Peter Mabbitt
@petermabbitt.bsky.social
Biochemist based in Aotearoa.
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Peter Mabbitt
@petermabbitt.bsky.social
· Nov 29
We’ve made some new tools to manipulate N-recognins. Check them out in our preprint.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
After initial concern from the neighbours my zucchini patch is thriving
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 AM
After initial concern from the neighbours my zucchini patch is thriving
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Do you have plans for your professional development in 2026?
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Our database of training courses helps you to find high quality options, all independently verified by the RSC.
Easily navigate a wide range of courses: https://rsc.li/4jWf1Rc #ChemSky
January 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Do you have plans for your professional development in 2026?
Our database of training courses helps you to find high quality options, all independently verified by the RSC.
Easily navigate a wide range of courses: https://rsc.li/4jWf1Rc #ChemSky
Our database of training courses helps you to find high quality options, all independently verified by the RSC.
Easily navigate a wide range of courses: https://rsc.li/4jWf1Rc #ChemSky
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ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY: We’re hiring 4 roles at UWA's Plant Synbio Innovation Centre: Facility Manager + 3 Postdocs (single-cell genomics/screening; molecular tools; construct prototyping) bit.ly/4qfoftG bit.ly/3MFgD59 bit.ly/4pFT6jf bit.ly/48VkgLw
Apply by Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 (11:55pm AWST)
Apply by Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 (11:55pm AWST)
Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia
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January 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY: We’re hiring 4 roles at UWA's Plant Synbio Innovation Centre: Facility Manager + 3 Postdocs (single-cell genomics/screening; molecular tools; construct prototyping) bit.ly/4qfoftG bit.ly/3MFgD59 bit.ly/4pFT6jf bit.ly/48VkgLw
Apply by Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 (11:55pm AWST)
Apply by Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 (11:55pm AWST)
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Check out the latest issue of Biochemical Journal, featuring research on enzymology, molecular interactions, signaling biotechnology, gene expression, host-microbe interactions, and mutation🧪 https://ow.ly/MijF50XXQtp
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Check out the latest issue of Biochemical Journal, featuring research on enzymology, molecular interactions, signaling biotechnology, gene expression, host-microbe interactions, and mutation🧪 https://ow.ly/MijF50XXQtp
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Spotting the iridescent blue-green shimmer of a kōtare sacred kingfisher is an unexpected urban moment – perhaps on a power line or in your backyard! ✨ Kōtare are adapting to urban landscapes in Aotearoa, and there are ways we can help them thrive further.
📸: Maurice Summerfield, Dan Dirks
📸: Maurice Summerfield, Dan Dirks
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Spotting the iridescent blue-green shimmer of a kōtare sacred kingfisher is an unexpected urban moment – perhaps on a power line or in your backyard! ✨ Kōtare are adapting to urban landscapes in Aotearoa, and there are ways we can help them thrive further.
📸: Maurice Summerfield, Dan Dirks
📸: Maurice Summerfield, Dan Dirks
Tonight's first world problem, cat spills prosecco on my laptop.
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Tonight's first world problem, cat spills prosecco on my laptop.
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🌞 Lorne Proteins 2026—Invited speakers Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai, Utrecht U, increasing the reach of cryo-EM SPA to native samples & for de novo protein ID! And Max Wilkinson, MSKCC, on reverse transcriptase discovery in transposon mobility and phage defence.
🔗 Register now: www.lorneproteins.org
🔗 Register now: www.lorneproteins.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
🌞 Lorne Proteins 2026—Invited speakers Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai, Utrecht U, increasing the reach of cryo-EM SPA to native samples & for de novo protein ID! And Max Wilkinson, MSKCC, on reverse transcriptase discovery in transposon mobility and phage defence.
🔗 Register now: www.lorneproteins.org
🔗 Register now: www.lorneproteins.org
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💡 The right container, for the right species, in the right place can make all the difference. These tī kōuka seedlings show how container choice shapes root development — and long-term survival. 🌱
Read more about this NZ-first native tree study led by our team: bit.ly/4p9SjWM
#BioeconomyScience
Read more about this NZ-first native tree study led by our team: bit.ly/4p9SjWM
#BioeconomyScience
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
💡 The right container, for the right species, in the right place can make all the difference. These tī kōuka seedlings show how container choice shapes root development — and long-term survival. 🌱
Read more about this NZ-first native tree study led by our team: bit.ly/4p9SjWM
#BioeconomyScience
Read more about this NZ-first native tree study led by our team: bit.ly/4p9SjWM
#BioeconomyScience
Enjoy the powdery mildew my friend.
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Enjoy the powdery mildew my friend.
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For all #ubiquitin aficionados out there: Our new study, where we used an #alphafold based screen and found a new class of plant-specific DUBs, which cleave K63 chains and interfere with endocytosis at the plasma membrane. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
DUCs are C2 domain containing plant-specific deubiquitinases stabilizing endocytic cargo at the plasma membrane
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) remove ubiquitin modifications from proteins in a substrate- or linkage-selective manner and regulate numerous cell-biological processes, including endocytosis. By performing ho...
www.biorxiv.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For all #ubiquitin aficionados out there: Our new study, where we used an #alphafold based screen and found a new class of plant-specific DUBs, which cleave K63 chains and interfere with endocytosis at the plasma membrane. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Great find in the shed. All I need now is a radio mouse and a floppy disk drive.
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Great find in the shed. All I need now is a radio mouse and a floppy disk drive.
Christmas garlic crop harvested. Guess what will be in your stocking this year? (CRC for scale).
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Christmas garlic crop harvested. Guess what will be in your stocking this year? (CRC for scale).
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We are hiring! Are you a plant pathologist looking for a permanent academic research+teaching role in NZ? Read more here: www.seek.co.nz/job/89090337...
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant Microbe Interactions - Faculty of Science Job in Auckland CBD, Auckland - SEEK
We invite scientists interested in Plant-Microbe interactions to join our team in the Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences
www.seek.co.nz
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We are hiring! Are you a plant pathologist looking for a permanent academic research+teaching role in NZ? Read more here: www.seek.co.nz/job/89090337...
Remnant of the Big Bang
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Remnant of the Big Bang
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Chaos and confusion don’t protect children. The best available science does. Today’s expected vote by RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee will have significant consequences for our kids’ health. (🧵)
During chaotic meeting, CDC advisers handpicked by RFK Jr. postpone vote on changing hepatitis B vaccine recommendations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chaos and confusion don’t protect children. The best available science does. Today’s expected vote by RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee will have significant consequences for our kids’ health. (🧵)
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📢 Lorne Proteins 2026 features Ruchi Anand, IIT Bombay—applying advanced structural biology to AMR mechanisms 🦠and biosensor development 💡. And synthetic biology titan Hagan Bayley, Oxford, fabricating 3D tissues 🧫 to founding Oxford Nanopore 🍩.
🤓 Register now at: www.lorneproteins.org
🤓 Register now at: www.lorneproteins.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
📢 Lorne Proteins 2026 features Ruchi Anand, IIT Bombay—applying advanced structural biology to AMR mechanisms 🦠and biosensor development 💡. And synthetic biology titan Hagan Bayley, Oxford, fabricating 3D tissues 🧫 to founding Oxford Nanopore 🍩.
🤓 Register now at: www.lorneproteins.org
🤓 Register now at: www.lorneproteins.org
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Finally! The European Union allows the use of genome editing! 🌱🌾🫛🇪🇺🧬
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
EU einigt sich auf Lockerungen für gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel
Für viele gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel soll es künftig keine Hinweispflicht mehr in Supermärkten geben. Darauf einigten sich Vertreter aus dem Europaparlament und dem Rat der EU-Länder.
www.tagesschau.de
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Finally! The European Union allows the use of genome editing! 🌱🌾🫛🇪🇺🧬
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
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Just registered for FEBS advanced workshop Protein termini 2026 in Palermo #proteintermini2026 (?) Looking forward to a great meeting. @ispt-proteinterm.bsky.social
www.conferencecentral.org/webpage/view...
www.conferencecentral.org/webpage/view...
FEBS Workshop 'Protein termini 2026: From mechanisms to biological impact'
www.conferencecentral.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Just registered for FEBS advanced workshop Protein termini 2026 in Palermo #proteintermini2026 (?) Looking forward to a great meeting. @ispt-proteinterm.bsky.social
www.conferencecentral.org/webpage/view...
www.conferencecentral.org/webpage/view...
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Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
The Take Off and Landing of Everything
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The Take Off and Landing of Everything
We’ve made some new tools to manipulate N-recognins. Check them out in our preprint.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We’ve made some new tools to manipulate N-recognins. Check them out in our preprint.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...