#lipids

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While lab studies have shown plankton can adjust their chemistry in response to environmental changes, a new global study reveals how these adaptations occur in the real ocean. The study will be published on May 23, 2025, in the journal Science Advances. Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), reanalyzed massive datasets of large-scale distributions of plankton-derived lipids in the ocean, which were initially published by WHOI in 2022. "This study shows the value of open science," says first author Dr. Weimin Liu from MARUM. "Using new methods on open-access data, we uncovered previously hidden patterns of plankton adaptation."

I submitted my very first article as the last corresponding author.

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Cross-cell Traffic

Visualising and analysing in live cells how one of the least-well understood members of the family of lipid molecules called PIPs regulates trafficking across cell membranes

Read the published research paper here

Edvard Munch, painter of the acclaimed image The Scream was born on this day (12th December) in 1863

Adapted video from work by James H. Vines and colleagues

School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Firth Court Western Bank, Sheffield, UK

Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Journal of Cell Biology, June 2023

Biology is an intricate tapestry of interactions and functions, with the fundamental building blocks being macromolecules. These large molecules play significant roles in almost all biological functions and processes. They are crucial for the structure, function, and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs. Let’s delve into the four primary macromolecules, exploring their differences and…

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Gecko feet are coated in an ultra-thin layer of lipids that help them stay sticky

Geckos are famous for having grippy feet that allow them to scale vertical surfaces with ease. They get this seeming superpower from millions of microscopic, hairlike structures on their toes.

Now, scientists have zoomed in for an even closer look at those structures, called setae, and found that they are coated in an ultra-thin film of water-repelling lipid molecules only one nanometer, or billionths of a meter, thick.

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) analyzed the surface of the setae using high-energy X-rays thrown off by a type of particle accelerator called a synchrotron. The synchrotron microscope showed that the lipid molecules line the surface of the setae in dense, orderly arrays.

Lipids can play a role in this process because they are hydrophobic, meaning they repel water. "The lipids might function to push away any water beneath the spatulae, allowing them to make closer contact with the surface," said physicist and co-author Tobias Weidner of Aarhus University in Denmark. "This would help geckos maintain their grip on wet surfaces."

NAMES -- Lopid

CLASS -- lipid-lowering agent -- fibric acid derivative

USE -- management of type IIb hyperlipidemia in patients who do not yet have clinical coronary artery disease and have failed therapy