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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think I’ve ever had more fun in the lab than when I was making MOFs myself (and trying to use them for small-molecule X-ray structure determination). So let me celebrate by posting a few of the MOF crystals I prepared:

Bright green transparent metal-organic framework crystals prepared with copper and a “multipronged” carboxylic acid ligand. The crystals formed blocky roughly rectangular pieces with some very large emerald-like chunks.

Pink/red transparent metal-organic framework crystals prepared with cobalt and a “multipronged” carboxylic acid ligand. The crystals formed as a mixture of long rectangular types and aggregated chunks.

Purple transparent metal-organic framework crystals prepared with cobalt and a “multipronged” carboxylic acid ligand. The crystals formed long slightly blocky needles.

Clear transparent metal-organic framework crystals prepared with zirconium and a “multipronged” carboxylic acid ligand. The crystals formed chunky hexagons.

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Wai-Hong Tham @thamlab.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible two days @cssbhamburg.bsky.social as Scientific Advisory Board and to hear about integrative structural biology for infectious diseases 🦠🧫🔬

🙏Hans-Georg Kräusslich, @oneyrolles.bsky.social , @sykhalid.bsky.social Joost Enninga, Friedrich Förster, Ilaria Ferlenghi for open discussions

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · 1d

🎖️ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 is awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson & Omar Yaghi! They have created molecular constructions, known as metal–organic frameworks, that can contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges.

www.kva.se/nobelchemistry2025

#Nobelprize

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy

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‘Tour de force’ experiment probes quantum tunnelling in action

Probing photons inside a barrier also challenges a long-standing interpretation of quantum physics.

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 2d

Fwd: Fwd: “I hope this email finds you well”

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Centre for Structural Systems Biology CSSB @cssbhamburg.bsky.social · 2d

Poster Session during our SAB Meeting!

Thanks to everyone who shared their research with our SAB members.

@landaulabcssb.bsky.social @topf-lab.bsky.social @bosse-lab.bsky.social @jankosinski.bsky.social @thamlab.bsky.social @oneyrolles.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social

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Nature @nature.com · 3d

Obituary: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

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Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 3d

2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine #nobelprize

E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 3d

Always a nice little autumn ritual watching the announcements
#NobelPrize

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in medicine

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Sven Klumpe @svenklumpe.bsky.social · 3d

So good I’m almost worried it is fake but anyhow an amazing message to start the week to 😊

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a suit is making a funny face .

Alt: Mal from Firefly

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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks 😉

a man in a red shirt says wacky fun in a gif

Alt: Another firefly gif

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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 3d

a man wearing a hat and a hood is smiling .

Alt: gif from Firefly

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Jan-Hannes Schaefer @jhschaef.bsky.social · 4d

Helical Reconstruction of Amyloids in cryoSPARC?
We present guidelines, limitations & future perspectives for processing amyloids in cryoSPARC @structurabio.bsky.social.
Great collaboration of the Kelly Lab and @landerlab.bsky.social #cryoEM #amyloid www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 4d

The only positive thing about spending the long weekend sick: Finally managed to build my very own Serenity in #nms
#Firefly
#youcanttaketheskyfromme

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 6d

Friday Papers Club! 🍿In light of Pubmed going down, the collapse of social media, and my recent success at getting recommendations for interesting papers from those still around, I am starting a new tradition! - Recommend a good scientific manuscript! 👇

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Lars Wilderäng @larswilderang.cornucopia.se · 6d

Fel.

Ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle ska inte vara tolerant mot intoleranta, lika lite som man ska vara tolerant mot kriminella.

Det är ett falskt narrativ. Stöder man själv inte demokrati ska man inte tillåtas sprida sitt gift i det demokratiska samtalet.

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Lars Wilderäng @larswilderang.cornucopia.se · 6d

Jag vill bara säg att Lena Andersson inte är Vidkun Quilsing. Vidkun Quisling är Vidkun Quisling. Lena Andersson är Lena Andersson, vilket är något annat.

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Nature @nature.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has passed away aged 91

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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace Jane Goodall, a true giant among scientists. Your breakthroughs into the secret lives of chimpanzees viewed through an anthropomorphic lens – without yet knowing that science had forbidden it – changed science forever, and with it how we see ourselves.

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

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Alexey Amunts @amunts.bsky.social · 8d

Today, @rcsbpdb.bsky.social introduces Q-score in EM validation reports. Q-score assesses model-map fit. A new percentile slider will compare an entry’s average Q-score to the full archive and a resolution-matched subset. This would help judge whether the fit is typical for the reported resolution.

Introducing the first 3DEM Model-Map percentile slider to the wwPDB validation report

Introducing the latest wwPDB Percentile slider based on the Q-score model-map validation metric

www.rcsb.org

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Meytal Landau @meytallandau.bsky.social · 9d

Antimicrobial amyloids are amazing!! So much we can learn from frogs!!! 🐸 cross-β fibrils, α-helical supramolecular structures, or multi-layered nanotubes. How crazy is that???
Big thanks to Fabio and co-authors, the cryoEM facility at the CSSB and EMBL P14 @ DESY PETRA-III.

Fabio Strati @stratifa.bsky.social · 10d

I’m thrilled to share my latest published manuscript, which summarizes my work in the exciting fields of structural biology and amyloid research. A huge thank you to @meytallandau.bsky.social and the team at @landaulabcssb.bsky.social for their shared efforts
doi.org/10.1002/advs...

Structural and Functional Versatility of the Amyloidogenic Non‐Amidated Variant of the Antimicrobial Peptide Citropin 1.3

Citropin 1.3 is an antimicrobial peptide derived from amphibians that forms amyloid structures. Here, the structural and functional properties of citropin 1.3 are characterized. Using high-resolution...

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