky.social, Pananghat Gayathri et al show that two #Asgard archaeal paralogs OdinFtsZ1 and OdinFtsZ2 form distinct filamental structures, and employ different modes of membrane tethering
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
August 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thrilled to see our work published in @embojournal.org
#asgard #archaea #cytoskeleton #tubulin #FtsZ
We sincerely appreciate the constructive peer review and the reviewers’ thoughtful, supportive feedback, which greatly strengthened our work.
#asgard #archaea #cytoskeleton #tubulin #FtsZ
We sincerely appreciate the constructive peer review and the reviewers’ thoughtful, supportive feedback, which greatly strengthened our work.
September 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
wohoo! FtsZ aficionadas/os take note 👇
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
Happy to share a new preprint from the lab: Marko became interested in whether the disordered linker of FtsZ might influence how the protein organizes into the Z-ring. And this led to some surprising findings!
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Charge segregation in the C-terminal linker of FtsZ enables Z-ring scaling with prokaryotic cell width
Bacterial cytokinesis is orchestrated by the Z-ring, a cytoskeletal structure formed by treadmilling filaments of the tubulin-like GTPase FtsZ. During assembly, filament curvature must match the cell ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
wohoo! FtsZ aficionadas/os take note 👇
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
cell divisionists and FtsZ 𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘴 𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴 take note 👇
It looks like we missed this earlier in '24. embarrassing 🤦♂️
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#MicroSky
It looks like we missed this earlier in '24. embarrassing 🤦♂️
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#MicroSky
December 22, 2024 at 12:34 PM
cell divisionists and FtsZ 𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘴 𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴 take note 👇
It looks like we missed this earlier in '24. embarrassing 🤦♂️
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#MicroSky
It looks like we missed this earlier in '24. embarrassing 🤦♂️
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
#MicroSky