We held a study meeting on microbial evolution at the "Onjuku Training Center" of Chiba Institute of Technology, co-hosted by the "Research Group on Origin and Evolution of Primary Biomaterials for Common Cellular Activities" and the "ThermusQ Research Group." The recipients of the Outstanding Poster Awards are as follows: "Oshima Award: Yuki Shibano (Chiba Institute of Technology, Prof. Nemoto group)", and "ThermusQ Award: Mirei Mabuchi (Ochanomizu University, Prof. Yura group)."

A new feature of ThermusQ, The metabolite page has been added. Currently, 225 metabolites including common metabolites in many organisms are listed.

The special issue of jGAM for Thermus thermophilus research has been issued. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jgam/69/2/_contents/-char/en

The symposium, "ThermusQ where all the unknowns of Thermus thermophilus will be known" is held at The 96th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

The International workshop Neotechnologies for ThermusQ initiative is now held at Atagawa Onsen, Japan!

Announcement: Prof. Kei Yura will talk about ThermusQ on a Webinar of ESAB held on July 28, 2023. The registration is free and available here.

An article by Hijikata et al. titled "ThermusQ: Toward the cell simulation platform for Thermus thermophilus" has been published. DOI:10.2323/jgam.2023.07.001

An article by Tamakoshi et al. titled "Isolation and genomic analysis of a type IV pili-independent Thermus thermophilus phage, φMN1 from a Japanese hot spring" has been published. DOI:10.2323/jgam.2023.06.008

An article by Hon-nami et al. titled "Whole genome analyses for c-type cytochromes associated with respiratory chains in the extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus" has been published. DOI:10.2323/jgam.2023.06.005

Announcement: The international workshop on "Neotechnologies for ThermusQ initiative" will be held on Oct.27-28, 2023 in Atagawa Onsen, Japan. The website of the workshop has been launched.

An article by Kawai et al. titled "Non-coding RNAs and functional RNA elements in Thermus thermophilus" has been published. DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2023.05.001

An article by Nemoto et al. titled "PGLN: A newly identified amino phosphoglycolipid species in Thermus thermophilus HB8" has been published. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101377.

A manuscript titled "Complete Genome Sequences of Thermus thermophilus Strains HB5002 and HB5008, Isolated from Mine Hot Spring in Japan" by Kentaro Miyazaki, Toshiyuki Moriya, Natsuko Tokito, Tairo Oshima, Kei Yura, and Yoshitaka Bessho is accepted by Microbiology Resource Announcements (DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00272-21).

ThermusQ is connected to Facebook site.

ThermusQ website is launched. We employ agile development method on this site.

A manuscript titled "Complete Genome Sequence of Thermus thermophilus Strain HB5018, Isolated from Mine Hot Spring in Japan" by Kentaro Miyazaki, Toshiyuki Moriya, Naoki Nemoto, Tairo Oshima, Kei Yura, and Yoshitaka Bessho is accepted by Microbiology Resource Announcements (DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00039-21).