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Lab News Archive

December 23, 2019
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Our paper describing the electrochemical properties of an engineered microcompartment shell protein is out!
Redox Characterization of Electrode-Immobilized Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins Engineered To Bind Metal Centers
Jefferson S. Plegaria, Matthew D. Yates, Sarah M. Glaven, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

December 2, 2019
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Several postdoctoral positions are available both at the LBNL site in Berkeley as well as the MSU site in East Lansing!
See links above

November 26, 2019
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Cheryl was named a AAAS fellow! This is a recognition for her “distinguished contributions to the field of structure of microbial photosynthetic proteins and compartments, particularly the elucidation of design criteria of bacterial microcompartments.”
(link to LBNL story) (link to MSU story)

November 14, 2019
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Our paper analyzing OCP1/2 in collaboration with the Polivka and Ralston groups is out:
Comparative ultrafast spectroscopy and structural analysis of OCP1 and OCP2 from Tolypothrix
Valentyna Kuznetsova, Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Han Bao, Sayan Gupta, Markus Sutter, Miroslav Kloz, Mateusz Rebarz, Martin Přeček, Yan Chen, Christopher J. Petzold, Corie Y. Ralston, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Tomáš Polívka 
(link) (free download link for 50 days)

October 11, 2019
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Our review about BMCs and their applications is out!
Bacterial microcompartments: catalysis-enhancing metabolic modules for next generation metabolic and biomedical engineering
Henning Kirst & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)


September 16, 2019
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Our paper about a cyanobacterial RuBisCO-activase-like protein is out!
Cyanobacterial Carboxysomes Contain a Unique Rubisco-Activase-Like protein
Sigal Lechno‐Yossef, Brandon A Rohnke, Ana CO Belza, Matthew R Melnicki, Beronda L Montgomery, Cheryl A Kerfeld
(link)
Read more on the PRL website.


September 12, 2019
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The paper describing the cryo-EM structure of a synthetic carboxysome shell is out!
​Structure of a synthetic beta-carboxysome shell
Markus Sutter, Thomas G Laughlin, Nancy B Sloan, Daniel Serwas, Karen M Davies, Cheryl A Kerfeld
(link)

August 15, 2019
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East meets West at the Kerfeld Lab summer retreat at the Arrowood  resort and conference center in Alexandria, Minnesota!

August 1, 2019
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Congratulations to Bryan for winning an outstanding poster award at the 2019 Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways Gordon Research Conference!

July 24, 2019
Kunica Asija joined the West lab and Lior Doron joined the lab at MSU as a postdoctoral fellow!

July 1, 2019
Wenjing Lou joined the East lab as a postdoctoral fellow!

June 10, 2019
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Check out the animation below that explains our bacterial microcompartment shell engineering:
Video made by Igor Houwat at MSU

June 4, 2019
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Congratulations to Aiko who just passed her qualifying exam! 

May 9, 2019
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Our paper about a circularly permuted BMC-H and cargo loading into the HO shell just got published!
A designed bacterial microcompartment shell with tunable composition and precision cargo loading
Bryan Ferlez, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link) free download link, valid for 50 days: (link)


May 7, 2019
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Our image got selected for the cover of this month's edition of Structure!
(link)

​The Plasticity of Molecular Interactions Governs Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Assembly
Basil J. Greber*, Markus Sutter*, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
here's also a free download link, valid for 50 days: (link)

April 15, 2019
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Our paper about the X-ray footprinting of OCP and FRP is out!
X-ray radiolytic labeling reveals the molecular basis of orange carotenoid protein photoprotection and its interactions with fluorescence recovery protein
Gupta S, Sutter M, Remesh SG, Dominguez-Martin MA, Bao H, Feng XA, Chan LG, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CA, Ralston CY
(link)

April 8, 2019
Anna Stapelfeldt joined the Kerfeld Lab West as a Research Associate!

March 25, 2019
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The structure of our recent synthetic BMC is out as "just accepted"!
Structural Characterization of a Synthetic Tandem-domain Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Capable of Forming Icosahedral Shell Assemblies
​Markus Sutter*, Sean McGuire*, Bryan Ferlez*, and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link) (free download link)

March 20, 2019
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Our review about applications of the orange carotenoid protein in synthetic biology is out!
Engineering the orange carotenoid protein for applications in synthetic biology
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Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)  (free download link until May 9)

March 18, 2019
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Our paper about characterizing the HCP2 of Fremyella is out!
Structural and spectroscopic characterization of HCP2
Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Tomáš Polívka, Markus Sutter, Bryan Ferlez, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Beronda L. Montgomery, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

March 4, 2019
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Our paper describing the high resolution Cryo-EM structure of the Haliangium ochraceum BMC shell is out!
The Plasticity of Molecular Interactions Governs Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Assembly
Basil J. Greber*, Markus Sutter*, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

January 9, 2019
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Our review about GRM microcompartments is out!
Glycyl Radical Enzyme-Associated Microcompartments: Redox-Replete Bacterial Organelles
​Bryan Ferlez, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

January 4, 2019
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Our image was chosen for the cover of this month's Plant Physiology!
(link)

November 6, 2018
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Our work about the unique CcmK3/CcmK4 proteins in carboxysomes is out!
Heterohexamers Formed by CcmK3 and CcmK4 Increase the Complexity of Beta Carboxysome Shells
Manuel Sommer, Markus Sutter, Sayan Gupta, Henning Kirst, Aiko Turmo, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Rodney L Burton, Christine Saechao, Nancy B Sloan, Xiaolin Cheng, Leanne-Jade G Chan, Christopher J Petzold, Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, Corie Y Ralston, Cheryl A Kerfeld
(link)

October 23, 2018
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We published our method of assembling bacterial microcompartments completely in vitro!
In vitro assembly of diverse bacterial microcompartment shell architectures
Andrew Hagen, Jefferson S. Plegaria, Nancy Sloan, Bryan Ferlez, Clément Aussignargues, Rodney Burton, and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
​(link) 

Check out the MSU-PRL article about this paper here!

September 24, 2018
John Steele joined the Kerfeld Lab West as a postdoctoral researcher!

July 24, 2018
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Our new paper about engineering the Haliangium ochraceum BMC shell is out in Nature Communications!
Programmed loading and rapid purification of engineered bacterial microcompartment shells
Andrew Hagen, Markus Sutter, Nancy Sloan & Cheryl A. Kerfeld 
(link) (pdf link)

Check out the MSU-PRL article about this paper here!

May 31, 2018
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Tina was awarded with the prestigious Marie Curie fellowship!
The fellowship will provide up to $300,000 over 3 years for her project that focuses on cyanobacterial photoprotection.
(MSU Article here)

May 14, 2018
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​Han won the 2018 Anton Lang Memorial Research Excellence Award!
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The Anton Lang Memorial Fund was established in honor of the founding director of the MSU Plant Research Laboratory, who passed away in 1996. The award recognizes a graduate student and a postdoctoral research associate who exemplify the research excellence, ideas, dedication, and vision of Anton Lang.

Take a look at the article on the PRL website!

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April 27, 2018
Congratulations to Nancy who got accepted into a masters program in Microbiology at Loyola University in Chicago where she will start in the fall of this year! We are sorry to see her go and wish her all the best for her future studies.

April 12, 2018
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Congratulations to Aiko who was awarded with a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!


Check out this article on the PRL website for more details!
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Aiko also got mentioned on Natsci's story and MSU today.

March 19, 2018
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Clem is featured in a blog post published by Nature Reviews in Microbiology!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgYevvOhxMS/?taken-by=nature.research
https://naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/31150-not-a-just-pouch-of-enzymes-bacteria-also-have-organelles

March 16, 2018
Tina Dominguez has been selected to be the GRS chair for the Photosensory receptors and signal transductions meeting in 2020 in Hong Kong!

March 9, 2018
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Our paper with KT Scott and colleagues was published: 
Genomes of ubiquitous marine and hypersaline Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus, and Thiomicrospira spp. encode a diversity of mechanisms to sustain chemolithoautotrophy in heterogeneous environments
Scott KM, Williams J, Porter CMB, Russel S, [...] Stamatis D, Varghese N, Woyke T, Boden R, Freyermuth SK, Kerfeld CA
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(link)

March 5, 2018
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Our Bacterial Microcompartment review is out in Nature Reviews !
Bacterial microcompartments
Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Clement Aussignargues, Jan Zarzycki, Fei Cai, Markus Sutter
(link) (readcube)


February 15. 2018

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East meets West at the annual Kerfeld Lab retreat,
​this time at the Marconi conference center in Point Reyes.

January 24, 2018
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Our paper with the Beck lab just came out:
Fluorescence and Excited State Conformational Dynamics of the Orange Carotenoid Protein
Jason K. Gurchiek, Han Bao, Maria Agustina Domínguez-Martín, Sarah E. McGovern, Claire E. Marquardt, Jerome D. Roscioli, Soumen Ghosh, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, and Warren F. Beck  (link)

January 22, 2018
Alex Witte joined the lab as a research technician and Matt Melnicki has rejoined the the group!

November 17, 2017
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Many thanks to our undergraduate Ana for all her work in the Kerfeld lab over the last two years and congratulations for being accepted into the Wayne State University's Doctor of Pharmacy program where she will be starting in  in the Fall 2018 semester. Good luck for your future studies!

October 17, 2017
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Our review about using BMC proteins for nanoreactors is out:
Engineering nanoreactors using bacterial microcompartment architectures
Jefferson S Plegaria, Cheryl A Kerfeld
(link) (link to free pdf until 12/2/17)

October 16, 2017
Lauren Achtemeier joined the Kerfeld Lab East as a Research Associate!

October 2, 2017
An exciting article featuring our Nature Plants paper on the MSU-PRL website! Identifying a new family of light-responsive proteins

September 29, 2017
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Our paper about a new BMC-associated Flavodoxin is out!
​Structural and Functional Characterization of a Short-Chain Flavodoxin Associated with a Non-Canonical PDU Bacterial Microcompartment
Plegaria JS, Sutter M, Ferlez B, Aussignargues C, Niklas J, Poluektov OG, Fromwiller C, TerAvest M, Utschig LM, Tiede DM, Kerfeld CA
(link)


Check out this article for more details: How to build artificial nanofactories to power our futures: Logistics

September 25, 2017
Our 2014 analysis of microcompartment types is in the top 25% of the most cited articles in PLoS Computational Biology! (link)
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September 22, 2017
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Our new review about carboxysomes just came out!
Carboxysomes: metabolic modules for CO2 fixation
Turmo A, Gonzalez-Esquer CR, Kerfeld CA
(link)

September 19, 2017

Our research featured on the MSU-PRL website: Turning the evolutionary clock back on a light-sensitive protein

September 11, 2017
The print version of our paper about CcmK type proteins in Cyanobacteria is out:
β-Carboxysome bioinformatics: identification and evolution of new bacterial microcompartment protein gene classes and core locus constraints.
Manuel Sommer, Fei Cai, Matthew R. Melnicki, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

Aug 14, 2017
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​Our new publication in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B is out! 
A bioarchitectonic approach to the modular engineering of metabolism
Cheryl A. Kerfeld 
 (link) (free pdf) (free fulltext) 

Aug 8, 2017
Our Science paper has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field​
Access the recommendation on F1000Prime
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​Our Nature Plants paper got the cover image: http://www.nature.com/nplants/volumes/3/issues/8

July 25, 2017
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Han wins a poster award at the 2017 Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference!

For more detail, check out this article: Han Bao wins Gordon Research Conference award

July 10, 2017
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Our work characterizing new family members of the OCP is out in Nature Plants!
Additional families of orange carotenoid proteins in the photoprotective system of cyanobacteria
Han Bao, Matthew R. Melnicki, Emily G. Pawlowski, Markus Sutter, Marco Agostoni, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Fei Cai, Beronda L. Montgomery & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

July 4, 2017
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Our review in New Phytologist/Tansley Reviews is out:
Structure, function and evolution of the cyanobacterial orange carotenoid protein and its homologs
Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Matthew R. Melnicki, Markus Sutter, Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin
(link)
June 22, 2017
Our complete HO shell structure is out in today's issue of Science!
​Assembly principles and structure of a 6.5-MDa bacterial microcompartment shell
Markus Sutter, Basil Greber, Clement Aussignargues, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

MSU news coverage with video: (link)

LBNL coverage: (link)
MSU-PRL article: (link)

Free (download) links: (reprint) (fulltext)

May 16, 2017
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Our paper about the CTD-NTD interaction of the orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is out!
Synthetic OCP Heterodimers are Photoactive and Recapitulate the Fusion of Two Primitive Carotenoproteins in the Evolution of Cyanobacterial Photoprotection.
Lechno-Yossef S, Melnicki MR, Bao H, Montgomery BL, Kerfeld CA.
(link)

May 12, 2017
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Kerfeld Lab members at the Plant Research Laboratory Department's Gutter Ball XXIII event. 

May 8, 2017
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Clem won the 2017 Anton Lang Memorial Research Excellence Award!
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The Anton Lang Memorial Fund was established in honor of the founding director of the Plant Research Laboratory, who passed away in 1996. The award recognizes a graduate student and a postdoctoral research associate who exemplify the research excellence, ideas, dedication, and vision of Anton Lang.

For more detail, check out this article: 2017 Anton Lang Memorial Award Winners Announced! 

April 20, 2017
Our paper about a bioinformatic analysis of CcmK type proteins in cyanobacteria is out!
β-Carboxysome bioinformatics: identification and evolution of new bacterial microcompartment protein gene classes and core locus constraints.
Manuel Sommer, Fei Cai, Matthew R. Melnicki, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

Here is the exciting article featuring this paper! How to build an artificial nano-factory to power our futures 

April 7, 2017
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Congratulations to our undergraduate Cassie Dutcher!
Cassie received first place poster award for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of the MSU 19th annual University Undergraduate Research and Art Forum.   

​Check out her interview about her experience with the department here!

April 7, 2017
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Congratulations to our undergraduates, Ana Belza, Cassie Dutcher and Sean McGuire, for doing a great job presenting at MSU's 2017 UURAF!

April 6, 2017
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Our paper about the different homologs of OCP is out!
Structure and functions of Orange Carotenoid Protein homologs in cyanobacteria
Han Bao, Matthew R Melnicki, Cheryl A Kerfeld
(link)

March 30, 2017
Our research (paper below) featured on the MSU-PRL website: Unpacking a new bacterial mini-factory 

January 16, 2017
Congratulations to Aiko to be accepted into grad school at MSU!

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Our new paper about the GRE core enzymes is out:
In Vitro Characterization and Concerted Function of Three Core Enzymes of a Glycyl Radical Enzyme - Associated Bacterial Microcompartment
Jan Zarzycki, Markus Sutter, Niña Socorro Cortina, Tobias J. Erb & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(
link)

January 9, 2017
Bryan Ferlez joined Kerfeld Lab East as a postdoctoral researcher!

December 4, 2016
Our newest review on OCP (Orange Carotenoid Protein) is out in Nature Plants!
Diana Kirilovsky & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Cyanobacterial photoprotection by the orange carotenoid protein
(link) (link to free pdf)

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November 29, 2016
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Congratulations to our undergraduate Sean McGuire!
 Sean is a recipient of the 2016 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
 Undergraduate Research Fellowship through the MSU Department of
 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Check out his interview at PRL department here!

Sean with his mentor, Dr. Aussignargues.
October 11, 2016
Our News and Views on modularity/synthetic biology is out in Nature Biotechnology: Rewiring Escherichia coli for carbon-dioxide fixation.

October 3, 2016
Tina Dominguez Martin joined Kerfeld Lab East as a postdoctoral researcher!


September 12, 2016
Nancy Sloan joined the Kerfeld Lab West as a Research Associate!

September 15, 2016
Our research (paper below) featured on the MSU-PRL website  and also linked to on the US-DOE home page science.energy.gov

July 5, 2016
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Our new paper with structures and phylogenetics of carotenoid binding proteins is out!
Structure, Diversity, and Evolution of a New Family of Soluble Carotenoid Binding Proteins in Cyanobacteria
Matthew R. Melnicki, Ryan L. Leverenz, Markus Sutter, Rocío López-Igual, Adjélé Wilson, Emily G. Pawlowski, François Perreau, Diana Kirilovsky, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

Take a look at the news-brief from MSU about the article here! 
June 28, 2016
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New paper out combining electron microscopy and genome analysis:
Cyanobacterial ultrastructure in light of genomic sequence data
C. R. Gonzalez-Esquer, J. Smarda, R. Rippka, S. D. Axen, G. Guglielmi, M. Gugger, C. A. Kerfeld
(link)
May 22, 2016
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Aiko won a poster prize at the 12th Workshop on Cyanobacteria at ASU in Tempe AZ!
​Check out the MSU award recipients interview article here! 
May 17, 2016

The ​Kerfeld Lab was featured in Michigan State University's President's Report! ​(link)

May 5, 2016
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Congratulations to our undergraduates Ana Belza and Tyler Shubitowski!
Ana has been recognized by the Student Employee of the Year 2016 Program through the MSU Student Affairs and Services Department. Tyler is a recipient of the 2016 Physiology Undergraduate Research Award through the MSU Department of Physiology.
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​Left​ Photo: Ana with her mentor, Dr. Gaudana.

Right Photo: Tyler with his mentor, Dr. Gonzalez. (Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy.)
April 28, 2016
A new paper about carbon-concentrating mechanism, photorespiration, and light perception in Fremyella diplosiphon
Interrelated modules in cyanobacterial photosynthesis: the carbon-concentrating mechanism, photorespiration, and light perception
Beronda L. Montgomery, Sigal Lechno-Yossef and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link) (free full text available)
April 12, 2016
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Our review about the current knowledge of cyanobacterial carboxsyomes is out!
Assembly, function and evolution of cyanobacterial carboxysomes
Cheryl A. Kerfeld and Matthew R. Melnicki
(link)
March 21, 2016
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Our new paper about BMCs as metabolic modules is out!
Bacterial Microcompartments as Metabolic Modules for Plant Synthetic Biology
C. Raul Gonzalez-Esquer, Sarah E. Newnham and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

March 10, 2016
Han Bao  joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher!

March 9, 2016
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Our paper on the PduL structure / cofactor recycling in BMCs is out in PLOS Biology!
The Structural Basis of Coenzyme A Recycling in a Bacterial Organelle
Onur Erbilgin , Markus Sutter , Cheryl A. Kerfeld 
(link)
February 23-25, 2016 
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East meets West at the Kerfeld lab retreat in Monterey CA
February 4, 2016
Our research featured in the Berkeley Lab News:
​Scientists Take Key Step Toward Custom-made Nanoscale Chemical Factories
January 24, 2016
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A new paper about RuBisCO from our group is out!
Biochemical characterization of predicted Precambrian RuBisCO
Shih PM, Occhialini A, Cameron JC, Andralojc PJ, Parry MA, Kerfeld CA
(link) OPEN ACCESS
January 21, 2016
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Copyright American Society of Plant Biologists
www.plantphysiol.org 
Our new paper about making synthetic carboxysome shells is out!
Production and Characterization of Synthetic Carboxysome Shells with 2 Incorporated Luminal Proteins 
Fei Cai, Susan L. Bernstein, Steven C. Wilson and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)
December 24, 2015
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New paper out just before Christmas!
Structure and Function of a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Engineered to Bind a [4Fe-4S] Cluster
Aussignargues C, Pandelia ME, Sutter M, Plegaria JS, Zarzycki J, Turmo A, Huang J, Ducat DC, Hegg EL, Gibney BR, Kerfeld CA
(link)
December 22, 2015
Our research is featured in the Berkeley Lab news: Nature’s Microscopic Masonry: The First Steps in How Thin Protein Sheets Form Polyhedral Shells

December 14, 2015
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The invited essay on our work was published!
Plug-and-play for improving primary productivity
Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)

December 1, 2015
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Our new paper using high-speed AFM on microcompartment protein layers is out!
Visualization of Bacterial Microcompartment Facet Assembly Using High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
Markus Sutter, Matthew Faulkner, Clément Aussignargues, Bradley Paasch, Steve Barrett, Cheryl Kerfeld, Luning Liu
​(link)
November 6, 2015
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Our new paper about the AAA+ ATPase CbbQ in H. neapolitanus carboxysomes is out!
​Structural Characterization of a Newly Identified Component of α-Carboxysomes: The AAA+ Domain Protein CsoCbbQ
Markus Sutter, Evan W. Roberts, Raul C. Gonzalez, Cassandra Bates, Salma Dawoud, Kimberly Landry, Gordon C. Cannon, Sabine Heinhorst & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)
October 9, 2015
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We have a new paper about nanotubes from Mycobacterial shell proteins!
Purification and Characterization of Protein Nanotubes Assembled from a Single Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Subunit
Christopher R. Noël, Fei Cai and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link)
October 6, 2015
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Our new bioinformatics paper on GRE BMCs is out!
Bioinformatic Characterization of Glycyl Radical Enzyme-Associated Bacterial Microcompartments
Jan Zarzycki, Onur Erbilgin, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
​(link to article)

September 21, 2015
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New insights on OCP photoactivation in our recent PNAS paper!
Local and global structural drivers for the photoactivation of the orange carotenoid protein
Sayan Gupta, Miklos Guttman, Ryan L. Leverenz , Kulyash Zhumadilova , Emily G. Pawlowski, Christopher J. Petzold , Kelly K. Lee , Corie Y. Ralston and Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link to article)
September 4, 2015

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Our new paper on carboxysome engineering is out!

Streamlined Construction of the Cyanobacterial CO2-Fixing Organelle via Protein Domain Fusions for Use in Plant Synthetic Biology
C. Raul Gonzalez-Esquer, Tyler B. Shubitowski, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link to article) 

August 3, 2015
Cecilia Blikstad  joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher!

July 1, 2015

Rodney Burton joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher! 

June 26, 2015

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We have a new paper published in Science!

A 12 Å carotenoid translocation in a photoswitch associated with cyanobacterial photoprotection
Ryan L. Leverenz, Markus Sutter, Adjélé Wilson, Sayan Gupta, Adrien Thurotte, Céline Bourcier de Carbon, Christopher J. Petzold, Corie Ralston, François Perreau, Diana Kirilovsky, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
(link to article)  
(links to full text & PDF reprints are available on our "Publications" page)

Here is a news-brief from LBNL about the article: (link)

June 23, 2015

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Our new paper about encapsulation peptides in BMCs is online!

Bacterial Microcompartment Assembly: The Key Role of Encapsulation Peptides
Clément Aussignargues, Bradley C. Paasch, Raul Gonzalez-Esquer, Onur Erbilgin & Cheryl A. Kerfeld
 (link to article)


June 15, 2015


Aparajita Banerjee and Jeff Plegaria joined the lab as postdoctoral researchers! 

May 16, 2015
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Onur is now Dr. Onur!

Congratulations to Onur Erbilgin for earning his Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley.

May 1, 2015
Andrew Hagen and Manuel Sommer joined the lab as postdoctoral researchers!


April 17, 2015
Fei Cai and Markus Sutter were featured in a "Meet the authors" special!

The feature was published in ACS Synthetic Biology, accompanying our paper on Microcompartment Shell Engineering:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssynbio.5b00056


March 28, 2015
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Our new paper about CsoS2 is online!

Advances in Understanding Carboxysome Assembly in Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus Implicate CsoS2 as a Critical Component
Fei Cai, Zhicheng Dou, Susan L. Bernstein, Ryan Leverenz, Eric B. Williams, Sabine Heinhorst, Jessup Shively, Gordon C. Cannon  and Cheryl A. Kerfeld 
(link to article)

February 24-26, 2015
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East meets West at the Kerfeld lab retreat in Monterey
, CA.

January 21, 2015
Sarah Newnham and Matt Melnicki are joining the lab as postdoctoral researchers!


December 23, 2014
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Our new review on Bacterial Microcompartments just got published!

Bacterial microcompartments and the modular construction of microbial metabolism
Cheryl A. Kerfeld and Onur Erbilgin (link)

November 19, 2014
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A new paper from our lab just came out!


Bioinformatic analysis of the distribution of inorganic carbon transporters and prospective targets for bioengineering to increase Ci uptake by cyanobacteria

Sandeep B. Gaudana, Jan Zarzycki, Vamsi K. Moparthi, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link)



October 23, 2014
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Our new paper describing a phylogenetic and functional taxonomy of bacterial microcompartments is out!


A Taxonomy of Bacterial Microcompartment Loci Constructed by a Novel Scoring Method
Seth D.  Axen, Onur Erbilgin, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
PLoS Computational Biology (2014) (link)

September 2, 2014
Aiko Turmo joined the lab as a Research Associate!


August 19, 2014
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Our new paper on engineering bacterial microcompartment shells is out!

Engineering Bacterial Microcompartment Shells: Chimeric Shell Proteins and Chimeric Carboxysome Shells
Fei Cai, Markus Sutter, Susan L. Bernstein, James N. Kinney, Cheryl A. Kerfeld
ACS Synthetic Biology (2014)  (link)

May 28, 2014

Tarryn Miller is joining the Kerfeld Lab as a Graduate Student!


May 5, 2014
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Lassila et al is on the cover of JMB!

Assembly of Robust Bacterial Microcompartment Shells Using Building Blocks from an Organelle of Unknown Function
JMB Volume 426, Issue 11, Pages 2159-2268 (29 May 2014) (link)

April 11, 2014
Brad Paasch joined the Kerfeld Lab as a Graduate Student!