Leon-Samuel Icking
@lsi.bsky.social
PhD student from the Kalmbach Lab in Neuchâtel
flowerpunk 🏵️ + solarpunk ☀
Anything SynBio (and Plants 👀)!
iGEM Freiburg Ultra🤘
Chaotic neutral
flowerpunk 🏵️ + solarpunk ☀
Anything SynBio (and Plants 👀)!
iGEM Freiburg Ultra🤘
Chaotic neutral
Pinned
Leon-Samuel Icking
@lsi.bsky.social
· Nov 1
If iGEM Freiburg has 100 fans, I'm one of them.
If they have 10 fans, I'm one of them.
If they have one fan, I'm that fan.
If they have 0 fans, I'm dead.
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social
If they have 10 fans, I'm one of them.
If they have one fan, I'm that fan.
If they have 0 fans, I'm dead.
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social
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FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
Multiple protein structure alignment at scale with FoldMason
Protein structure is conserved beyond sequence, making multiple structural alignment (MSTA) essential for analyzing distantly related proteins. Computational prediction methods have vastly extended ou...
www.science.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 AM
FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
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Learn to Use Mol* for 3D Biomolecular Visualization
Videos and tutorials are available to help users become Mol* experts
Videos and tutorials are available to help users become Mol* experts
PDB101: Learn to Use Mol* for 3D Visualization
PDB-101: Training, Outreach, and Education portal of RCSB PDB
pdb101.rcsb.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Learn to Use Mol* for 3D Biomolecular Visualization
Videos and tutorials are available to help users become Mol* experts
Videos and tutorials are available to help users become Mol* experts
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
If you are looking for a distraction, this seems cool. Sticky ends++. If it works as advertised, seems like it could be a game-changer.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions - Nature
Sidewinder enables high-fidelity DNA assembly by separating the information that guides assembly from the final assembled sequence.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
If you are looking for a distraction, this seems cool. Sticky ends++. If it works as advertised, seems like it could be a game-changer.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Any bio artists out here? I’m interested in commissioning 1-2 pieces, leaning more towards the art side but love stuff that is science-inspired... DM me if you're interested!
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Any bio artists out here? I’m interested in commissioning 1-2 pieces, leaning more towards the art side but love stuff that is science-inspired... DM me if you're interested!
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Here are the success rates of de novo pipelines based on which designs I could actually identify the methods for.
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here are the success rates of de novo pipelines based on which designs I could actually identify the methods for.
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Still time to apply: New Generation Thinkers 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2026
This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4. They will appear on a number of episodes and shadow the production process to understand ...
www.ukri.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Still time to apply: New Generation Thinkers 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.
Apply by 28 Jan 2026
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Announcement: Ligand Expo To Be Retired February 13, 2026
Users should transition to RCSB PDB and wwPDB services as soon as possible
Users should transition to RCSB PDB and wwPDB services as soon as possible
Announcement: Ligand Expo To Be Retired February 13, 2026
Users should transition to RCSB PDB and wwPDB services as soon as possible
www.rcsb.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Announcement: Ligand Expo To Be Retired February 13, 2026
Users should transition to RCSB PDB and wwPDB services as soon as possible
Users should transition to RCSB PDB and wwPDB services as soon as possible
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We’re always recruiting creative bioengineers like Nick who want to build this stuff for real. Just saying. 🧬 😎 🌱 🦠
My poster on flower bioengineering at the #AIEBaB26 conference in Bristol last week 🌹 🧬 ✨
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We’re always recruiting creative bioengineers like Nick who want to build this stuff for real. Just saying. 🧬 😎 🌱 🦠
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Hallo 👋 ich bin's!!
Herzlich willkommen! Seit Oktober 2025 ist Dr. Fiona Kearns @fionachembot.bsky.social Juniorprofessorin für Theoretische #Chemie & Chemische #Datenwissenschaften. Im Interview erklärt die US-Amerikanerin, wie ihre Forschung dazu beiträgt, #Krankheiten besser zu verstehen.
ufr.link/neuberufen-kearns
ufr.link/neuberufen-kearns
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Hallo 👋 ich bin's!!
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So cool - someone finally hacked 'the vault'.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A genetically encoded device for transcriptome storage in mammalian cells
Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states to future phenotypic outcomes. We present TimeVault, a genetically encoded system that records and s...
www.science.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
So cool - someone finally hacked 'the vault'.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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These are just the first parts and flowers of OpenFlower, a nonprofit aimed at creating designer flowers for art & education as a community 🧬✨
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
These are just the first parts and flowers of OpenFlower, a nonprofit aimed at creating designer flowers for art & education as a community 🧬✨
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Why I’m genetically engineering a rainbow flower…
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Why I’m genetically engineering a rainbow flower…
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Carella Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Carella Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Evo-MPMI (Evolutionary Molecular…
www.jic.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Join us for a 📢 #CIBSS / SFB 1381 Joint Seminar
🗓 13 Jan 2026 | 12:00–13:00
👉 @jmathony.bsky.social (#uniheidelberg)
🎙 Engineering stimulus-controlled proteins through modular domain recombination
📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1
🔗 kurzlinks.de/4mlv
#SynBio #ProteinEngineering
🗓 13 Jan 2026 | 12:00–13:00
👉 @jmathony.bsky.social (#uniheidelberg)
🎙 Engineering stimulus-controlled proteins through modular domain recombination
📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1
🔗 kurzlinks.de/4mlv
#SynBio #ProteinEngineering
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Check out this exciting online and FREE mini symposium on roots, featuring not one but two Freiburg-based @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @dompsfr.bsky.social talks by @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and @kevindaniel.bsky.social 🌱
Rooting for roots?
#PlantScience
Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Register here for free:
tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx
Programme👇
#PlantScience
Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Register here for free:
tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx
Programme👇
January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Check out this exciting online and FREE mini symposium on roots, featuring not one but two Freiburg-based @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @dompsfr.bsky.social talks by @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and @kevindaniel.bsky.social 🌱
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Bluesky is definitely a place for science, research and citing papers. We hope it will continue to close the gap as rapidly as it has with legacy social media. Research, science and dank memes need many homes on the internet.
Bluesky provides one of the more inviting ones.
Happy New Year.
Bluesky provides one of the more inviting ones.
Happy New Year.
a man wearing a beanie says " yeah science "
Alt: Jeffie (ok Jessie) Pinkman from Breaking Bad wearing a beanie says " yeah science" and points.
Hey did anyone watch Pluribus? Sick show, we Stan Vince Gilligan. I bet his middle name is Jeff.
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Bluesky is definitely a place for science, research and citing papers. We hope it will continue to close the gap as rapidly as it has with legacy social media. Research, science and dank memes need many homes on the internet.
Bluesky provides one of the more inviting ones.
Happy New Year.
Bluesky provides one of the more inviting ones.
Happy New Year.
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
MAP70-2 is required for division plane orientation during 3D differential growth within a tissue https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.697928v1
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
MAP70-2 is required for division plane orientation during 3D differential growth within a tissue https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.697928v1
I don't know how many people in my bubble care about this but I've been working on a small side project:
Project Phoenix - Rekindled.
Little thread 🧵
Project Phoenix - Rekindled.
Little thread 🧵
January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I don't know how many people in my bubble care about this but I've been working on a small side project:
Project Phoenix - Rekindled.
Little thread 🧵
Project Phoenix - Rekindled.
Little thread 🧵
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
🔬 EXPERT VIEW 🔬
Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
December 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🔬 EXPERT VIEW 🔬
Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
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Latest from our lab in 2025. A wonderful collaboration with Sabrina Sabatini's team at Sapienza University of Rome. How mechanical signals contribute to root growth and zonation @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @upm.es doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Cell wall–derived mechanical signals control cell growth and division during root development
Mechanical changes in elongating root cells guide division of neighboring cells, shaping root development.
doi.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Latest from our lab in 2025. A wonderful collaboration with Sabrina Sabatini's team at Sapienza University of Rome. How mechanical signals contribute to root growth and zonation @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @upm.es doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Reposted by Leon-Samuel Icking
Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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👉iGEM Freiburg is recruiting motivated members for its 2026 team! 🧬🚀 Don't miss out and apply by Dec 30: kurzlinks.de/op05
🥳Read the report of their success in the 2025 iGEM Competition: kurzlinks.de/lcwr
#iGEM #SynBio #UniFreiburg
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @fsbiologiefreiburg.bsky.social
🥳Read the report of their success in the 2025 iGEM Competition: kurzlinks.de/lcwr
#iGEM #SynBio #UniFreiburg
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @fsbiologiefreiburg.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
👉iGEM Freiburg is recruiting motivated members for its 2026 team! 🧬🚀 Don't miss out and apply by Dec 30: kurzlinks.de/op05
🥳Read the report of their success in the 2025 iGEM Competition: kurzlinks.de/lcwr
#iGEM #SynBio #UniFreiburg
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @fsbiologiefreiburg.bsky.social
🥳Read the report of their success in the 2025 iGEM Competition: kurzlinks.de/lcwr
#iGEM #SynBio #UniFreiburg
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @fsbiologiefreiburg.bsky.social