our new paper on pelagic #Asgard archaea that use #rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans.
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
our new paper on pelagic #Asgard archaea that use #rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans.
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41... @galitzlil.bsky.social
I am happy to introduce to you our new paper on pelagic #Asgard archaea that use #rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans.
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I am happy to introduce to you our new paper on pelagic #Asgard archaea that use #rhodopsins with carotenoid antennas to harvest light energy in the oceans.
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural insights into light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine #Asgard #archaea
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Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine #Asgard #archaea
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Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea - Nature Microbiology
Uncultured open-ocean Asgard archaea can harvest light energy using rhodopsins and diverse hydroxylated carotenoid antennas.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
OUT NOW:
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine #Asgard #archaea
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Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine #Asgard #archaea
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#microsky 🦠🧪
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Light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in pelagic Asgard archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 15, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in pelagic Asgard archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Unveiling the diverse light-driven functions of microbial rhodopsins through integrated mechanistic studies academic.oup.com/bcsj/article...
September 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Unveiling the diverse light-driven functions of microbial rhodopsins through integrated mechanistic studies academic.oup.com/bcsj/article...
Chlorophyll absorbs a lot more biologically useful solar energy in the ocean than rhodopsins, forming the energy basis of the whole ecosystem.
Actually rhodopsins sometimes absorb more than chlorophyll.
Actually rhodopsins sometimes absorb more than chlorophyll.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Chlorophyll absorbs a lot more biologically useful solar energy in the ocean than rhodopsins, forming the energy basis of the whole ecosystem.
Actually rhodopsins sometimes absorb more than chlorophyll.
Actually rhodopsins sometimes absorb more than chlorophyll.
We are finally online 🥳 What a fantastic adventure with @rrsims, the @emilianilab.bsky.social and all co-authors from IdV Paris #TwoPhoton #Voltagers #Holography #Rhodopsins
February 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
We are finally online 🥳 What a fantastic adventure with @rrsims, the @emilianilab.bsky.social and all co-authors from IdV Paris #TwoPhoton #Voltagers #Holography #Rhodopsins
Online now!!! Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channels www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channels | PNAS
Apusomonads are sediment-dwelling bacterivorous protists that are sister to all Opisthokonta.
They have been found to show a negative phototactic r...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Online now!!! Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channels www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Unveiling the Diverse Light-Driven Functions of Microbial Rhodopsins through Integrated Mechanistic Studies academic.oup.com/bcsj/advance... #jcampubs
Unveiling the Diverse Light-Driven Functions of Microbial Rhodopsins through Integrated Mechanistic Studies
Abstract. Microbial rhodopsins are light-responsive membrane proteins using a retinal chromophore widely distributed among diverse microorganisms. Over the
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September 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Unveiling the Diverse Light-Driven Functions of Microbial Rhodopsins through Integrated Mechanistic Studies academic.oup.com/bcsj/advance... #jcampubs
Structural and Spectroscopic Basis of Excitation Energy
Transfer in Microbial Rhodopsins Binding Xanthophylls pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Transfer in Microbial Rhodopsins Binding Xanthophylls pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
September 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Structural and Spectroscopic Basis of Excitation Energy
Transfer in Microbial Rhodopsins Binding Xanthophylls pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Transfer in Microbial Rhodopsins Binding Xanthophylls pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
First study from the lab is out! We describe ApuRs, a new family of microbial rhodopsins unique from apusomonads. ApuRs represent the first anion-conducting rhodopsin channels that can be controlled by UV light, offering potential as new optogenetic tools. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
First study from the lab is out! We describe ApuRs, a new family of microbial rhodopsins unique from apusomonads. ApuRs represent the first anion-conducting rhodopsin channels that can be controlled by UV light, offering potential as new optogenetic tools. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Archaea never stop to surprise us! 🌞 @bejalab.bsky.social @galitzlil.bsky.social discovered that marine archaea use carotenoid "antennas" to capture blue light, transferring the energy to their rhodopsin pumps. A huge leap in microbial photobiology!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea - Nature Microbiology
Uncultured open-ocean Asgard archaea can harvest light energy using rhodopsins and diverse hydroxylated carotenoid antennas.
www.nature.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Archaea never stop to surprise us! 🌞 @bejalab.bsky.social @galitzlil.bsky.social discovered that marine archaea use carotenoid "antennas" to capture blue light, transferring the energy to their rhodopsin pumps. A huge leap in microbial photobiology!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microbial rhodopsins are everywhere in the surface ocean, but were assumed to play a role mainly when nutrients are scarce. Our new study reveals unexpected rhodopsin dynamics tightly linked to phytoplankton blooms.
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Microbial rhodopsins are everywhere in the surface ocean, but were assumed to play a role mainly when nutrients are scarce. Our new study reveals unexpected rhodopsin dynamics tightly linked to phytoplankton blooms.
CONGRATULATIONS galitzlil.bsky.social for receiving the Gutwirth award for the Technion best paper in 2025!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural insights into light harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in marine Asgard archaea - Nature Microbiology
Uncultured open-ocean Asgard archaea can harvest light energy using rhodopsins and diverse hydroxylated carotenoid antennas.
www.nature.com
February 27, 2026 at 6:13 AM
CONGRATULATIONS galitzlil.bsky.social for receiving the Gutwirth award for the Technion best paper in 2025!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channels www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channels | PNAS
Apusomonads are sediment-dwelling bacterivorous protists that are sister to all Opisthokonta.
They have been found to show a negative phototactic r...
www.pnas.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Apusomonad rhodopsins: A new family of ultraviolet to blue light–absorbing rhodopsin channels www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Sensing a rainbow of colors: algal photoreceptors🦠The diversity of microalgae and their rhodopsins🧬
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#OpenAccess
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November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sensing a rainbow of colors: algal photoreceptors🦠The diversity of microalgae and their rhodopsins🧬
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A Proteorhodopsin-Related Photosensor Expands the Repertoire of Structural Motifs Employed by Sensory Rhodopsins pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Proteorhodopsin-Related Photosensor Expands the Repertoire of Structural Motifs Employed by Sensory Rhodopsins
Microbial rhodopsins are light-activated retinal-binding membrane proteins that perform a variety of ion transport and photosensory functions. They display several cases of convergent evolution where ...
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December 31, 2024 at 7:30 AM
A Proteorhodopsin-Related Photosensor Expands the Repertoire of Structural Motifs Employed by Sensory Rhodopsins pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
CryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments
Spectroscopy, structural, and functional study of microbial rhodopsins with characteristic long-living near–UV-absorbing state.
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July 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Photochemistry of the Retinal Chromophore in Microbial Rhodopsins pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Photochemistry of the Retinal Chromophore in Microbial Rhodopsins
Microbial rhodopsins are photoreceptive membrane proteins of microorganisms that express diverse photobiological functions. All-trans-retinylidene Schiff base, the so-called all-trans-retinal, is a ch...
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May 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Photochemistry of the Retinal Chromophore in Microbial Rhodopsins pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Spectral tuning and signaling of diverse and most red sensitive visual rhodopsins that drive high colour discrimination in Mantis Shrimp eyes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Spectral tuning and signaling of diverse and most red sensitive visual rhodopsins that drive high colour discrimination in Mantis Shrimp eyes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
from 2012. Microbial rhodopsins on leaf surfaces of terrestrial plants enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 PM
from 2012. Microbial rhodopsins on leaf surfaces of terrestrial plants enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
WOW!!! Structural basis for no retinal binding in flotillin-associated rhodopsins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
WOW!!! Structural basis for no retinal binding in flotillin-associated rhodopsins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Microsecond Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Based on Jet Vitrification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #rhodopsins
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Microsecond Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Based on Jet Vitrification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #rhodopsins
Great review by Prof. Joachim Heberle on infrared spectroscopic studies of proteins, including rhodopsins and blue-light photoreceptors! 📖✨
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August 23, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Great review by Prof. Joachim Heberle on infrared spectroscopic studies of proteins, including rhodopsins and blue-light photoreceptors! 📖✨
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