July 27, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Tired of having to shop for food, bring the food home, and then cook the food and eat almost EVERY DAY? Ask your doctor if Chloroplast-stealing™ is right for YOU!
A bright new future awaits you with Chloroplast-stealing™!
A bright new future awaits you with Chloroplast-stealing™!
Here is my favorite of the #SmallWonders: The photosynthetic lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata). These slugs steal chloroplasts from algae and then use them to photosynthesize! This one was photographed in St. Kitts in 2023 #Invertebrate #MarineLife
November 8, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Tired of having to shop for food, bring the food home, and then cook the food and eat almost EVERY DAY? Ask your doctor if Chloroplast-stealing™ is right for YOU!
A bright new future awaits you with Chloroplast-stealing™!
A bright new future awaits you with Chloroplast-stealing™!
No chloroplast is going to fill that hole.
May 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
No chloroplast is going to fill that hole.
SUMOylation of chloroplast GrpE homolog 1 regulates chloroplast biogenesis through maintaining TIC complex stability nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social
<fc>SUMOylation</fc> of chloroplast <fc>GrpE</fc> homolog 1 regulates chloroplast biogenesis through maintaining <fc>TIC</fc> complex stability
A proposed model illustrating how CGE1 SUMOylation regulates chloroplast protein import and TIC-associated machinery homeostasis.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
SUMOylation of chloroplast GrpE homolog 1 regulates chloroplast biogenesis through maintaining TIC complex stability nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social
New preprint: Chloroplast and mitochondrial #pangenome of #Arabidopsis thaliana! Work led by wenfeixian.bsky.social
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New preprint: Chloroplast and mitochondrial #pangenome of #Arabidopsis thaliana! Work led by wenfeixian.bsky.social
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Possible chloroplast mutant sector on this horse chestnut?
May 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Possible chloroplast mutant sector on this horse chestnut?
here you go, enjoy this leaf sheep of good luck and success
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
here you go, enjoy this leaf sheep of good luck and success
Why a Chloroplast Needs Its Own Genome Tethered to the Thylakoid Membrane—Co‐Location for Redox Regulation - Allen - 2026 - BioEssays - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Why a Chloroplast Needs Its Own Genome Tethered to the Thylakoid Membrane—Co‐Location for Redox Regulation
A schematic outline of chloroplast DNA tethered to two stacked thylakoids that contain the components of photosynthetic electron transport. Green shapes represent proteins encoded in chloroplast DNA;...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Why a Chloroplast Needs Its Own Genome Tethered to the Thylakoid Membrane—Co‐Location for Redox Regulation - Allen - 2026 - BioEssays - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Moss (Physcomitrium patens) protoplasts (wallless cells) transformed with chloroplast envelope protein tagged with mGFP (green). The chlorophyll autofluorescence is in magenta.
The protrusions of the chloroplast envelope are called stromules.
#microscopymonday, #plantcells, #plantmicroscopy, #moss
The protrusions of the chloroplast envelope are called stromules.
#microscopymonday, #plantcells, #plantmicroscopy, #moss
March 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Moss (Physcomitrium patens) protoplasts (wallless cells) transformed with chloroplast envelope protein tagged with mGFP (green). The chlorophyll autofluorescence is in magenta.
The protrusions of the chloroplast envelope are called stromules.
#microscopymonday, #plantcells, #plantmicroscopy, #moss
The protrusions of the chloroplast envelope are called stromules.
#microscopymonday, #plantcells, #plantmicroscopy, #moss
𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 - 2018
ᴄʜʟᴏʀᴏᴘʟᴀꜱᴛ-ʀᴇɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - 2018
ᴄʜʟᴏʀᴏᴘʟᴀꜱᴛ-ʀᴇɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - 2018
January 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 - 2018
ᴄʜʟᴏʀᴏᴘʟᴀꜱᴛ-ʀᴇɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - 2018
ᴄʜʟᴏʀᴏᴘʟᴀꜱᴛ-ʀᴇɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - 2018
There's a strong chance that RFK Jr looks at kids in the airport and also sees chloroplast dysfunction.
August 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
There's a strong chance that RFK Jr looks at kids in the airport and also sees chloroplast dysfunction.
Very excited to finally share my PhD paper, about advancing #chloroplast #synbio through high-throughput plastome engineering of #Chlamydomonas.
Huge thanks to the whole team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge thanks to the whole team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Very excited to finally share my PhD paper, about advancing #chloroplast #synbio through high-throughput plastome engineering of #Chlamydomonas.
Huge thanks to the whole team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge thanks to the whole team!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A stress response can be a great starting point for discovering new biology!
By following genes regulated during the chloroplast unfolded protein response, we’re discovering novel factors involved in chloroplast homeostasis.
Here’s the first one we characterized: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
By following genes regulated during the chloroplast unfolded protein response, we’re discovering novel factors involved in chloroplast homeostasis.
Here’s the first one we characterized: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
VIA1 is a conserved regulator of thylakoid membrane integrity that acts through VIPP1 | PNAS
Thylakoid membranes are indispensable for oxygenic photosynthesis, yet the mechanisms
that protect these membranes from photooxidative damage remai...
www.pnas.org
August 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
A stress response can be a great starting point for discovering new biology!
By following genes regulated during the chloroplast unfolded protein response, we’re discovering novel factors involved in chloroplast homeostasis.
Here’s the first one we characterized: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
By following genes regulated during the chloroplast unfolded protein response, we’re discovering novel factors involved in chloroplast homeostasis.
Here’s the first one we characterized: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1/7 New preprint: we found that Chlamydomonas carries a giant and unexpectedly elaborate chloroplast RNA polymerase with 12 previously unknown subunits, overturning the idea that the complexity of this organellar enzyme emerged during plant terrestrialization! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The structure of a 2-MDa chloroplast RNA polymerase reveals unexpected evolutionary complexity
Transcription in chloroplasts depends on the Plastid-Encoded RNA polymerase (PEP), a bacterial-derived enzyme whose catalytic core remains encoded by the highly reduced genome inherited from the cyano...
www.biorxiv.org
June 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
1/7 New preprint: we found that Chlamydomonas carries a giant and unexpectedly elaborate chloroplast RNA polymerase with 12 previously unknown subunits, overturning the idea that the complexity of this organellar enzyme emerged during plant terrestrialization! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
This is my kitty cat she has a chloroplast
May 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This is my kitty cat she has a chloroplast
oak status report: not a chloroplast left
November 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
oak status report: not a chloroplast left
Matcha deadass smells like pulverized chloroplast
February 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Matcha deadass smells like pulverized chloroplast
Today’s speaker @cosheidelberg.bsky.social is Asa Strand on #Chloroplast development-a tale of two genomes
September 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today’s speaker @cosheidelberg.bsky.social is Asa Strand on #Chloroplast development-a tale of two genomes
🌱 Using ‘compelling’ methods, including #CryoET, researchers mapped spinach thylakoid membranes at single-molecule precision, revealing how photosynthetic complexes are organised and settling long-standing debates on chloroplast architecture.
buff.ly/j3TSIkn
buff.ly/j3TSIkn
September 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🌱 Using ‘compelling’ methods, including #CryoET, researchers mapped spinach thylakoid membranes at single-molecule precision, revealing how photosynthetic complexes are organised and settling long-standing debates on chloroplast architecture.
buff.ly/j3TSIkn
buff.ly/j3TSIkn
Happy to share our last study led by @akrao.bsky.social published in @currentbiology.bsky.social, showing how a planktonic host steals and hijacks chloroplast and mitochondrion of a microalga using 3D subcellular imaging. Funded by @moorefound.bsky.social; @erc.europa.eu
#Protistsonsky #SymbioSky
#Protistsonsky #SymbioSky
April 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy to share our last study led by @akrao.bsky.social published in @currentbiology.bsky.social, showing how a planktonic host steals and hijacks chloroplast and mitochondrion of a microalga using 3D subcellular imaging. Funded by @moorefound.bsky.social; @erc.europa.eu
#Protistsonsky #SymbioSky
#Protistsonsky #SymbioSky
Watch this movie 🔬🍀
In a sugar-deprived condition, a chloroplast bud is released. Beautifully captured using chloroplast stroma marker RBCS-GFP (magenta) and the inner envelope marker KEA1-mRFP (green)
An excellent recent article published @elife.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/93232
In a sugar-deprived condition, a chloroplast bud is released. Beautifully captured using chloroplast stroma marker RBCS-GFP (magenta) and the inner envelope marker KEA1-mRFP (green)
An excellent recent article published @elife.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/93232
January 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Watch this movie 🔬🍀
In a sugar-deprived condition, a chloroplast bud is released. Beautifully captured using chloroplast stroma marker RBCS-GFP (magenta) and the inner envelope marker KEA1-mRFP (green)
An excellent recent article published @elife.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/93232
In a sugar-deprived condition, a chloroplast bud is released. Beautifully captured using chloroplast stroma marker RBCS-GFP (magenta) and the inner envelope marker KEA1-mRFP (green)
An excellent recent article published @elife.bsky.social
elifesciences.org/articles/93232
A Celebration of the Scientific Legacy of Joanne Chory — From Light, Chloroplast and Hormones to Harnessing Plants
#PlantBio2025
#PlantBio2025
July 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A Celebration of the Scientific Legacy of Joanne Chory — From Light, Chloroplast and Hormones to Harnessing Plants
#PlantBio2025
#PlantBio2025
Plz read our study by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social PhD cand. Lorenz. He describes chloroplast ionomes for several 🌱species & shows how plastid iron can be massively increased. Terrific help by peers from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, @mizzouid.bsky.social and @uni-saarland.de academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The chloroplast ionome shines light on the dynamics of organellar iron homeostasis
Loss of chloroplast iron (Fe) ferritin storage leads to Fe re-shuttling into the vacuole and reduced leaf tissue Fe content.
academic.oup.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Plz read our study by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social PhD cand. Lorenz. He describes chloroplast ionomes for several 🌱species & shows how plastid iron can be massively increased. Terrific help by peers from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, @mizzouid.bsky.social and @uni-saarland.de academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social
When you have high-quality sequencing data, don't forget about the chloroplast genome🌵
Thanks Detlef! @plantevolution.bsky.social
Thanks Detlef! @plantevolution.bsky.social
New year, new preprint:
TIPP_plastid: A user-friendly tool for de novo assembly of plastid genomes, by @wenfeixian.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TIPP_plastid: A user-friendly tool for de novo assembly of plastid genomes, by @wenfeixian.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 31, 2024 at 7:24 PM
When you have high-quality sequencing data, don't forget about the chloroplast genome🌵
Thanks Detlef! @plantevolution.bsky.social
Thanks Detlef! @plantevolution.bsky.social