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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 1d

#womeninSTEM #womeninscience #Nobelprize

Trading cards to share, print and collect

cc @francesarnold.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @e-charpentier.bsky.social

link (aninfinityofhypotheses.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...)

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · 2d

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

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Sandra Segura-Bayona @ssegurabayona.bsky.social · 4d

🧬 Preprint alert!

"Distinct ATRX functions cooperate with 9-1-1 and CST complexes to safeguard replication and telomere integrity."

Read the manuscript here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Distinct ATRX functions cooperate with 9-1-1 and CST complexes to safeguard replication and telomere integrity

Mutations in the ATRX chromatin remodeller predispose to a developmental genetic disorder and cancer, but how it safeguards genome and telomere stability remains unresolved. Here, we uncover critical ...

www.biorxiv.org

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 3d

John Gurdon, former Group Leader and Head of @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social has died.
Despite calling himself a "total non-intellectual” his work to reprogramme somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells transformed the field of developmental biology.
More: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/john-gurdon-...
#LMBNews

Black and white portrait of John Gurdon, 1971

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 4d

RIP John Gurdon

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 14d

We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM.

Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩
#RNA #cryoEM

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats to #LMBAlumni Juan B. Rodriguez Molina, former Investigator Scientist in the LMB's Structural Studies Division, newly appointed Assistant Professor in the Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/1818215

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The Rockefeller University @rockefeller.edu · 29d

Maria Jasin, whose fundamental research on repair of damaged DNA in cells has transformed our understanding of cancers linked to inherited gene mutations, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize. Congratulations! #WomenInScience

Developmental biologist Maria Jasin wins the 2025 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize - News

Maria Jasin, whose fundamental research on repair of damaged DNA in cells has transformed our understanding of cancers linked to inherited gene mutations, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize. Awarded annually by ...

www.rockefeller.edu

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 29d

I’m biased 🇩🇰, but this is quite nice to read:

I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

www.science.org/content/arti...

I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

In Denmark, this Ph.D. student fell in love with an egalitarian society that values work-life balance

www.science.org

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Alexey Amunts @amunts.bsky.social · Sep 9

1973: Max Perutz explains the solution of hemoglobin. 53 years later, we’re still waiting for someone to solve the missing pointer

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Sep 8

News in the history of molecular biology. The Science History Institute in Philadelphia has acquired a huge archive of correspondence and other scientific material from the pioneers of molecular biology (Franklin, Klug, Perutz, Delbrück etc, with items from Crick and Watson, too). 1/n

History of Molecular Biology Collection

This unparalleled collection includes Rosalind Franklin's historic 'Photo 51,' which revealed the double-helix structure of DNA.

www.sciencehistory.org

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Sep 7

Co-discoverer of reverse transcriptase at 32, Nobel Prize at 37, played a key role at the 1975 Asilomar comference.

David Baltimore, Nobel-Winning Molecular Biologist, Dies at 87

www.nytimes.com

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · Sep 6

Nice corner. Spotted in Copenhagen.

An intersection between two streets named after Bilbao and Aarhus.

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · Sep 4

Aarhus University to award five honorary doctorates

medarbejdere.au.dk/en/news-arti...

Aarhus University to award five honorary doctorates

One recipient has developed new therapies for diseases of the liver. Another has made it possible to map proteins at the atomic level, and a third has made groundbreaking contributions to the study of...

medarbejdere.au.dk

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Frances Arnold @francesarnold.bsky.social · Sep 3

Private tour of the Louvre is a special treat. They were vacuuming the Sphinx. You may not have seen a Sphinx being brushed, so I am sharing.

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congrats Luuk! all the best in this new adventure!

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · Aug 13

COngrats Juan!!

To all interested: don't miss this opportunity to join Juan's lab, a great scientist and mentor!

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Juan Rodríguez Molina @rodriguezmol.bsky.social · Aug 13

🧑‍🔬I am thrilled to share I am starting my lab as an asst. prof. in the Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the University of Cincinnati. 🔬We will be hiring soon, so if you're interested in Mechanisms of Transcription Termination, watch this space 👀 🥳
www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-juan...

Dr Juan Rodriguez-Molina appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati - Clare Hall

Warmest congratulations to Dr Juan Rodriguez-Molina, Clare Hall Associate, who has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the University of Cinci...

www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk

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dimitristypas.bsky.social @dimitristypas.bsky.social · Aug 12

@natsmb.nature.com has published three pieces on scientists returning to their country of origin after working abroad. www.nature.com/nsmb/article... Two more will come out. The most recent one by @hanasedlackova.bsky.social hits home for me, a very interesting read.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Returning home: there and back again in Czechia - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Returning to Central Europe was appealing and challenging. Here, I reflect on my part in rebuilding a research career in Czechia and fostering a collaborative scientific community across the region.

www.nature.com

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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Excited to share our latest work with @simonbullock11.bsky.social! We looked at how diverse mRNAs get selected for subcellular localization and it turns out that a single protein can recognize different RNA elements using shared features that weren’t apparent before.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · Jul 13

A tribute to Pedro Cuatrecasas, the Spaniard who (whilst working in the US) co-invented affinity chromatography.

EL PAÍS Ciencia y Tecnología @elpaiscyt.bsky.social · Jul 13

Pedro Cuatrecasas, el español desconocido que pudo ganar dos Premios Nobel

El científico, fallecido a los 88 años en Estados Unidos, transformó la vida de millones de personas tras participar en el desarrollo de 40 nuevos medicamentos

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Pedro Cuatrecasas, el español desconocido que pudo ganar dos Premios Nobel

El científico, fallecido a los 88 años en Estados Unidos, transformó la vida de millones de personas tras participar en el desarrollo de 40 nuevos medicamentos

elpais.com

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sebastian Balch, Zala Sekne & Elsa Franco-Echevarría in @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social's group have confirmed the existence of dimeric telomerase and illustrated how it is key to telomere maintenance:
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/first-struct...

#LMBResearch @yiliangding.bsky.social @rdaslab.bsky.social 🧪

Structure of telomerase dimer with key catalytic codes and H/ACA RNPs highlighted with schematic illustrating how dimer disruption leads to shortened telomeres and disease mutations of the dimers causes premature ageing diseases

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Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social · Jul 10

Proud to share our work where we resolved a longstanding question regarding the existence of a human telomerase dimer and provided insights into its function. Led by 3 amazing lab members in collaboration with @yiliangding.bsky.social and @rdaslab.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cryo-EM structure of human telomerase dimer reveals H/ACA RNP-mediated dimerization

Telomerase ribonucleoprotein (RNP) synthesizes telomeric repeats at chromosome ends using a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase RNA (hTR in humans). Previous structural work showe...

www.science.org

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Danielle Bianchi @daaninthelab.bsky.social · Jul 4

In today’s publication in Science we introduce Zincore: a novel protein of QRICH1 and SEPHS1 and functions as a transcriptional coregulator dedicated to zinc finger transcription factors. Here’s how we found it: 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/11

Zincore, an atypical coregulator, binds zinc finger transcription factors to control gene expression

Zinc finger proteins (ZNFs) are the largest family of transcription factors, yet how they activate gene expression remains unclear. In this study, we identified Zincore, a protein complex consisting o...

www.science.org

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Pablo Alcón @palconh.bsky.social · Jul 3

Wish I could be there!

An unmissable chance to hear Richard Henderson speak in the magical setting of Fonseca, Salamanca.

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Pereda Lab @peredalab.bsky.social · Jul 3

📢
Keynote of BioPhySal course by
Prof Richard Henderson

📍University of Salamanca, Hospederia Fonseca
📆Saturday, July 5th
🕗7:30pm
Free entrance, Open to the public

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LUMES-USAL

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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out this new review (with animations, natch) of mechanisms of licensing origins of DNA replication - a wonderful (and continuing!) collaboration with Bruce Stillman @cshlnews.bsky.social and John Diffley @crick.ac.uk! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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