Chlamydomonas dataset paper and chlororibosomes
Our Chlamydomonas large-scale dataset is published as a Ressource in Molecular Cell and made it to the cover (https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(25)00970-0)!We also released our work on Chlamydomonas chloroplast ribosomes, using the Chlamy dataset for cryo-ET investigations! (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.07.704542v1).
Plant mitochondrial ribosome published
Our work on plant mitochondrial translation is now out in Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65864-z) . Using a combination of high-resolution cryo-EM, RNA mass-spec and nanopore sequencing, we identified 19 rRNA base modifications. Along that, we uncovered a plant-specific mechanism small subunit assembly involving RsgA that prevents premature translation.
Young Swiss Tomo meeting in Bern
Florent, Elda Bauda, Zanetta Kechagia, and Leonie Anton organized the first edition of the Young Swiss Tomo meeting in Bern on October 17th. The event successfully gathered researchers from all over Switzerland to discuss their work using tomography.
Florent in Japan
Florent was in Japan to give presentations in Sangyo University in Kyoto and at the Annual Conference of the Japanese Botanical Society in Fukuoka. Thank you Ken-ichi Wakabayashi for the invitation!
Chlamydomonas meeting 2025
Mariia and Florent presented at the Chlamydomonas meeting in Münster!
Tomoguide: a tutorial to process cryo-ET data
Together with Philippe Van der Stappen, we release the Tomoguide! A tutorial for new users that want to learn cryo-ET data processing. Website: https://tomoguide.github.io/ Bluesky post: https://bsky.app/profile/florentwaltz.bsky.social/post/3lojda46uek2w
Molecular architecture of mitochondria on the cover
Our work on the molecular architecture of mitochondria in Chlamydomonas has been published in Science and made it to the cover! Bluesky posts: https://bsky.app/profile/florentwaltz.bsky.social/post/3lkvfatbadk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/florentwaltz.bsky.social/post/3l3fe5j335i27 Free-access link: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2526/full
Lab retreat 2025
The entire Engel Lab went on a retreat to beautiful Lugano!
2025 in situ meeting in Heidelberg
The Engel lab was at the 2025 in situ meeting in Heidelberg. We had a blast!
Mariia joins the lab for her PhD
We welcome Mariia, who joins us as part of our Ambizione project. She successfully purified mitochondria on her first month!