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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 13d

Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on!

#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · 13d

gorgeous!!!

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Misha Kudryashev @mishakudryashev.bsky.social · 16d

We have a preprint of a book chapter for you: Structural Analysis of Membrane Proteins in Cell-Derived Microvesicles.

We describe how to image membrane proteins in mid-sized vesicles using cryo-electron tomography

zenodo.org/records/1717...

Structural Analysis of Membrane Proteins in Cell-Derived Microvesicles

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations to this fantastic group of people: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#sheliveson #tcbf

Dose-efficient cryo-electron microscopy for thick samples using tilt- corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy - Nature Methods

Tilt-corrected bright-field scanning transmission electron microscopy offers enhanced cryogenic electron microscopy contrast and substantial improvement in dose efficiency for thick samples such as bacterial cells and large organelles, while still being able to perform single-particle analysis.

www.nature.com

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Gabriele Corso @gcorso.bsky.social · 29d

Boltz v2.2.1 out. A few improvements including support for .pdb templates, better treatment of stereochemistry in guidance potentials, and improved documentation. As always a great thank you to all those in the community who contributed via PR, raising issues or directly reporting issues to us.

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Bjorkman Lab @ Caltech @bjorkman-lab.bsky.social · 29d

Mourning the loss of David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate and President Emeritus of Caltech. His groundbreaking work on reverse transcriptase reshaped our understanding of genetics and paved the way for advances in cancer and HIV research. A true giant in science. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

Caltech Mourns the Passing of President Emeritus and Nobel Laureate David Baltimore

David Baltimore, President Emeritus and the Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Biology, Emeritus at Caltech and a co-recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, passed away on Sept...

www.caltech.edu

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MiTeGen @mitegen.com · Aug 7

Hi CryoEM Researchers - Here is a grid box for your 6mm HPF samples - The grid box has 2 pockets, each of which can hold a sandwich of 2 6mm HPF planchets or a single 6mm planchet - Offered in a variety of colors/pack sizes - A choice of lid types too - zurl.co/a5V2n

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · Aug 7

that is awesome!!! Many congrats 🎉

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Oli Clarke @olibclarke.bsky.social · Jul 7

When I arrived to NYC as a postdoc, NYSBDG was my first local meeting, and I was blown way by the world-class quality of the science.

It's a great opportunity to meet the local #structbio & #cryoem community, and it's coming up in two weeks, so register now at the eventbrite link below!

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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · Jul 4

Opportunity for computational chemist for cyclic peptide design at AbbVie (North Chicago USA) #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #AI #ML #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AbbVie/37439...

Sr Scientist I/II Informatics - Peptide Design

Company Description: AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to ...

jobs.smartrecruiters.com

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Oli Clarke @olibclarke.bsky.social · Jun 13

Density animation generated using ChimeraX, using "cootmode" display settings from chimerax-trimmings.

Movie recorded thusly:

cofr showpivot false; movie record; rock y 30; wait 600; movie encode ~/Desktop/rock_movie_more.mp4 framerate 40; stop

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Eugene Valkov @eugenevalkov.bsky.social · May 6

A tribute to George Sheldrick and SHELX and the impact on macromolecular and small-molecule crystallography

journals.iucr.org/a/issues/202...

George M. Sheldrick (1942–2025)

In memory of George Sheldrick.

journals.iucr.org

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Nozomi Ando @nozomi-ando.bsky.social · Jun 10

Hello BlueSky 🦋 I'm the Director of Graduate Studies in Cornell Chemistry. We're hiring a new Graduate Field Coordinator to help support our graduate program. Please apply or repost if you know someone great! tinyurl.com/3znxx4bh

Graduate Field Coordinator-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Graduate Field Coordinator-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology The Opportunity The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Graduate Field Coord...

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David A Muller @davidamuller.bsky.social · May 17

So the crazy thing here is the company this is supposed to be about is Corning. The company famous for its glass research. And the across the board metric is a measure of how similar individual atom positions are in their CRYSTAL structures. So much is nuts here, but that should have been a red flag

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · Jun 9

Guuuurl, same. Good to know re: forearms. And I'm so sorry for the scrapes and pain 😭😭

Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wherever your atoms are, whatever form your energy took .... happy birthday to you and your sis. I miss you so much.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · Jun 6

We honor the bravery of those who risked everything on D-Day—and remember why they did.

Freedom demands vigilance, then and now.

“I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory.” — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

NSF budget would close down one of LIGO's sites. This would be, to put it lightly, a catastrophe for gravitational wave astronomy.

"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you, my friend!

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · May 30

I'm seeing them too. Bonkers.

Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you, my lovely friend! It's been a hellish 6 months. We're also working on our separation agreement and I'm a bit sad.

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · May 29

And even viruses to pieces if the Eiffel Tower!

David A Muller @davidamuller.bsky.social · Apr 23

“From chocolate chips to computer chips” 🧪⚛️

Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) @cornellccmr.bsky.social · Apr 23

Discover the cutting-edge characterization facilities at the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR).Reach out to schedule a visit or discuss your needs! More info on becoming a user can be found here: www.ccmr.cornell.edu/facilities/b...

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David A Muller @davidamuller.bsky.social · May 28

Danielle was one of Lena’s students 🧪

cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · May 28

Revealing the Crystalline Architecture of Semicrystalline Ion Exchange Membranes for the Design of Conductive and Durable Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40415331/ #cryoem

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · May 29

Hey friends, sorry I've been MIA. I was in hospital for about a week due to a bad reaction between two meds I was taking. I'm OK, but taking some time off to recover.

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Cryo Mariena @cryomariena.bsky.social · May 10

21yrs ago I survived, we all did. I still remember the sounds, the sights. Some years are harder than others, this one has been quite terrible. The PTSD is real, rearing its head. The nightmares aren't as common these days, thankfully. My seat was 5B, aisle. 5th window, starting from that gate/door.

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