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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · 14d

I'm incredibly proud to present this @actacrystf.iucr.org interview with Alex Mendez and Cydni Bolling on their first paper ever! The interview was co-led by Dr Graham Chakafana from Hampton University in the USA, who supervised the authors' undergraduate research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjI...

Structure of Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase with the NMT inhibitor IMP-1088

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · 14d

The article we're discussing is "Structure of Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase with the NMT inhibitor IMP-1088", You can read the paper (🔓<- yes, it's open access!) here: journals.iucr.org/f/issues/202...

Structure of Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase with inhibitor IMP-1088: exploring an NMT inhibitor for antimalarial therapy

The 1.8 Å resolution ternary structure of P. vivax N-myristoyltransferase in complex with IMP-1088 and myristoyl-CoA is presented. IMP-1088 is an N-myristoyltransferase inhibitor from a family of inhi...

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · 14d

I'm incredibly proud to present this @actacrystf.iucr.org interview with Alex Mendez and Cydni Bolling on their first paper ever! The interview was co-led by Dr Graham Chakafana from Hampton University in the USA, who supervised the authors' undergraduate research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjI...

Structure of Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase with the NMT inhibitor IMP-1088

YouTube video by International Union of Crystallography

www.youtube.com

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Structural Biology Communications @actacrystf.iucr.org · 26d

The World Directory of Crystallographers (WDC) offers an unparalleled compilation of expertise in the field.
It’s free to join and open to all crystallographers and other scientists employing crystallographic methods.
Add your name and be part of the mosaic:
🔗 www.iucr.org/people/wdc

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just a few days left to register for the next Diamond/CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop! This is an excellent training course delivered at a unique location and close to the most wonderful time of the year. It also has LOTS of tutors per student! www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/DLS-...

DLS/CCP4 Workshop 2025

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just a few days left to register for the next Diamond/CCP4 Data Collection and Structure Solution Workshop! This is an excellent training course delivered at a unique location and close to the most wonderful time of the year. It also has LOTS of tutors per student! www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/DLS-...

DLS/CCP4 Workshop 2025

www.ccp4.ac.uk

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Aug 1

Indeed, our journal carries these contributions with pride. This might be a good time to revisit our video chat with Xinping, Prashit and Krystle (last year! time flies) www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZhv...

FabG4 from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis

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Krystle J McLaughlin @biophyskrys.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!

www.vassar.edu/news/student...

This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.

@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social

#grantsinaction #biochemistry

Two scientists looking at a computer screen

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Structural Biology Communications @actacrystf.iucr.org · Jul 31

We were pleased to publish some of the results from this course, some in our recent 'Empowering education through structural genomics' focused issue: journals.iucr.org/special_issu...

Krystle J McLaughlin @biophyskrys.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!

www.vassar.edu/news/student...

This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.

@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social

#grantsinaction #biochemistry

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Jul 29

Happy World Rain Day! It’s raining…

– Cats and dogs (English)
– Old ladies and sticks (Welsh)
– Like a pissing cow (French)
– As from Esteri’s ass (Finnish)
– Penguins headfirst (Uruguayan Spanish)
– Pilot whales (Faroese)
– Chair legs (Greek)
– Wheelbarrows (Czech)
– Men (hallelujah)

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 27

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Jason C. Cole @theduckmachine.bsky.social · Jul 27

Don't get tripped up at the pub quiz. If the question is "Who is England's most successful football team manager?" The answer isn't Alf Ramsey. It's not Gareth Southgate. It's Sarina Wiegman.

#Euro2025 #ENGvESP

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thanks for sharing — lovely photos.

Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 25

AI chat bots behaving like science fiction AI chat bots because they were once trained on Asimov

Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · Jul 24

In my latest (and last!) column for Science’s Expert Voices series, I write about the reasons behind AI chatbots’ “deceptive” behaviors (and why Claude threatened a fictional CEO with blackmail).

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Why AI chatbots lie to us

A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine needed to collect and format some data from a website, and he asked the latest version of Anthropic’s generative AI system, Claude, for help. Claude cheerfully agr...

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 22

Lost for words 😞

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 18

Just realised that we've been doing Interviews With Authors on YouTube for a whole year!

I'd really appreciate receiving comments about these, e.g. suggest a structural biologist you would like us to interview

Here's a playlist with all the videos we've done so far: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Interviews with Authors - YouTube

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IUCr2026 @iucr2026.bsky.social · Jul 20

Giddy up to Calgary! Stop by our #IUCr2026 booth at #ACA2025 to gear up for the 2026 Conference to get some Calgary Stampede merch, plan your trip, meet other attendees and more!

ACA2025 attendees wearing cowboy hats in front of a billboard that says "See you in Calgary!"

ACA2025 attendee wearing cowboy hat in front of a billboard that says "See you in Calgary!"

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Jul 19

Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.

It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Jul 19

Welcome to the new normal in Erurope

Please use mosquito repellent

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Jul 18

European nations report more local detections of chikungunya, dengue

Italy and France are now reporting local chikungunya cases, and 3 countries have confirmed local dengue infections.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Photo: UK College of Agriculture, Food & Environment/Flickr cc

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 18

Interesting preprint, by the way. I will try to read it next week.

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 18

Just realised that we've been doing Interviews With Authors on YouTube for a whole year!

I'd really appreciate receiving comments about these, e.g. suggest a structural biologist you would like us to interview

Here's a playlist with all the videos we've done so far: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Interviews with Authors - YouTube

www.youtube.com

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 17

#glycotime

Structural Biology Communications @actacrystf.iucr.org · Jul 15

Structural variation in positive subsites in loop regions demonstrating high structural variability suggests potential differences in substrate specificity in family 168 glycoside hydrolases #GlycosideHydrolases #Fucoidanases #MarineBacteria doi.org/10.1107/S205...

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 14

And here is the interview with Gabby, Vivian and Sarah where they discuss their article and its connection to the ACA SAMPREP workshop! bsky.app/profile/glyc...

Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 14

As the community gets ready for #ACA2025, we're proud to present this interview with @gabbygrowsxtals.bsky.social Vivian Stojanoff and @xtalmaker.bsky.social on how to prepare for successful protein crystallisation experiments! 🥳🥳 youtu.be/m34RI500OFU?...

Preparing for successful protein crystallization experiments

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 14

Please give the interview a watch! Thumbs-up and comments much appreciated too 😄

Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 14

The authors wrote a wonderful review for a dedicated @actacrystf.iucr.org issue that includes contributions from #ACA2023 SAMPREP workshop attendees journals.iucr.org/f/issues/202... – edited by @guptapenn.bsky.social , who also joined us for the interview and asked some great questions.

Preparing for successful protein crystallization experiments

All crystal-based structural biology methods, including X-ray crystallography, serial synchrotron and serial femtosecond crystallography, and electron diffraction, require the preparation of biomolecu...

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Jon Agirre @glycojones.bsky.social · Jul 14

As the community gets ready for #ACA2025, we're proud to present this interview with @gabbygrowsxtals.bsky.social Vivian Stojanoff and @xtalmaker.bsky.social on how to prepare for successful protein crystallisation experiments! 🥳🥳 youtu.be/m34RI500OFU?...

Preparing for successful protein crystallization experiments

YouTube video by International Union of Crystallography

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