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mayankdu.bsky.social
Hot off the press, first PI paper 🎉. Reporting a novel protein (VIA1) involved in thylakoid membrane biogenesis. VIA1 (similar to ESCRT-II) and bind to chloroplast ESCRT-III (VIPP1). Showing a direct role of VIPP1 in thylakoid biogenesis.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
elife.bsky.social
Inside a thylakoid membrane

The molecular architecture of the thylakoid membrane in a vascular plant has been determined with single-molecule precision.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
sramundo.bsky.social
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/...
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...
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August 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
elife.bsky.social
🌱 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.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
manuelacasasoli.bsky.social
"Photosynthesis sustains life on Earth by converting light to chemical energy through the coordinated action of photosystem I and photosystem II within thylakoid membranes."

Here are the structures of plant photosystem supercomplexes.
🧪 #Science #Biology #Biochemistry
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Image Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10847-3 Fig. 1: In situ single-particle cryo-EM analysis of photosynthetic supercomplexes in thylakoid membranes from O. sativa chloroplasts. a,b, Cryo-EM grid preparation of chloroplasts isolated from O. sativa (a) and directly frozen onto cryo-EM grids (b). c, Representative cryo-EM micrograph of chloroplasts for single-particle analysis. Similar micrograph quality was observed across the entire dataset (n = 22,785 micrographs). Scale bar, 50 nm. d, Representative 2D class averages showing different types of photosynthetic supercomplex. e,f, Side (e) and lumenal (f) views of a representative high-resolution map of the C2S2M2L4-type PSII–LHCII supercomplex (Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) EMD-68060). g, Surface representation of the C2S2M2L4 complex (Protein Data Bank (PDB) 21WV), comprising the core (outlined by the red dashed box) and peripheral antenna proteins: CP29, CP24, CP26, S-LHCII, M-LHCII and L-LHCII. The L-LHCII regions were fitted with the LHCII models from the PSI–LHCI–LHCII complex according to their distinct triangular densities. h, High-resolution features of the C2S2M2L4 complex shown by representative density of amino acid residues and endogenous ligands. CLA, chlorophyll a; PHO, pheophytin a; CHL, chlorophyll b; BCR, β-carotene; NEX, neoxanthin; XAT, violaxanthin; HEM, heme; PL9, plastoquinone-9; LHG, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-phosphatidyl-glycerole; DGD, digalactosyl diacylglycerol. i,j, Side (i) and stromal (j) views of a representative high-resolution map of the PSI–LHCI–LHCII supercomplex (EMDB EMD-66932) in the native thylakoid membrane. k, Atomic model of PSI–LHCI–LHCII (PDB 9XJ9). l, High-resolution features of PSI–LHCI–LHCII shown by representative density of amino acid residues and endogenous ligands. PL0, chlorophyll a isomer; PQN, phylloquinone; SF4, iron/sulfur cluster.
September 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
elife.bsky.social
🌱 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.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
elife.bsky.social
Inside a thylakoid membrane

The molecular architecture of the thylakoid membrane in a vascular plant has been determined with single-molecule precision.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
profmattjohnson.bsky.social
🥳New cryo tomography Preprint ☀️🌱🔬Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts.

doi.org/10.1101/2024.1…
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November 27, 2024 at 6:59 AM
profjohnallen.bsky.social
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;...
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August 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
florentwaltz.bsky.social
Interestingly, these chlororibosomes are loosely bound to the thylakoid membranes. High heterogeneity made classification challenging to find clean thylakoid-bound ribosomes! The comparison with cytosolic and mitoribosomes shows how rigidly the latter bind membranes compared to the chlororibosomes.
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social
The light-harvesting state of LHCII is remarkably robust to changes in thylakoid lipid composition and pH www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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October 1, 2026 at 3:51 AM
plantphys.bsky.social
VESICLE-INDUCING PROTEIN IN PLASTIDS 1 from thylakoid-lacking Gloeobacter promotes thylakoid formation in Arabidopsis (Lijuan Ma, Baozhu Dong, Meiyan Sun, Riqin Hao, Xinxia Wang, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience
VESICLE-INDUCING PROTEIN IN PLASTIDS 1 from thylakoid-lacking Gloeobacter promotes thylakoid formation in Arabidopsis
The evolution of proteins that promote thylakoid formation from Gloeobacter to higher plants.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
wojwie.bsky.social
This one was delayed for a while… apologies to the musicians. Collab with Matt, Will and Lorna (over on Twitter). And a great dev effort from Lorenz @lorenzlamm.bsky.social. Ofc @cellarchlab.com team. Comment if you want to help. #teamthylakoid

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Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts
Thylakoid membranes coordinate the light reactions of photosynthesis across multiple scales, coupling the architecture of an elaborate membrane network to the spatial organization of individual protei...
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November 27, 2024 at 6:55 AM
canopyrobin.com
This is your Pancake Day reminder that the chloroplasts in plant cells are absolutely full of tiny pancakes
A diagram of a chloroplast. This is a double layered green bubble full of stacked green discs which look kinda delicious. Labels are given for the outer membrane (outer bubble), inner membrane (inner bubble), stroma (space in the bubble, and pancakes (stacks of green disks. The work Thylakoid has been crossed out)
March 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
loyteam.bsky.social
📢 New paper 🚨

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#sulfoquinovose #microbiome

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Sulfoquinovose degradation by cow rumen microbiota
Abstract. Sulfoquinovose, a sulfonated sugar derived from the thylakoid membrane lipid sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol, is abundant in photosynthetic organi
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March 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
elife.bsky.social
🌱 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.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
plantcellphysiol.bsky.social
New Concept...!💡

@watarusakamoto.bsky.social discusses 'Thylakostasis' - the mechanisms that govern thylakoid membrane biogenesis, architecture, and its dynamic adaptive flexibility - all essential for ensuring photosynthetic efficiency

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Thylakostasis: key factors in thylakoid membrane organization with emphasis on biogenesis and remodeling proteins in vascular plants
Abstract. The thylakoid membrane (TM), a defining feature for almost all oxygen-evolving photosynthetic organisms, serves as the structural foundation for
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December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
computingcaitie.bsky.social
New preprint from @wojwie.bsky.social @lorenzlamm.bsky.social @cellarchlab.com looking at spinach thylakoid membrane organization using cryo-ET and some exciting new segmentation and particle picking tools!
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social
The thylakoid membrane remodeling protein VIPP1 forms bundled oligomers in tobacco chloroplasts academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @plantphys.bsky.social
The thylakoid membrane remodeling protein VIPP1 forms bundled oligomers in tobacco chloroplasts
Functional thylakoid remodeling VIPP1 proteins form bundled filament assemblies visualized in situ as AtVIPP1–GFP oligomeric structures, possibly represent
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April 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
natplants.nature.com
- Thylakoid remodelling: A vital role for VIA1 rdcu.be/eUKyz
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
natsynth.nature.com
Now online:

Article by Lu Li, Bo Tang & co-workers

Dual-channel energy pathway combining energy molecule supply and electron transfer to support solar-to-chemical production in an E. coli–thylakoid hybrid

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Dual-channel energy pathway combining energy molecule supply and electron transfer to support solar-to-chemical production in an E. coli–thylakoid hybrid - Nature Synthesis
An E. coli–thylakoid hybrid is produced in which the thylakoid can convert solar energy into energy molecules, such as ATP and NADPH. A dual-channel energy pathway, combining energy molecule supply an...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
newphyt.bsky.social
Exploring thylakoid emergence: evolution of membrane biogenesis and photosystem II assembly in early‐diverging cyanobacteria

Hambücken et al.

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Overview of results: phylogenetic analyses of 36 assembly factors of photosystem II and 13 proteins involved in membrane dynamics summarized in Siebenaller & Schneider (2023) were performed to investigate the taxonomic distributions and structural differences between the thylakoid-less Gloeobacterales and the Phycobacteria.
June 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
drlornamalone.bsky.social
#Firstpost on bsky 🦋 Excited to share our new preprint: Molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes within intact spinach chloroplasts! 🌱 Great to work with
@cellarchlab.com, @wojwie.bsky.social, @lorenzlamm.bsky.social and @profmattjohnson.bsky.social #cryoET #cryoFIB
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November 27, 2024 at 10:01 AM
sofie-dot-rec.bsky.social
Check out @wojwie.bsky.social and @lorenzlamm.bsky.social work on the thylakoid membranes in spinach!

Wojciech stared to long at the segmentations and started seeing Van Goghs in it, so we made his fever dream a reality. More work from #teamthylakoid to come under the starry night skies of Basel!
November 27, 2024 at 10:28 AM
sramundo.bsky.social
Do you enjoy the thrill of discovery? Does this photo give you good vibes?

Then you might be the right person to join our lab!

Current projects range from chloroplast transcription to thylakoid membrane remodeling & we would be happy to welcome bright and motivated people at all career stages!
June 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM