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Weria Pezeshkian @weria-lab.bsky.social · 21d

A new preprint from my group by my PhD student Adria:
No attraction between proteins, they do not induce curvature, but they cluster on membranes.
One of the reasons why mesoscale modeling matters.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · Aug 6

If you’re interested in learning more about protein folding and misfolding, I’ve created a convenient reading list with a few essential papers:

scholar.google.com/citations?us...

scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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Brian Ratnasinghe @brianrat.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hey y'all, If any of you are at EBSA this year come check out my poster. You can find my poster at position 332 on Thursday.

This year my poster is about the parameterization of meso scale force field for wood cell wall simulations. It's a fun topic, so def swing by if you're interested.

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · Jun 25

New €94M research centre for protein design will open at the University of Copenhagen and be led by Dek Woolfson

Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the centre will operate across the Departments of Biology and & Drug Design and Pharmacology

novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-...

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential - Novo Nordisk Fonden

novonordiskfonden.dk

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Brian Ratnasinghe @brianrat.bsky.social · May 28

Bobo bleps when she sleeps, but doesn't realize she's blepping when she wakes up. It's amazing

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · May 24

This EO is a lot of words for a rule that basically says, political appointees will overrule scientists in deciding what the government considers factual information.

Restoring Gold Standard Science

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

www.whitehouse.gov

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Richard Castillo, PhD, FAAPM @rcmedphys.bsky.social · May 25

As of yesterday using publicly available data via Grant Watch grant-watch.us/nih-data.html:

05/24/2025 word cloud depicting 165 unique words or phrases, flagged 10904 times, within 2118 terminated NIH grants.

@standupforscience.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social

May 24, 2025 word cloud of 165 unique words or phrases, flagged 10904 times, within 2118 terminated NIH grants.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 17

🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL🚨

🌪️23 LIVES WERE LOST OVERNIGHT AS TORNADOS HIT KY.

KY has one of several regions in the US without 24/7 National Weather Service coverage, due to DOGE cuts. W/out overnight monitoring, ppl don't receive weather warnings.

THIS is how science cuts cost lives.
shorturl.at/JgTjU

Multiple deaths reported in Somerset and London due to late night tornadoes UPDATED

The towns of Somerset and London have been hit particularly hard with many homes and buildings damaged in the early morning hours.

www.weku.org

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · May 13

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.

Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · May 13

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

www.science.org

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Michael Baym @baym.lol · May 13

Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab

A screenshot of the termination notice showing "Outstanding Investigator Grants"

A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted

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MDDB @mddbeu.bsky.social · May 8

Join us to explore how #MolecularDynamics simulations support and accelerate drug discovery!

🗓️ Sep 29 - Oct 1
📍 Montelino (PG), Umbria, Italy

Read more and register ➡️ bit.ly/3GFShFs

#MDDB #DrugDiscovery #FAIRdata #OpenScience

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Apr 24

They are segregationist and this will be open season for discrimination.

“the Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability”

achukilissa @achukilissa.bsky.social · Apr 23

My god. He’s gone after the Civil Rights Act!!!!

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A

www.whitehouse.gov

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · Apr 13

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

Chris Ashwood @cashwood.proteaglyco.com · Apr 13

There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Ratnasinghe @brianrat.bsky.social · Apr 12

The other week I tried to order a thy tuborg and got 5 tuborgs. Turns out I don't know how to pronounce thy

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MDDB @mddbeu.bsky.social · Apr 4

📢 Our article calling for a #FAIR database for #MolecularDynamics simulation data has now been peer-reviewed and published in @naturemethods.bsky.social

📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/ef6YX

📝 Support the statement: bit.ly/3zVS3qm

#MDDB #FAIRdata #collaboration

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Mar 26

Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Mar 23

BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.

Keep sharing everywhere.

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Rommie Amaro @rommieamaro.bsky.social · Mar 14

interesting preprint from Weria Pezeshkian on general material properties of membranes

Lateral tension can lead to membrane neck constriction at low tension & dilation at high tensions

relevant to nuclear pores, ER, mitochondria, Golgi etc

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Visualisation of the necks‘ behaviour for six (right) necks in PBC at bending rigidity of 𝜅 = 10 𝑘𝐵𝑇. This illustrates a second transition point or region in the six-neck-system, facilitated by successive dilation of more than one neck.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · Mar 13

Share with US students who had their offers of admission withdrawn for PhD programs:

Apply to Canada. Check out Canadian professors, and contact us. Our system works differently here, and we are all still, technically, able to accept students for Fall 2025.

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openRxiv @openrxiv.bsky.social · Mar 11

openRxiv has arrived!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...

#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · Mar 9

Come to Denmark 🥚

Lots of eggs. A package with 10 Organic eggs for 37kr ($6)

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Brian Ratnasinghe @brianrat.bsky.social · Mar 4

I think major biochem because you don't really need to be that good at CS to do the stuff we do

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Brian Ratnasinghe @brianrat.bsky.social · Mar 2

Seeing all the scientists I went to college with get fired and struggle with unemployment is indescribably sad

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · Mar 1

Registration is now open for our Benzon Symposium on "Protein structure prediction and design"

Meeting will take place in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 on Sept. 1–4, 2025, and will feature an amazing list of speakers

Get your application in before March 31st via:
benzon-foundation.dk/benzon-sympo...

Flyer for the conference. Confirmed invited speakers include:
Gabriel J. Rocklin
Birte Höcker
Amy E. Keating
Tanja Kortemme
Bruno Correia
Sarel J. Fleishman
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Minkyung Baek
Noelia Ferruz
James S. Fraser
Alan M. Moses
Susan Marqusee
Ben Lehner
Mohammed AlQuraishi
Dek Woolfson
Gustav Oberdorfer
Hannah K. Wayment-Steele
Ora Schueler-Furman
Jennifer Listgarten
Alexander Rives
Massimiliano Bonomi
Debora S. Marks
Gaurav Bhardwaj

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 2

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025

Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue

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