Ben Lehner
@benlehner.bsky.social
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Solve Biology Head of Generative Genomics, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK Systems + Synthetic Biology, CRG, Barcelona http://barcelonacollaboratorium.com http://allox.bio https://www.sanger.ac.uk/programme/generative-and-synthetic-genomics/
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guillaumediss.bsky.social
Latest pre-print from our lab is out. Great work by @alexbendel.bsky.social and team.

Full deep mutational scan of an entire human protein interaction domain family

2M quantitative measurement of protein-protein interaction -> deep learning model to predict PPI from sequence

More details 👇
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albertescobedo.bsky.social
🎲 Our paper on the genetics, energetics, and allostery in proteins with randomized cores and surfaces is out today @science.org!
🧬 By charting a protein’s sequence universe, we could rationalize which versions were kept through evolution – and why many stable ones were not.
benlehner.bsky.social
Arriving at the airport to fly to an AI conference and this happens #AIxBio25
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The evolution of allostery in a protein family.
Aina's new preprint containing seven complete comparative allosteric maps biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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immunobananna.bsky.social
Alzheimer’s disease 🧠starts with a molecular domino effect - but what triggers the first piece to fall?
In our new study we cracked open the black box of early protein aggregation, and the findings could reshape how we fight neurodegeneration. 🧵👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Massively parallel genetic perturbation suggests the energetic structure of an amyloid-β transition state
The aggregation rates of >140,000 mutants reveal the energetic structure of an amyloid-β nucleation reaction transition state.
www.science.org
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maxstammnitz.bsky.social
1 plant hormone receptor ☘️
3,500 mutants, to single-site saturation 🧬
>45,000 binding and abundance measurements 📶

Very happy to present our latest work – where deep mutational scanning meets the world of small molecules.



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The genetic architecture of an allosteric hormone receptor
Many proteins function as switches, detecting chemicals and transducing their concentrations into cellular responses. Receptor switches are key to the integration of environmental signals, yet it is n...
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jonnyfrazer.bsky.social
Want to improve your protein or genomic language model’s performance at zero-shot variant effect prediction? We propose a simple adjustment to likelihood-based predicton
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bennibolo.bsky.social
Countdown officially started! #VariantEffect25 @varianteffect.bsky.social
jonnyfrazer.bsky.social
Very nice blogpost from @pascalnotin.bsky.social. You can catch him in Barcelona at www.varianteffect.org/mss2025/ #VariantEffect25 in a couple of weeks if you want to chat! Also, watch this space -- hoping to continue this discussion soon!
benlehner.bsky.social
Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Building AI models or the data to train them?

Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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pls RT!
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crg.eu
Deadline for abstract submissions and early bird reg for #VariantEffects25 is 1 March 2025.

Organised by @bennibolo.bsky.social @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social @benlehner.bsky.social @muffley.bsky.social @muffley.bsky.social and Mafalda Dias.

More info: events.ibecbarcelona.eu/mutational-s...
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We're excited to host the 8th annual meeting of the ‘Mutational Scanning Symposium’ in Barcelona. Experts from around will present their work, discuss new methods and provide insights on the burgeoning discipline. 21-23 May, with onsite & virtual options. #VariantEffect25
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andyfraser.bsky.social
Delighted to share our latest paper describing a method to read the levels of hundreds of metabolites or drugs in parallel using DNA sequencing. This method, which we call ‘smol-seq’ (Small MOLecule sequencing), harnesses the power of DNA sequencing for metabolite detection:
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Quantifying metabolites using structure-switching aptamers coupled to DNA sequencing
Nature Biotechnology - Metabolites can be quantified using a combination of aptamers and DNA barcodes.
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benlehner.bsky.social
3 great computational positions available at @alloxbio.bsky.social to work with the great @ajfaure.bsky.social @juliadiumenge.bsky.social and team
ajfaure.bsky.social
At ALLOX @alloxbio.bsky.social in Barcelona we now have 3 computational positions available!

📌Structural Bioinformatics Scientist 👉 tinyurl.com/3rs46j4t
📌Platform Bioinformatician 👉 tinyurl.com/nyvazbke
📌Computational Chemist 👉 tinyurl.com/5n6vpem3

Apply or repost to help us spread the word 🙏
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ajfaure.bsky.social
At ALLOX @alloxbio.bsky.social in Barcelona we now have 3 computational positions available!

📌Structural Bioinformatics Scientist 👉 tinyurl.com/3rs46j4t
📌Platform Bioinformatician 👉 tinyurl.com/nyvazbke
📌Computational Chemist 👉 tinyurl.com/5n6vpem3

Apply or repost to help us spread the word 🙏
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albertescobedo.bsky.social
I am incredibly excited to announce that our project with @benlehner.bsky.social, @thomaswilhelm-blue.bsky.social, and the @crg.eu #TBDO has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant from @ercresearch.bsky.social! Huge thanks to everyone involved for their ongoing support – let's boost the science!