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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 29d

Asgard archaea were first found in mud at the bottom of the North Sea. Today, cellular biologists Martin Pilhofer and Christa Schleper are exploring one of their more elusive structural elements: a totally tubular system that looks a lot like our own.
www.quantamagazine.org/tiny-tubes-r...

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9

A good moment to remember this quote: “The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” Albert Einstein

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Aug 9

We are currently witnessing the complete succumbing to blackmail of the so-called civilized world. The speed of general moral and ethical decline in the name of economic constraints and reasoning is shocking. We must be aware that scientific integrity will not escape untouched.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Proud of my doctoral student Charlotte Schilling who successfully defended her thesis today! Congratulations, ⁦‪Charlotte, on an excellent job! 👏🥂

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Ahmad Jomaa @jomaalab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Check out our latest preprint with the Qi lab on the structure and disease physiology of the human ERAD complex. Outstanding work by Leo, a cell physiologist whom we successfully tempted into structural biology! Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Jun 4

The type 1 pilus in its full glory! 👏

Structures of the Escherichia coli type 1 pilus during pilus rod assembly and after assembly termination - Nature Communications

Adhesive, filamentous type 1 pili are critical virulence factors in urinary tract infections. Here, the authors describe the cryo-EM structures of the entire type 1 pilus with all its structural compo...

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · May 21

Muñoz-Hernández, Xu, et al. @mike-wieczorek.bsky.social @ethz.ch report #cryoEM structures revealing how NEDD1’s C terminus forms an α-helical tetramer that docks onto the γ-TuRC without inducing major conformational changes in the complex during its recruitment to MTOCs rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations to our colleague Jörn Piel and the other awardees! nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/15/j...

Jung-Stiftung zeichnet wegweisende Forschungsansätze aus

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Department of Biology, ETH Zurich @eth-dbiol.bsky.social · May 15

Breaking news and a great honour for D-BIOL professor Jörn Piel: he wins the very prestigious Jung Prize for Medicine! Our congratulations! ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

ETH microbiologist honoured with prestigious European medical award

Chemist and microbiologist Jörn Piel combs through the vast world of bacteria for new natural substances to combat the antibiotic crisis. The ETH professor has now been honoured for his research with ...

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations, Jörn! 👏 A well-deserved recognition!

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Rafeeque Mavoor @rafeeque.com · May 13

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!

These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Apr 22

As scientists we must be ready to communicate the importance of vaccination wherever the discussion may come up, with family, friends or at the hair dresser. Be prepared to explain in a fact-based and accessible manner.

Combating vaccine revisionism - Nature Medicine

The scientific community must take a strong and active stand against vaccine revisionism — the false narrative that there is insufficient evidence to support the safety and efficacy of vaccines.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coalition Statement on the Impact and Safety of Vaccines - AAI News

Statement on the impact and safety of vaccines led by the American Association of Immunologists and the American College of Physicians.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Mar 28

Check out our new study revealing how ATP-independent activator Bpa binds asymmetrically to the Mtb #proteasome — and pinpointing key Bpa residues involved in substrate interaction.
👏 Tatjana v. Rosen, Rafal Zdanowicz & @yasser-elhadeg.bsky.social
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Substrates bind to residues lining the ring of asymmetrically engaged bacterial proteasome activator Bpa - Nature Communications

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a proteasome similar to eukaryotes. This study reveals how the activator Bpa recruits its substrate HspR, providing structural and mechanistic insights. The authors iden...

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Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social · Mar 21

Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6

Credit: Margot Riggi (@margotriggi.bsky.social), Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry (@mpibiochem.bsky.social)

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 13

More than 2 decades ago the PINK1 protein was found to be linked to Parkinson's disease, but its structure and how it was activated was not known. Until @science.org today. A triumph for cryo-EM and structural biology, introducing new targets for drug intervention.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 12

In case you've forgotten about measles induced immune amnesia
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... w/ @michaelmina.bsky.social @virusesimmunity.bsky.social

Measles virus targets certain immune cells in the body: What to know about complications

The virus targets certain types of immune cells in the body, destroying them in the process.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you, Annette, for taking on this important responsibility!

ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Mar 6

Annette Oxenius has been appointed ETH Vice President for Research. From 1 August 2025, she will assume responsibility for research development and promotion at ETH Zurich. The 56-year-old Swiss national is an esteemed immunologist and professor at the ETH Department of Biology.

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Fundamental and applied research are two sides of the same coin

Annette Oxenius has been appointed ETH Vice President for Research. From 1 August 2025, she will assume responsibility for research development and promotion at ETH Zurich. The 56-year-old Swiss natio...

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Cell-autonomous innate immunity by proteasome-derived defence peptides - Nature

Proteasomal degradation of cellular proteins generate defence peptides constitutively and in response to bacterial infection. Such peptides might provide a source of natural antibiotics that...

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Mar 6

Fully agree! “Peer” review being the important aspect here. And yes, reviewing takes time, as it should.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 6

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.

I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.

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Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Mar 4

Babysteps-we’ve all been there… 😂

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Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice

Genetically modified mice have traits geared towards cold tolerance, in step towards modifying elephants

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Heran Darwin, PhD @heran.bsky.social · Feb 27

Some good news! The final program for the inaugural #GRCBiologyofMycobacteria is up! We are also officially oversubscribed but cancellations happen... www.grc.org/biology-of-m...

2025 Biology of Mycobacteria Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Biology of Mycobacteria will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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Eilika Weber-Ban Lab @ewb-lab.bsky.social · Feb 25

👏 Another chapter in the midnolin proteasome story from @xingulab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Structural basis for the midnolin-proteasome pathway and its role in suppressing myeloma

The midnolin-proteasome pathway degrades many nuclear proteins without ubiquitination, but how it operates mechanistically remains unclear. Here, we present structures of the midnolin-proteasome compl...

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Department of Biology, ETH Zurich @eth-dbiol.bsky.social · Feb 18

A new study from the Weber-Ban lab led by Charlotte Schilling @cm_schilling with support from @rafal_Zdanowicz @Glockshuber_lab reveals the signal linking DNA damage to the activation of the mycobacterial DNA damage response. More: biol.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

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