"A year earlier, when I had just left my home country for a postdoc, I would not have considered going [to a scientific conference] alone ... But I had grown. I had gained the confidence to strike out on my own." This week's #ScienceWorkingLife: fcld.ly/dbukeem

Come find out about the Debnath Ghosal lab at Bio21 Institute University of Melbourne with our talented team Doulin Shepherd Dr. Naveen Vankadari M.S., PhD Somavally, Bindusmita paul, Manasi !

Delighted and humbled to receive one of the poster prizes at @LorneProteins! 🌟 Standing next to dear friends and colleagues Bindusmita paul & Saharnaz Rafiee made this moment even more special! Bio21 Institute ARC CCeMMP

We revealed that DPANN YN1 is deficient in essential metabolic processes and requires host resources to proliferate. CryoET revealed an enormous attachment organelle in the DPANN envelope that bridges the DPANN and host cytoplasms for intercellular exchange.

📣 New paper alert! One of the most exciting projects we've done in recent years is now out on BioRxiv: "An Asgard archaeon from a modern analog of ancient microbial mats". Glimpse into early complex life! ❄️🦠 🔬🧬 biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread...