Nayak Lab
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We study genetics, physiology, & evolution of archaea @berkeleyMCB. We proudly support #BLM & 🏳️🌈. Account (primarily) managed by lab members.
Berkeley, CA
Joined December 2019
Jonathan pioneered this cross-disciplinary work which harnesses CRISPR genetic technology in a model methanogen and state of the art isotope geochemistry to assess isotope composition. Congratulations to all the authors on this great story! 🥳
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🚨 Our stellar postdoc (w/ Stolper Lab) @GroppJonathan posted his first preprint! His work resolves a long-standing conundrum in the field of geobiology by showing how the biochemistry of methanogenesis impacts the isotope composition of biogenic methane! https://t.co/hjGn3kUCBh
biorxiv.org
The stable isotopic composition of biogenic methane varies substantially in the environment and is routinely used to fingerprint its source. However, the underlying cause of this variation is...
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👽🦠 Help us find clues in the search for extraterrestrial life at this month's Caminos de la Ciencia, Tue, Sept 24, 5:30pm, @oaklibrary. These events are held entirely in Spanish & feature scientists fr across @UCBerkeley. Share broadly and learn more: https://t.co/45xKWSDilv
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@AppEnvMicro Spotlight 💡 Researchers at @UCBerkeley show that there is a wide range of cellular MCR concentrations that can sustain optimal growth, suggesting that other factors might be rate-limiting for methanogenic growth. @lab_nayak Read more: https://t.co/uP4kgIygpb
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MCR Update! 🎇 Gray and Gavin's study is officially online at @AppEnvMicro! Congratulations to them both for their hard work!! Check it out here:
journals.asm.org
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that has contributed to ca. 25% of global warming in the post-industrial era. Atmospheric methane is primarily of biogenic origin, mostly produced by microorganisms...
Methanogens ❤️ MCR, but how much do they really need? 🤔 Our postdoc Gray Chadwick & grad student Gavin Dury titrated MCR expression to test the hypothesis that MCR catalyzes the growth rate-limiting step of methanogenesis in their new preprint! 🤓 Read:
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So excited to have this ⚡️electrifying⚡️ story published! Congratulations to lead author Dinesh (@electro_microbe) & collaborators! @lab_sje Check out the article to learn about the roles of MmcA in methanogenic electron transport:
nature.com
Nature Communications - Methanogens conserve energy through methane generation, however the biochemical details of anaerobic respiration in methanogens remain unclear. Here, authors show a...
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Congrats to MCB's Dipti Nayak @lab_nayak and Meng-meng Fu @Meng2Fu on being named @SloanFoundation research fellows! 👏🎉
Congratulations to all the new @SloanFoundation research fellows, including 9 from @UCBerkeley
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We have today announced the names of the 2024 Sloan Research Fellows! Congratulations to these 126 outstanding early-career researchers: https://t.co/hmIwpwLcsb
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We're SO excited for and proud of our PI Dr. Nayak for this achievement!!! 🥳👩🔬 Congratulations to all the other Sloan Research Fellows at UC Berkeley and beyond! 🎊🥼🧪
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As a sign of the University of California, Berkeley’s ability to attract the most promising early-career researchers, nine young assistant professors have been named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows, the...
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Methanogens ❤️ MCR, but how much do they really need? 🤔 Our postdoc Gray Chadwick & grad student Gavin Dury titrated MCR expression to test the hypothesis that MCR catalyzes the growth rate-limiting step of methanogenesis in their new preprint! 🤓 Read:
biorxiv.org
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) catalyzes the final step of methanogenesis, the microbial metabolism responsible for nearly all biological methane emissions to the atmosphere. Decades of biochemi...
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Thrilled to share that our paper on MCR assembly was published @PNASNews:
So proud to share the newest pre-print from our lab: https://t.co/q8Nqrrdqum A tour de force co-led by postdocs Gray and Aaron @aaronjoinerphd, in collaboration with Sangeetha Ramesh and Prof. Doug Mitchell at UIUC. Turns out it takes a village to do great science (& build MCR!)
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TGIF! A new preprint out from our superstar postdoc @electro_microbe w/ collabs @Keyiiiiing & @lab_sje! Our fave heptaheme cytochrome, MmcA, takes the stage to tell us more about its role in e- transport to membrane bound & extracellular acceptors! https://t.co/crowZaqfDh
biorxiv.org
Methanogens are a diverse group of Archaea that couple energy conservation to the production of methane gas. While most methanogens have no alternate mode of energy conservation, strains like...
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So proud to share the newest pre-print from our lab: https://t.co/q8Nqrrdqum A tour de force co-led by postdocs Gray and Aaron @aaronjoinerphd, in collaboration with Sangeetha Ramesh and Prof. Doug Mitchell at UIUC. Turns out it takes a village to do great science (& build MCR!)
biorxiv.org
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) catalyzes the formation of methane and its activity accounts for nearly all biologically produced methane released into the atmosphere. The assembly of MCR is an...
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It was fun talking about chromatin & crochet :) thanks for having me
Hi everyone! Join us back for our first PubScience of the new year @oceanviewbrews next Thursday evening. We'll have an exciting talk from @AlyBlackwoods on how cells fit so much into such a small space! 🧬
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Huge congratulations to @blkdwnng on his first, first author publication! We are so proud of you-- Rnf actually stands for "Really Nice First (publication)"😎 Also congrats to co-author @electro_microbe!! Out now in @MolMicroEditors; read it here: https://t.co/JRVHHnG3s8 ⚡️🦠
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In this study, we use genetic techniques to characterize the in vivo function of the Rhodobacter nitrogen fixation complex (Rnf) and the associated multi-heme c-type cytochrome MmcA in the model...
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Archaea: Hey! How’s it going? People: Hey, aren’t you from some hot springs or something? Archaea: No, we’re from here. Like, from you. ⭐️Not all archaea live in extreme locations. ⭐️
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Science is mostly an excuse to use Parafilm
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Did you know that the phrase "wrapping it up for the day" comes from microbiologists wrapping up their Petri dishes at the end of the day, before they crawl back under the incubator to sleep?
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Want to learn microbiology by playing a game? Want to teach microbiology using a game? Announcing: BACTERIUMS Guide your bacterium to find food, grow, multiply, and fight off competitors. Coming to PC and Mac in Fall 2022 Follow me for updates! #ISME18
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