PhD student at Jagiellonian University👨🔬Bugs\Auchenorrhyncha\Symbionts\Genome evolution\NGS🌲🐛🔬🦠🧬💻
Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined March 2018
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JunchenDeng retweeted
Our paper is now out in its final form in
@natcomms ! We show that ancient #insect #symbionts can undergo extreme, convergent #genome reduction to as little as ~50 kb - driven by ecological shifts and symbiont replacement.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-6…
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JunchenDeng retweeted
めちゃくちゃ短いDNAの生物見つかる。ウンカの体内に住む細菌ビダニアのゲノムはたったの5万塩基対。ウンカのためにフェニルアラニンを作る機能しか持ってない。もうウンカの一部になりそう。
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Symbiotic bacteria break record for smallest non-organelle genome phys.org/news/2026-02-symbio…
JunchenDeng retweeted
Our long-lasting research project on an amazing stinkbug-fungus relationship "Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs" finally comes out in Science! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… #symbiosis #insect #fungus #stinkbug
JunchenDeng retweeted
It was very nice to have participate on this study where we describe 2 novel fossil species of Paleoophiocordyceps, also providing insights into the evolution of animal-associated fungi
Ancient amber trapped Ophiocordyceps spores bursting from a fly and an ant pupa.
sciencenews.org/article/zomb…
JunchenDeng retweeted
Our new paper is out! Two new species of Paleoophiocordyceps.
Cretaceous entomopathogenic fungi illuminate the early evolution of insect–fungal associations | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
JunchenDeng retweeted
We had an amazing time filled with inspiring discussions on Ophiocordyceps, symbiosis, and our collaborative research. Exciting plans ahead :) @symPiotr @joaofungo @JunchenDeng
JunchenDeng retweeted
Different types of mitochondria transit between cells
Featuring work by @BrestoffLab and other contributors to this exciting field
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
JunchenDeng retweeted
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Applications are open now! postdocprogram.mpg.de
#ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram
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JunchenDeng retweeted
Beetles are masters at coopting microbial genes, enzymes & metabolites.
In this @TrendsMicrobiol article, @MarlenyGarciaL1 & I review how microbes shaped one of the most successful animal radiations, thru horizontal gene transfer & symbiosis:
cell.com/trends/microbiology…
JunchenDeng retweeted
Tomohito Noda, Masaki Mizutani and other colleagues' interesting discovery of frequent asymmetric division observed among the Blattabacterium endosymbionts of cockroaches is now available online:
doi.org/10.1128/aem.01466-24
JunchenDeng retweeted
“We were completely deceived by its camouflage.”
In #Malaysia, a nature educator saw what he thought was a #snail...it's our Observation of the Week!
Read the story at: inaturalist.org/blog/98469-i… #nature #biodiversity #lepidoptera
JunchenDeng retweeted
I am super excited that one of the most interesting finding in my lab was published in @NatureMicrobiol !!
Have you heard about the fungus that helps carnivorous plants digest insects? 🐜🍃
JunchenDeng retweeted
Ryuga Sugiyama's great experimental work on host range of an artificial symbiotic E. coli and natural Pantoea symbiont both mutualistic to the stinkbug Plautia stali is out! - Unexpectedly, E. coli was more host specific than natural symbiont
doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01342-2…
Check out the latest #planthopper tree based on genomic data! #phylogenomics #Auchenorrhyncha #Hemiptera
doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.26.6…
Great collaboration with colleagues in different fields! @jacek_szwedo @symPiotr @LepPhylo @hamid_hrg @EtkaYapar @diecasfranco @AnnaMichalik17
JunchenDeng retweeted
We are very proud to announce our new paper published in mSystems, in which we described unique bacterial association and transmission mechanisms alongside other unique symbiosis evolutionary patterns! with @symPiotr @diecasfranco
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
JunchenDeng retweeted
There are worms that live in the sub-freezing waters of the Ross Sea, next to Antarctica.
These worms can withstand the cold temperature, it seems, because the bacteria in their guts make cryo-protective proteins that reduce the freezing point of internal liquids.
JunchenDeng retweeted
Retention of an Endosymbiont for the Production of a Single Molecule buff.ly/3V6QTQJ #science #evolution #biology #genome