Oxford Biochemistry
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The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford
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Congratulations Dmitry Ghilarov @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social !
So well deserved!
So well deserved!
Congratulations to the new cohort of 28 EMBO Young Investigators! They are joining an international network of more than 800 life scientists – Welcome!
Read the press release here:
https://www.embo.org/press-releases/twenty-eight-group-leaders-become-embo-young-investigators/
Read the press release here:
https://www.embo.org/press-releases/twenty-eight-group-leaders-become-embo-young-investigators/
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Congratulations Dmitry Ghilarov @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social !
So well deserved!
So well deserved!
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📢New paper alert!
Rapid, low-cost tests repurposed by researchers can now detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups that could help prevent the tragic child deaths seen worldwide
@oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social @bevingan.bsky.social
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Rapid, low-cost tests repurposed by researchers can now detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups that could help prevent the tragic child deaths seen worldwide
@oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social @bevingan.bsky.social
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Rapid, low-cost tests to help prevent child deaths from contaminated medicinal syrups | Infectious Diseases Data Observatory
Professor Paul Newton, who heads the Medicine Quality Research group, is the project lead for large collaboration that has demonstrated that simple, rapid, and inexpensive tests can detect deadly…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📢New paper alert!
Rapid, low-cost tests repurposed by researchers can now detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups that could help prevent the tragic child deaths seen worldwide
@oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social @bevingan.bsky.social
👉
Rapid, low-cost tests repurposed by researchers can now detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups that could help prevent the tragic child deaths seen worldwide
@oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social @bevingan.bsky.social
👉
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Our paper on polymyxin interacting with the E. coli outer membrane is out! Simulations by the very talented @dheerajprakaash.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
To scale outer membrane protein island simulated at coarse-grained resolution with portions refined at all atom resolution.
To scale outer membrane protein island simulated at coarse-grained resolution with portions refined at all atom resolution.
Polymyxins slow down lateral diffusion of proteins and lipopolysaccharide in the E. coli outer membrane - Communications Biology
Multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations reveal that polymyxins form polymyxin-protein aggregates upon associating with the E. coli outer membrane thereby reducing lateral mobility of outer membrane...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our paper on polymyxin interacting with the E. coli outer membrane is out! Simulations by the very talented @dheerajprakaash.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
To scale outer membrane protein island simulated at coarse-grained resolution with portions refined at all atom resolution.
To scale outer membrane protein island simulated at coarse-grained resolution with portions refined at all atom resolution.
Simple, rapid and inexpensive tests can detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups – contaminants that have tragically led to the deaths of hundreds of children worldwide. This important discovery is thanks to the work of researchers here @ox.ac.uk and collaborators. ➡️ bit.ly/202512_gangadharan
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Simple, rapid and inexpensive tests can detect deadly contaminants in medicinal syrups – contaminants that have tragically led to the deaths of hundreds of children worldwide. This important discovery is thanks to the work of researchers here @ox.ac.uk and collaborators. ➡️ bit.ly/202512_gangadharan
🙌Congratulations🙌 to group leader and Associate Professor Dmitry Ghilarov @ox.ac.uk who has been selected for the prestigious four-year EMBO Young Investigator Programme in recognition of outstanding achievements in the life sciences. Read more⬇️
Dmitry Ghilarov selected for this year’s EMBO Young Investigator Programme
Places on this prestigious 4-year programme recognise outstanding achievements in the life sciences
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December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🙌Congratulations🙌 to group leader and Associate Professor Dmitry Ghilarov @ox.ac.uk who has been selected for the prestigious four-year EMBO Young Investigator Programme in recognition of outstanding achievements in the life sciences. Read more⬇️
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Great seminar in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social today from Laura Landweber on the awesome world of ciliate DNA elimination- so many different gene regulation/repair pathways come together to achieve this remarkable feat
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great seminar in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social today from Laura Landweber on the awesome world of ciliate DNA elimination- so many different gene regulation/repair pathways come together to achieve this remarkable feat
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New podcast episode just dropped! @timcoulson.bsky.social I are joined by Simon Newstead and David Bennett who have identified a new genetic link to chronic pain - solved the structure of the protein that the gene encodes and linked its function to pain.
youtu.be/ETGzmy_BfCg
youtu.be/ETGzmy_BfCg
Science Of The Times Ep 31 Cracking The Code of Chronic Pain
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December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New podcast episode just dropped! @timcoulson.bsky.social I are joined by Simon Newstead and David Bennett who have identified a new genetic link to chronic pain - solved the structure of the protein that the gene encodes and linked its function to pain.
youtu.be/ETGzmy_BfCg
youtu.be/ETGzmy_BfCg
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We are back, soon!
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We are back, soon!
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
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Great talk by @philbiggin.bsky.social on proton coupling in membrane proteins - at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting in Thessaloniki.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Great talk by @philbiggin.bsky.social on proton coupling in membrane proteins - at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting in Thessaloniki.
Alex Cook @alexandercook.bsky.social in the Matt Higgins @parasitematt.bsky.social lab here @ox.ac.uk has been awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award to start his own laboratory @york.ac.uk . Congratulations Alex! We are delighted for your success but will be sad to see you go. 🏆🎉👏👏👏
Alex Cook awarded Wellcome Career Development Award
Dr Alex Cook has been awarded a Career Development Award to start his own laboratory at the University of York
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Alex Cook @alexandercook.bsky.social in the Matt Higgins @parasitematt.bsky.social lab here @ox.ac.uk has been awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award to start his own laboratory @york.ac.uk . Congratulations Alex! We are delighted for your success but will be sad to see you go. 🏆🎉👏👏👏
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Fabulous talk by Haruhiko Koseki today @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social followed by a fun dinner with Neil Brockdorff and @aleksszczurek.bsky.social ! Thanks for visiting Haruhiko!
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Fabulous talk by Haruhiko Koseki today @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social followed by a fun dinner with Neil Brockdorff and @aleksszczurek.bsky.social ! Thanks for visiting Haruhiko!
The Wellcome Trust has awarded a prestigious Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his research on “Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria”. 👏👏👏 Read the full story: ⬇️
Wellcome Discovery Award secured for ground-breaking malaria research
The Wellcome Trust gives Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his "Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria" research
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November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Wellcome Trust has awarded a prestigious Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his research on “Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria”. 👏👏👏 Read the full story: ⬇️
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Become my colleague @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social !
2 Associate Professorships in the areas of
- prokaryotic/eukaryotic microbiology
- metabolism
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2 Associate Professorships in the areas of
- prokaryotic/eukaryotic microbiology
- metabolism
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Job Details
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September 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Become my colleague @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social !
2 Associate Professorships in the areas of
- prokaryotic/eukaryotic microbiology
- metabolism
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
2 Associate Professorships in the areas of
- prokaryotic/eukaryotic microbiology
- metabolism
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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We're hiring (again)!
We are looking for an associate professor in cell and molecular biology, with a particular focus on immunology (defined broadly)
If you have a great record and exciting plans, consider joining our thriving and welcoming department
www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
We are looking for an associate professor in cell and molecular biology, with a particular focus on immunology (defined broadly)
If you have a great record and exciting plans, consider joining our thriving and welcoming department
www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
September 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're hiring (again)!
We are looking for an associate professor in cell and molecular biology, with a particular focus on immunology (defined broadly)
If you have a great record and exciting plans, consider joining our thriving and welcoming department
www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
We are looking for an associate professor in cell and molecular biology, with a particular focus on immunology (defined broadly)
If you have a great record and exciting plans, consider joining our thriving and welcoming department
www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
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Double celebration on our floor @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social with @guifengwei.bsky.social from the Brockdorff lab and Dounia and Sherry from Fisher lab having their papers published today! And I hear there is more to come...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
m6A and the NEXT complex direct Xist RNA turnover and X-inactivation dynamics - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Wei et al. show that the primary function of m6A on the nuclear long noncoding RNA Xist, a master regulator of X inactivation, is to promote RNA degradation. Xist turnover is mediated by the nuclear e...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Double celebration on our floor @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social with @guifengwei.bsky.social from the Brockdorff lab and Dounia and Sherry from Fisher lab having their papers published today! And I hear there is more to come...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please re-post: If you know (or are!) somebody who might fancy doing a PhD (Oct 2026 start) in my group @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social, working on chromatin evolution in prokaryotes (or other things we're interested in), please have a look at www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/supervisors-...
Supervisors and Projects
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September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Please re-post: If you know (or are!) somebody who might fancy doing a PhD (Oct 2026 start) in my group @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social, working on chromatin evolution in prokaryotes (or other things we're interested in), please have a look at www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/supervisors-...
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Always fun to catch up with Lukas Stelzl. Lukas is a group leader at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and an alumnus of @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Delighted to hear of all his success.
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Always fun to catch up with Lukas Stelzl. Lukas is a group leader at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and an alumnus of @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Delighted to hear of all his success.
Read the full story here: 📣Breakthrough discovery reveals new gene linked to chronic pain ➡️ bit.ly/202508_newst...
August 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Read the full story here: 📣Breakthrough discovery reveals new gene linked to chronic pain ➡️ bit.ly/202508_newst...
Great to be able to share the news about the potential of this new research to positively impact the lives of people living with chronic pain. Fantastic work from Simon Newstead, David Bennett and colleagues. 👏 👏 👏
📣 NEW: Breakthrough discovery of a genetic link to pain co-led by NDCN's Prof David Bennett and Prof Simon Newstead @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social
The results of the research, published in @nature.com, could lead to a promising new target for the treatment of #chronicpain.
The results of the research, published in @nature.com, could lead to a promising new target for the treatment of #chronicpain.
August 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Great to be able to share the news about the potential of this new research to positively impact the lives of people living with chronic pain. Fantastic work from Simon Newstead, David Bennett and colleagues. 👏 👏 👏
Great work! 🙌
Archaea are often surrounded by bacteria. But is there ever active conflict between the two? Can archaea kill bacteria? If so, how do they do it?
Work by @romainstrock.bsky.social shows that some archaea can kill bacteria by secreting peptidoglycan hydrolases. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Work by @romainstrock.bsky.social shows that some archaea can kill bacteria by secreting peptidoglycan hydrolases. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria
Archaea regularly interact with bacteria but reports of archaea killing bacteria are very rare. This study shows that many archaea encode peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target bacterial ...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Great work! 🙌
A wonderful project that opens up scientific discovery to children in a fun and innovate way! 👏👏👏
Last month @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social kindly hosted us in the biochem-cafe to present our science magazine project. Beyond the delicious snacks and friendly chats with everyone, our project was widely supported and new collaborations were made!
See full post here :)
#STEM4Kids #ScienceEd
See full post here :)
#STEM4Kids #ScienceEd
STEM Dorado’s Science Outreach at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford | STEM Dorado Ltd.
STEM Dorado’s Science Outreach at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
We are pleased to share that the The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford graciously hosted STEM D...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A wonderful project that opens up scientific discovery to children in a fun and innovate way! 👏👏👏
Ben Berks has been awarded the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to fund cutting edge research in bacterial cell biology @ox.ac.uk . Congratulations Ben! 🙌 bit.ly/202507-berks...
Ben Berks awarded ERC Advanced Grant
Professor Ben Berks is awarded prestigious funding for cutting-edge research in bacterial cell biology
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July 31, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ben Berks has been awarded the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to fund cutting edge research in bacterial cell biology @ox.ac.uk . Congratulations Ben! 🙌 bit.ly/202507-berks...
Special congratulations and celebrations for Ayaka Hogg who is recognised with the Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Award 2025! 🎉🎉🎉
bit.ly/202507-BSPhogg
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Biochemical Society Prize 2025
Ayaka Hogg is awarded this year's Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Award
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July 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Special congratulations and celebrations for Ayaka Hogg who is recognised with the Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Award 2025! 🎉🎉🎉
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Well done to all our undergraduate students and special congratulations for all our outstanding prize-winners for 2025. We salute you!
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Department of Biochemistry celebrates student excellence
The department congratulates the outstanding progress of students across all cohorts of the Undergraduate Biochemistry degree
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July 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Well done to all our undergraduate students and special congratulations for all our outstanding prize-winners for 2025. We salute you!
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Delighted to share this work. Well done to the teams involved and a particular shout out to our own Simon Newstead ⬇️
#TuesdayReads:
In a multi-institutional collaboration, the Stephen Tucker & Simon Newstead Groups help reveal the structure of THIK-1, offering insights into its role in #neuroinflammation and therapeutic potential.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#CryoEM #IonChannels #ALS #Alzheimers
In a multi-institutional collaboration, the Stephen Tucker & Simon Newstead Groups help reveal the structure of THIK-1, offering insights into its role in #neuroinflammation and therapeutic potential.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#CryoEM #IonChannels #ALS #Alzheimers
Cryo-EM structure of the human THIK-1 K2P K+ channel reveals a lower Y gate regulated by lipids and anesthetics - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
In this study, Rödström et al. use cryo-EM to reveal a range of structural features in THIK-1 K+ channel and demonstrate how these features define many functional properties of the channel, thus expan...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Delighted to share this work. Well done to the teams involved and a particular shout out to our own Simon Newstead ⬇️