Cecilia Blikstad
Biochemist interested in biological CO2-fixation and CO2 concentration mechanisms mostly in cyanobacteria. Group leader at Uppsala University. UC Berkeley alumni. blikstadlab.org
- Reposted by Cecilia Blikstad🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join our incredible line-up of Keynotes & Plenary Speakers at Photosynthesis 2026 in Liverpool this July! ✍️ Register & submit an abstract now 👉 photosynthesis2026.com #plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadWe genetically disconnected starch from the matrix in the algal pyrenoid! A saga1;saga2 double mutant lacks a starch sheath! Our model: SAGA1 & SAGA2 locally initiate starch on the pyrenoid surface by enriching starch precursors. 🌞🦠🔬🔌👀 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadHow does molecular valency shape condensate assembly and function? We used the CO2-fixing organelle in algae—the pyrenoid—to find out… 🧵 Preprint here!: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @cellarchlab.com @phaips.vd.st @biologyatyork.bsky.social #Rubisco #PhaseSeparation #Condensates #Pyrenoid
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadAtomic resolution structure of spinach rubisco reveals protons and dynamics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.696010v1 #cryoEM
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadSticker number modulates pyrenoid condensate assembly to support algal fitness www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadPyrenoid Structure, Function, Evolution, and Characterization Across Diverse Lineages. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadVery proud to be part of this project! This not only is the (nominally) highest resolution non-ApoF cryoEM structure, but also for the first time resolved a ligand and structural hetetogeneity in that resolution range, giving new insights into the Rubisco enzyme mechanism. A nice start for Krios 5!
- Atomic resolution structure of spinach rubisco reveals protons and dynamics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.696010v1 #cryoEM
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadRE: fediscience.org/@Guillawme/11153498… Something really cool happened to me this year! @HRBridges re-processed a #cryoEM dataset from some previous work of mine and colleagues (publicly available as EMPIAR-10739; see quoted post below for a summary of this work). She […]
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadFeeding from the sun—Successes and prospects in bioengineering photosynthesis for food security www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
- Great carboxysome review from @botbml.bsky.social and team!
- Understanding carboxysomes to enhance carbon fixation in crops portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadUnderstanding carboxysomes to enhance carbon fixation in crops portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr...
- Reposted by Cecilia Blikstad📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: The 11th International Symposium on Inorganic Carbon Utilization by Aquatic Photosynthetic Organisms (CCM11) 👉 buff.ly/jWqcD6B \ #PlantScience
- Join us in Denmark for a great meeting!
- 📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: Nordic Photosynthesis Congress (NPC) and Nordic Algae Symposium (NAS)🌱 👉 buff.ly/FurbhM2 #PlantScience
- Come join us as a postdoc! We have an open position in biochemistry of cyanobacterial CO2 fixation focusing on regulation of carboxysome function! Please help me spread the word and welcome to apply! www.blikstadlab.org/open-positio...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadVACANCY - Would you like to study photosynthetic water oxidation during your PhD?🧪 Join Johannes Messinger's group @umeaplantsciencecentre.se & @umeauniversitet.bsky.social and work on a project bridging biophysics and molecular biology! Read more here👇: www.umu.se/en/work-with... #PlantSciJobs
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadHappy to announce the 2025 Tiselius symposium in Uppsala, August 28. Excellent line up of speakers including Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social, Katja Luck @katjaluck.bsky.social, Markku Varjosalo @varjosal.bsky.social and Arne Elofsson. No fee & short talk slots available tiseliussymposium.org
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadJust over a week left to apply for a 3yr postdoc with me at Lancaster @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social looking at Rubisco engineering in vitro and in vivo to improve plant #photosynthesis #plantscijobs wp.lancs.ac.uk/lancsphotosy...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadNew structural insights into SBPase from #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This study reveals how #redox state influences the enzyme’s oligomeric form and offers clues to its regulation in the Calvin cycle. buff.ly/qfy40Ii
- Guillaume from our group has been on the #CCPEM symposium. Check out his highlight and reflections here!
- At the #CCPEM Spring Symposium since yesterday, and it's been so nice! ❄️ 🔬 The schedule is packed and I try to pay attention to the talks, so no live posting. But I'll try to post some of my personal highlights under this post as I find time to reflect. 🧵 Schedule […]
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- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadThree year *Plant Molecular Physiologist postdoc* w/ Doug Orr in Lancaster on Rubisco engineering and biochemistry as part of a BBSRC project looking at novel approaches to improving Rubisco activity, in collaboration w/ Martin Cann at Durham. Please share 🧪 🌱 hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadNew paper from the Vecchiarelli Lab! 🧵 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... In collaboration with Lu-Ning Liu lab. Congratulations to first author Claudia Mak! @claudiamak.bsky.social P.S. Claudia is looking for postdocs in protein biochemistry! Pls ReSkeet
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadExcited to share that I'll soon be recruiting a 3 year postdoc to join the lab @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social to work with me on Rubisco biochemistry and engineering. Official advertising details to be released very soon, watch this space! Please spread the word. 😀🌱🧪🥼
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadExcited to share our latest publication: Blue-light perception via phototropin controls carbon metabolism in the green microalga Chlamydomonas by regulating starch accumulation. Check it out here! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadReminder: We have a Bluesky Starter Pack of researchers working in cyanobacteria. If you would like to be included, respond to this message. Please repost to spread the news.
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadCyanoTag: Discovery of protein function facilitated by high-throughput endogenous tagging in a photosynthetic prokaryote | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadCyanoTag: Discovery of protein function facilitated by high-throughput endogenous tagging in a photosynthetic prokaryote | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadPhD position available! We are seeking a motivated and driven PhD student for a 4-year position. The project will focus on blue light signaling in Chlamydomonas. Full job advert and application process at: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/.... Please submit your application by 28 February.
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadNew research from IGI Investigator Dave Savage and first author Noam Prywes details the landscape of possible Rubisco variants, suggesting ways to make the world's most abundant enzyme better at its job. 🌱 Read more: ow.ly/t2JO50ULh10
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadWhat limits rubisco function? Is it the chemical mechanism? Evolution? In this paper, @prywes.bsky.social et. al explore this question by assaying >99% of single amino acid mutants in Form II rubisco (1/7) doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadGiven that there are more and more newcomers from science to Bluesky, we remind you we have a starteer pack for those interested in cyanobacteriology: go.bsky.app/BBgq3df If you would like to be added, please let us know.at://did:plc:awhjoxqnx4mcytz37h5hacab/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbjnjktunl2g
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadLast week to apply for this position in my group!
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadCheck out our hornwort Rubisco kinetics: a) what catalytic tradeoff? b) almost double the kcat by removing a chaperone www.cell.com/molecular-pl... Strong publication for Zhen Guo (Zen) Oh!
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadLast chance to apply for this exciting position in my group 😉
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadOne week left to apply to this position in my group.
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadLong time lurker, first time poster... announcing our latest preprint on encapsulin protein cages! We can now assemble them beautifully in vitro, without the ugly defects you get using acid/base or denaturants. This lets us put any synthetic cargo into these cages. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Can highly recommend this opportunity!
- We have a 2-year #postdoc position in my lab supported by a fellowship from the Carl Trygger foundation. Intrinsically disordered regions, modular domains, protein-protein interactions, phage display and more. More info here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadMy favorite work yet! And, it came out on my birthday! Even in grad school, I knew encapsulation peptides were underappreciated. I’m thrilled to have helped give these misunderstood domains a deeper look.
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadHere are a couple of people who most on CO2 concentrating mechanisms in plants that are good to follow
- Love this CA primer from @cblikstad.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/bs.m...
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadI certainly am! This is definitely going to be my go to for CA analysis... although I'm also tempted to leave it to the experts and collaborate with the amazing @cblikstad.bsky.social !
- Interested in carboxysomes and/or carbonic anhydrases? Here is our detailed method for purifying carboxysomes and using stopped-flow to measure kinetics on the carbon anhydrases they encapsulate. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Nicely put together by PhD student Nikole! /1
- Interested in carboxysomes and/or carbonic anhydrases? Here is our detailed method for purifying carboxysomes and using stopped-flow to measure kinetics on the carbon anhydrases they encapsulate. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Nicely put together by PhD student Nikole! /1
- The carbonic anhydrase assay can be used to measure kinetics on any purified CA so we hope this will be useful for people also outside of the carboxysome field /2
- And a link for free download until Dec 17, authors.elsevier.com/a/1j-osHRzCU... /3
- Reposted by Cecilia BlikstadLove this CA primer from @cblikstad.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/bs.m...
