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Ariane Nunes Alves

@anunesalves.bsky.social

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Computational biochemist (ligand binding kinetics, crowding) Junior group leader at the Technical University Berlin Associate editor at the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Brazilian in Germany

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Jul 31

This paper is now accepted at JPC Letters!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@unisyscat.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social
#compchem

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 2d

Join us in Berlin for the 25th Anniversary Symposium of ChemBioChem and ChemPhysChem on October 23rd and 24th. There will be a great line-up of speakers! www.cbc-cpc2025.org/programme

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CC: @chemistryeurope.bsky.social

#structuralbiology #biomolecularanalysis #scientificsymposium #chembiochem #biophysics #drugdiscovery #ai #biomolecules | LD Organisation - Scientific Conference Producers

Discover the final programme of ChemBioChem and ChemPhysChem 25th Anniversary Symposium on Advances in Structural Analysis of Biomolecules! Join us for 1,5 days of exciting science showcasing: >> 14...

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Sannie Culbertson @sanniejculbertson.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Whoop! We've extended the #coverart deadline to the end of October!

Celebrate #TIBS50 with Trends in Biochemical Sciences by sharing your cover art ideas - it could appear on the January cover of the journal 🎉 🎨 !

More info: www.cell.com/trends/bioch...

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ACS Publications @pubs.acs.org · 4d

We are still accepting nominations for the 2026 Rising Stars in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, recognizing early-career researchers in our upcoming Special Issue. 

Submit your nomination by October 20: buff.ly/ShsIVNy

Call For Nominations: 2026 Rising Stars in Materials Science

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · 8d

In Berlin

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Huber Lab @ RU Bochum @shuberlab.bsky.social · 9d

Please check this announcement for an early-career group leader, hosted jointly by our cluster of excellence RESOLV and the MPI Kofo. The thematic focus should be on catalysis: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/4...

Early Career Research (ECR) Group Leader position (m/f/d) with the thematic focus on “Catalysis” within the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 8d

Oct 3, 1946: #RosalindFranklin defended her PhD on coal chemistry. That path led to #Photo51—the image that revealed DNA’s double helix. A hidden spark that unlocked life’s blueprint.

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Sep 11

grande dia!

Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Sep 11

Bolsonaro condenado!
Grande dia pra democracia brasileira!
🎉🎉

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Ginny Hendricks @ginsta.bsky.social · Aug 14

Very good article and thread about open alternatives to google scholar, which clearly will go away when its founder retires. The @barcelonadori.bsky.social movement is getting a lot if attention and OpenAlex.org a lot of support. The Lens currently looking for new home about.lens.org/expressions-...

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Aug 26

I have milestones for every year (papers and grants), but not a formal strategy written down.

Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Aug 25

Great book! Explains a lot about the toxic positivity that I see in other social medias.

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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · Aug 20

Exciting news for molecular research! Introducing ParametrizANI: a fast, accurate, & free tool for small molecule parametrization! We're democratizing research, enabling teams of all sizes to perform dihedral parametrization with DFT-level accuracy. 1/8
doi.org/10.26434/che...

ParametrizANI: Fast, Accurate, and Free Parametrization for Small Molecules

In molecular studies, the accurate parametrization of small molecules stands as an essential yet growing demand. Addressing this, we introduce ParametrizANI, a tool crafted explicitly for establishing...

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Noel O'Boyle @baoilleach.bsky.social · Aug 8

Where's the best place to advertise a (computational) postdoc position? (asking for a friend...)
#chemjobs #chempostdocs

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Pedro Friedmann Angeli @angelifriedmann.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨Preprint alert 🚨

We identify riboflavin (vitamin B₂) as a key modulator of ferroptosis sensitivity via stabilizing FSP1 & recycling lipid-soluble antioxidants.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1....

pls check @olzmannlab.bsky.social

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#ferroptosis #FSP1 #antioxidants

Riboflavin metabolism shapes FSP1-driven ferroptosis resistance

Membrane protection against oxidative insults is achieved by the concerted action of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and endogenous lipophilic antioxidants such as ubiquinone and vitamin E. Deficienci...

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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) @gdch.de · Aug 8

🌟 Save the Date: CheMento geht in die nächste Runde! 🌟

Anfang 2026 startet die 7. Runde des GDCh-Mentoringprogramms.

🗓️ Bewerbungsphase für Mentees: 1. September bis 15. Oktober 2025

Weitere Informationen findest du unter: www.gdch.de/mentoring

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Aug 8

Tour with my research group yesterday at the Natural History Museum in Berlin! With T. rex skull in the back!
@farzinsohraby.bsky.social

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Jul 31

thanks!
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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Jul 31

This paper is now accepted at JPC Letters!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@unisyscat.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social
#compchem

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Nathalie Reuter @nathaliereuter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Open PhD position in my group: protein bioinformatics and protein-lipid interactions. Competences required: experience with protein bioinformatics, good programing skills, machine learning, interest for beautiful protein structures! Deadline: Aug 1st 2025. Official info => tinyurl.com/LTPbioinfo

PhD Research Fellow in protein bioinformatics  (282926) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellow in protein bioinformatics  (282926), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Prof. Natalie Fey @nataliefeynls.bsky.social · Jul 10

Postdoc opportunities with @bedcatalysis.bsky.social, Ali Lennox and yours truly coming up soon, PhDs to follow. #ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs

Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · Jul 10

Exited to announce the EPSRC drEAMcat Prosperity Partnership between bristoluni.bsky.social, AstraZeneca and Labman. This programme will explore replacing palladium catalysts with those based on Earth Abundant Metals in drug production. Postdoc posts (catalysis and computation) coming soon!

News from UK Research and Innovation @news.ukri.org · Jul 10

UK businesses and academia partner up in cutting-edge research #EPSRC #AcademicSky

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Jul 10

This can have major consequences for drug design: the internal unbinding pathway points toward the cell membrane, so this path may increase the chances of protein–ligand rebinding due to the presence of the membrane as a barrier for free diffusion of the ligand. (3/3)

Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Jul 10

We characterized for the first time paths for agonist and antagonist dissociation from the Toll-like receptor 8.
Two paths were found.
Interestingly, some ligands have clear path preferences: the agonist uses only the external path, and the cationic antagonists use only the internal path. (2/3)

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · Jul 10

Happy to share that the work by Valerij Talagayev, Gerhard Wolber and me using tauRAMD to characterize unbinding paths of TLR8 agonist and antagonists was accepted at JCIM! (1/3)
#compchem
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Heidi Klem @drklemistry.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Klem Lab at LSU is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in computational biochemistry!
Application info: klem-research-group.github.io/join/
♻️ Please share with anyone who might be interested! #chemjobs #postdoc #compchem #biochemistry #enzymes

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