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April 2024 CBIOMES e-meeting Mick Follows (MIT)
A Marine Symbiosis Allows a Better Understanding of Our Cells Evolution
Human cells, as well as cells of animals, plants, fungi, and other eukaryotic organisms, originally emerged hundreds of millions of years ago through the symbiotic association of some primitive bacteria that, until then, had lived independently. This represented an unprecedented leap in the complexity of life, where some bacteria, after having resided within cells for a long time, eventually transitioned into becoming organelles of these cells. This transition allowed for the compartmentalization and control of bacterial-derived functions within the eukaryotic cell. CBIOMES Mick Follows contributes to a new paper in the journal Cell.
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Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Christopher L. Follett, Michael J. Follows, Fernanda Henderikx-Freitas, Francois Ribalet, Mary R. Gradoville, Sacha N. Coesel, Hanna Farnelid, Zoe V. Finkel, Andrew J. Irwin, Oliver Jahn, David M. Karl, Jann Paul Mattern, Angelicque E. White, Jonathan P. Zehr, Virginia Armbrust (2024), Multiple biotic interactions establish phytoplankton community structure across environmental gradients, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.12555
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Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo, Keisuke Inomura, Jonathan P. Zehr, Michael J. Follows (2024), Metabolic trade-offs constrain the cell size ratio in a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, Cell, doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.02.016
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March 2024 CBIOMES e-meeting Chris Hill (MIT)
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Alexandra Jones-Kellett and Michael J. Follows (2024), A Lagrangian coherent eddy atlas for biogeochemical applications in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Earth System Science Data, doi: 10.5194/essd-16-1475-2024
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February 2024 CBIOMES e-meeting Scott McCain (MIT)
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Vitamin B12 adaptability in Antarctic algae has implications for climate change
Vitamin B12 deficiency in people can cause a slew of health problems and even become fatal. Until now, the same deficiencies were thought to impact certain types of algae, as well. A new study led by former MIT CBIOMES postdoc Deepa Rao examined the algae Phaeocystis antarctica’s (P. antarctica) exposure to a matrix of iron and vitamin B12 conditions. Results show that this algae can survive without B12, something that computer analysis of genome sequences had incorrectly indicated.
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CBIOMES Welcomes Scott McCain
A warm welcome to MIT Group Postdoc Scott McCain who recently joined CBIOMES.
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Deepa Rao, Zoltán Füssy, Margaret M. Brisbin, Matthew R. McIlvin, Dawn M. Moran, Andrew E. Allen, Michael J. Follows, Mak A. Saito (2024), Flexible B12 ecophysiology of Phaeocystis antarctica due to a fusion B12–independent methionine synthase with widespread homologues, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204075121
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