Martin Černý
@bacillus.bsky.social
Unaccomplished PhD student investigating structure of RNA polymerase of B. subtilis | NMR, Cryo-EM | Protein Structure and Dynamics group | CEITEC, NCBR | Masaryk University | rock climbing | DnD 5e enthusiast | boardgame nerd | coffee advocate
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Marburg: soon to be my new home (at least for a few years). Is it any wonder I’m going there? So much great microbiology, past and present
Marburg: famous for its #virus, but legendary for its #archaea! 🦠
Beyond the headlines, the city gave us Methanothermobacter marburgensis—the key microorganism used to map the #methanogenesis pathway. A true powerhouse for #microbiology!
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
@unimarburg.bsky.social
Beyond the headlines, the city gave us Methanothermobacter marburgensis—the key microorganism used to map the #methanogenesis pathway. A true powerhouse for #microbiology!
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
@unimarburg.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Marburg: soon to be my new home (at least for a few years). Is it any wonder I’m going there? So much great microbiology, past and present
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Upcoming Magnetic Resonance Events in 2026 t.ly/4laEY (google spreadsheet online, being populated) Let us know about your #NMR #MRI #EPR #ESR events to include #NMRchat #NMRevents 🧲
December 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Upcoming Magnetic Resonance Events in 2026 t.ly/4laEY (google spreadsheet online, being populated) Let us know about your #NMR #MRI #EPR #ESR events to include #NMRchat #NMRevents 🧲
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😵💫 Putin’s 2001 meeting with Bush and talks about territory!
December 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
😵💫 Putin’s 2001 meeting with Bush and talks about territory!
Who else has a fish on top of the Christmas tree? 🎄
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Who else has a fish on top of the Christmas tree? 🎄
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If you’re a #microbiologist, @elisabethbik.bsky.social needs no introduction. Her relentless work uncovering image manipulation across publications and outspoken advocacy for stronger research scrutiny is popular.
Latest by @curlyneuron.bsky.social
www.theexperimentalist.org/sci-comm/the...
Latest by @curlyneuron.bsky.social
www.theexperimentalist.org/sci-comm/the...
The Truth Is Out There, but Can We Believe It? Elisabeth Bik and the Quest for Science Integrity — The Experimentalist
Flavia-Bianca Cristian What does scientific fraud have to do with science communication? Their relationship may be complicated, but addressing the persistent issue of public mistrust in science is c...
www.theexperimentalist.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you’re a #microbiologist, @elisabethbik.bsky.social needs no introduction. Her relentless work uncovering image manipulation across publications and outspoken advocacy for stronger research scrutiny is popular.
Latest by @curlyneuron.bsky.social
www.theexperimentalist.org/sci-comm/the...
Latest by @curlyneuron.bsky.social
www.theexperimentalist.org/sci-comm/the...
I am incredibly pleased to announce our joint first-author publication in the current issue of @narjournal.bsky.social , Expanding CarD interaction network: CrsL is a novel transcription factor in actinobacteria. You can read our findings here: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Expanding the CarD interaction network: CrsL is a novel transcription regulator in actinobacteria
Abstract. Bacterial transcription regulation is critical for adaptation and survival. CarD is an essential transcription factor in mycobacteria involved in
academic.oup.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I am incredibly pleased to announce our joint first-author publication in the current issue of @narjournal.bsky.social , Expanding CarD interaction network: CrsL is a novel transcription factor in actinobacteria. You can read our findings here: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Excellent opportunity for a #postdoc to join Michel Goedert’s group, investigating the mechanisms which cause the formation of amyloid filaments in neurodegenerative diseases, in collaboration with @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’s group.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Excellent opportunity for a #postdoc to join Michel Goedert’s group, investigating the mechanisms which cause the formation of amyloid filaments in neurodegenerative diseases, in collaboration with @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’s group.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
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Vaults. They are cell biology's greatest puzzle! This preprint from Martin Beck's lab shows them docked on ER membranes with a ribosome inside. What on earth is going on there??
#CellBiology #WTFology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#CellBiology #WTFology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The vault associates with membranes in situ
The eukaryotic vault particle is a giant ribonucleoprotein complex that assembles into an iconic barrel-like cage. Its cellular function has remained elusive despite extensive characterization. Using ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Vaults. They are cell biology's greatest puzzle! This preprint from Martin Beck's lab shows them docked on ER membranes with a ribosome inside. What on earth is going on there??
#CellBiology #WTFology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#CellBiology #WTFology
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ecole Normale Supérieure is expanding its #NMR capabilities with a relaxometry system developed in collaboration with Bruker and coordinated by Dr. Fabien Ferrage.
@normalesup.bsky.social @fabferrage.bsky.social
Read more: goto.bruker.com/4iOCAe5
#Relaxometry #ENSPSL #ResearchInnovation #Bruker
@normalesup.bsky.social @fabferrage.bsky.social
Read more: goto.bruker.com/4iOCAe5
#Relaxometry #ENSPSL #ResearchInnovation #Bruker
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ecole Normale Supérieure is expanding its #NMR capabilities with a relaxometry system developed in collaboration with Bruker and coordinated by Dr. Fabien Ferrage.
@normalesup.bsky.social @fabferrage.bsky.social
Read more: goto.bruker.com/4iOCAe5
#Relaxometry #ENSPSL #ResearchInnovation #Bruker
@normalesup.bsky.social @fabferrage.bsky.social
Read more: goto.bruker.com/4iOCAe5
#Relaxometry #ENSPSL #ResearchInnovation #Bruker
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This deserves a clap. 🧪💊
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea
First new treatments for sexually transmitted disease in decades approved by US Food and Drug Administration as number of cases worldwide surge to 82m
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This deserves a clap. 🧪💊
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Last Christmas party as part of @ceitec.eu and NCBR at @masarykuniversity.bsky.social.
What an amazing blast I had over the time. No its time to finish a thesis and hopefully defend in spring.
Any postdoc positions in structural biology? 🫣 have a happy festive times, saturnalias, jules and so on!
What an amazing blast I had over the time. No its time to finish a thesis and hopefully defend in spring.
Any postdoc positions in structural biology? 🫣 have a happy festive times, saturnalias, jules and so on!
December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Last Christmas party as part of @ceitec.eu and NCBR at @masarykuniversity.bsky.social.
What an amazing blast I had over the time. No its time to finish a thesis and hopefully defend in spring.
Any postdoc positions in structural biology? 🫣 have a happy festive times, saturnalias, jules and so on!
What an amazing blast I had over the time. No its time to finish a thesis and hopefully defend in spring.
Any postdoc positions in structural biology? 🫣 have a happy festive times, saturnalias, jules and so on!
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"This is the final stage of corporatization: public education transformed into a delivery system for private capital."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"This is the final stage of corporatization: public education transformed into a delivery system for private capital."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself
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It's a difficult needle to thread because a bully (AI industry) has no moral compass nor will stop bullying if we acquiesce. But that doesn't also mean we don't fight back. We try to make this clear from the abstract here too: "AI cannot be allowed to drive change."
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December 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It's a difficult needle to thread because a bully (AI industry) has no moral compass nor will stop bullying if we acquiesce. But that doesn't also mean we don't fight back. We try to make this clear from the abstract here too: "AI cannot be allowed to drive change."
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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🇺🇸👀 If Home Alone 2 were filmed in 2025, Trump would force Kevin to give the criminals the veranda and one of the rooms, make him reduce the number of traps, take all the pizza and Coca-Cola for himself — and assure everyone it was a “mutually beneficial deal.”
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🇺🇸👀 If Home Alone 2 were filmed in 2025, Trump would force Kevin to give the criminals the veranda and one of the rooms, make him reduce the number of traps, take all the pizza and Coca-Cola for himself — and assure everyone it was a “mutually beneficial deal.”
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I tried an even harder example on Gemini Pro image generation and this is quite scary/amazing. I asked for a microscopy image of around 20 HeLa cells, GFP tagged 20% nuclear, 10% membrane, +1 nuclear staining, + overlap. Image below and prompt in the following post.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I tried an even harder example on Gemini Pro image generation and this is quite scary/amazing. I asked for a microscopy image of around 20 HeLa cells, GFP tagged 20% nuclear, 10% membrane, +1 nuclear staining, + overlap. Image below and prompt in the following post.
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Cold room deep clean up, in style!
Team awesome.
Team awesome.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Cold room deep clean up, in style!
Team awesome.
Team awesome.
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We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
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An Asgard archaeon containing internal membrane compartments!! 😯
This will reshape our understanding of how the eukaryotic endomembrane system originated.
Congrats to @buzzbaum.bsky.social, @tbharat-lab.bsky.social and all ppl involved!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This will reshape our understanding of how the eukaryotic endomembrane system originated.
Congrats to @buzzbaum.bsky.social, @tbharat-lab.bsky.social and all ppl involved!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
The emergence of eukaryotes from a merger between an archaeon and a bacterial cell ~two billion years ago involved a profound change in cellular organisation. While the order in which different featur...
www.biorxiv.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An Asgard archaeon containing internal membrane compartments!! 😯
This will reshape our understanding of how the eukaryotic endomembrane system originated.
Congrats to @buzzbaum.bsky.social, @tbharat-lab.bsky.social and all ppl involved!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This will reshape our understanding of how the eukaryotic endomembrane system originated.
Congrats to @buzzbaum.bsky.social, @tbharat-lab.bsky.social and all ppl involved!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Please repost - Multiple PhDs available
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Uploading and sharing corrected figures, reviewer responses and so on is so nerve wrecking. I am getting lost in all those different versions.
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Uploading and sharing corrected figures, reviewer responses and so on is so nerve wrecking. I am getting lost in all those different versions.