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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Jun 11

The latest release was supported by the #condesathon joined by @mpi-cbg.de condensate community🤩

Big #thankyou to all the participants from
@hymanlab.bsky.social, @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social and von Appen labs for your support and enthusiasm!💜

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Jun 11

☀️summer is here -
and so is CD-CODE v1.10 release!🤩

💡CD-CODE has now 719 manually curated #condensates (and ~40% are #human associated!)

💡Check out new #condensates and updated #protein - condensate connections at cd-code.org

#Bioinformatics #DatabaseUpdate #IDR #RNP #RBP #cdcode

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Mariona Esquerda Ciutat @marionamec.bsky.social · May 28

😊 I had the pleasure to turn this exciting @cellpress.bsky.social paper into a video-abstract. Check it out!

youtu.be/0REvwcuOao8

Thanks to the authors for writing the script and to @hymanlab.bsky.social and to @mpi-cbg.de for sharing it!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · May 28

Related science sketch video by @marionamec.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0REv...

Condensates Inside Condensates—Triggering Disease?

YouTube video by MPI-CBG

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Apr 28

We're really excited that CD-CODE is now cross-referenced by #UniProt and has already been included in the latest release: www.uniprot.org/release-note...

Spreading knowledge about #biomolecular #condensates 🥳

@ebi.embl.org @sib.swiss @mpi-cbg.de @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social @hymanlab.bsky.social

UniProt

UniProt is the world's leading high-quality, comprehensive and freely accessible resource of protein sequence and functional information.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Mar 25

The @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social together with the @albertilab-tud.bsky.social developed SHARK-capture to detect recurring patterns (motifs) in intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs). Publication in Protein Science. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) @pdbeurope.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚀 Exciting Opportunity 🚀
Do you have a passion for structural biology?

We're hiring at @PDBeurope! 🌟

Apply now to help annotate biological data 💻 🔬
🔗 embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

Closing date: April 6, 2025

#JobOpening #StructuralBiology #Bioinformatics #ScienceJobs #Hiring

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Mar 7

🍃CD-CODE update v1.09 is here!🍃

👀Check out the new #biomolecular #condensates at cd-code.org
👀We're continuing to update #Protein - #condensate connections and resolve issues!

Join us to share your #condensate #expertise as a contributor: cd-code.org/signup

#Bioinformatics #DatabaseUpdate #IDR

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Feb 5

The research group of Agnes Toth-Petroczy @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social is looking for an experimental Postdoc (m/f/d) in protein evolution of biomolecular condensates. Apply now! careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5312959...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Jan 28

Follow our research group leaders @mpicbg.bsky.social to get updates on their science activities! go.bsky.app/3gGPAgM

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Jan 28

Get news from science institutes and universities, located in Dresden, Germany. Please add missing ones in the comments. go.bsky.app/BgRhagp

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Jan 21

We are looking for a Student Helper in International Culture and Policies. Apply now and join us! careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5276094...

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Toth-Petroczy lab @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social · Dec 12

Our PICNIC tool predicts condensate-proteins regardless of their structural disorder across organisms @naturecomms.bsky.social. Congratulations to @annaha-poetry-art.bsky.social for developing the algorithm and to Hari
@hymanlab.bsky.social for the experiments! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PICNIC accurately predicts condensate-forming proteins regardless of their structural disorder across organisms - Nature Communications

Here the authors report PICNIC (Proteins Involved in CoNdensates In Cells), a machine learning algorithm that predicts approximately 40–60% of proteins form condensates in various organisms, showing n...

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Dec 9

✨Winter CD-CODE update to v1.08!✨

❄️ New #biomolecular #condensates added (total ⚪: 680)
❄️ #Protein - #condensate connections updated
❄️ Species attributes fixed 🤩

👀Check the current version here: cd-code.org
Join us to become a contributor: cd-code.org/signup

#DatabaseUpdate #Bioinformatics #IDR

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Dec 4

Congratulations, Agnes! 🤩

Toth-Petroczy lab @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social · Dec 4

I am honored and excited to be part of the EMBO YIP!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Dec 3

Agnes Toth-Petroczy, research group leader @mpicbg.bsky.social and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden, becomes a member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. The program supports young group leaders in Europe and beyond. Congratulations! 🥳 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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

If you are a PhD student and like protein disorder (or want to learn more), Birthe Kragelund @bbkrage.bsky.social and Kristian Strømgaard are organizing a PhD course on How IDPs work 🧶🧬🧪 Note the cost if you are not at a Danish university.

Details: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...

Flyer for the course Keeping up with the interactome - How IDPs work including a list of speakers:
Professor Tanja Mittag, St Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis, US
Professor Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, BIO, SCIENCE, UCPH
Professor Ylva Ivarsson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr. Michael Wehr, Systasy Bioscience, Munich, Germany
Professor Zsuzsanna Dostztányi, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Professor Kristian Strømgaard, HEALTH, UCPH
Professor Stefano Gianni, Sprienza University of Rome, Italy
Professor Per Jemth, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr. Franziska Schöppe, Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark
Professor Benjamin Schuler, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Alfonse De Simone, University of Naples, Italy
Dr. Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Alleyn Plowright, Chief Scientific Officer, Pangea Bio, London UK
Professor Birthe B. Kragelund, BIO, SCIENCE, UCPH

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SpruijtLab @spruijtlab.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello Bluesky! We're thrilled to announce an open PhD position on exploring controlling condensate membrane attachment and exocytosis! Collaborate across Europe in the ComeInCell EU network. Apply now! Details: www.comeincell.org & www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

ComeInCell – Doctoral Network on Integrative Synthetic Cell Design

www.comeincell.org

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Nov 18

Thank you, @rnadavid.bsky.social for compiling this starter pack 🤩
Join the condensate crowd!
#condensates
#phaseseparation
#granules
#IDPs

David Kuster @rnadavid.bsky.social · Nov 18

Biomolecular condensate starter pack!

Trying to compile & to bring together biomolecular condensate enthusiasts & critics!

Please join this non-exhaustive (sorry!) collection & just ping me for addition.

#condensates, #phaseseparation, #granules, #IDPs

go.bsky.app/NFqmffa

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Sophie G Martin @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social · Oct 23

The Martin lab has an open postdoc position at the interface of #cytoskeleton and #condensate biology, in a fantastic research community!

If interested, do not hesitate to contact us: mocel.unige.ch/research-gro...

Please RT!

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Nov 14

🔊☎️Calling the hive mind of the #Condensate Community of #bluesky: Join us in curating the CD-CODE!

Do you have a favorite condensate or are researching some that are not yet in cd-code.org?

We want your input and expertise!🧠
🔗Easy sign-up here: cd-code.org/signup
and add a new condensate 🎦⤵️

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Nov 13

☝️SG is one of the most populous condensate in CD-CODE, with human (cd-code.org/condensate/D...) and yeast (cd-code.org/condensate/E...) proteomes being the most characterized up to date!
Are you a stress granule expert or enthusiast?
🦉Join us as a curator: cd-code.org/signup

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Nov 13

Various species have different Stress Granule proteomes:
🔵Translationally stalled mRNAs,
🔵translation initiation factors,
🔵RNA-binding proteins, and
🔵non-RNA-binding proteins
are among the main constituents of SGs.

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Nov 13

🚨Condensate of the Month is Stress Granule!

#StressGranules (#SGs) are dynamically forming cytoplasmic condensates that form in response to various cellular stresses.
🤩In CD-CODE there are more than 10 species and more than 1300 #protein associations described for SGs.

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CrowDsourcing COndensate Database & Encyclopedia @cdcode.bsky.social · Nov 13

🍂🌿Latest #CDCODE release:
🥳Version 1.07 is here: cd-code.org

🌟We focused on improving #species attributions and updating missing #condensate features.

Help us with your condensate expertise!🧠
Join us to become a contributor: cd-code.org/signup

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