Phil Biggin
@philbiggin.bsky.social
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Computational biochemist, interested in neuronal signalling at the atomic level and computer-aided drug design. All views my own. @[email protected] @philbiggin@X bigginlab.web.ox.ac.uk
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philbiggin.bsky.social
Complete collection of the COSB edition on New Concepts in Drug Discoverythat Rod Hubbard and I edited is now online. My deepest thanks to all authors for their excellent articles!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
philbiggin.bsky.social
"R&D is the driver of domestic economic growth" and we also know that graduate students are the engine room of R&D. So why cut studentships? @wellcometrust.bsky.social
martinrsmith.bsky.social
NEW WELLCOME REPORT

R&D is a driver of domestic economic growth, but there's so much more that strength in science can do for the UK and the world.

Our report sets out a wider narrative for UK R&D, and why the UK needs to move on from 'science superpower'

wellcome.org/reports/uk-g...
The Global Partner of Choice for R&D | Report | Wellcome
This report outlines the importance of research and development (R&D) for the UK, emphasising its role in economic growth, global reputation and national security amidst changing geopolitical landscap...
wellcome.org
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philipwfowler.bsky.social
Job advert to come and work with me on tuberculosis closes tomorrow (Friday) at noon!

Part of #OxCOD4TB

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@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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pwk2024.bsky.social
Opportunity for computational chemist at Syngenta (Bracknell UK) #agrochem #CompChem #cheminformatics #AI #ML #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
jobs.syngenta.com/job/principa...
Principal Scientist - Computational Chemistry
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timeshighered.bsky.social
Science minister Patrick Vallance has warned that “curiosity-driven” research is one of the “easiest” areas for governments to cut, but stressed it must be “protected and grown” alongside improving the UK’s applied research base
#Metascience2025
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/basic-r...
Basic research funding ‘must be protected and grown’ - Vallance
Funding for curiosity-driven research ‘easiest area’ for governments to cut, warns science minister
www.timeshighereducation.com
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philbiggin.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to host you! Thanks for the cool talk!
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elisafadda.bsky.social
Too cool to be true? 😎 Nope! GlycoShape ReGlyco runs on PyMol through the GlycoMe interface 🥰😍 check out this fab #glycotime tool from Hiren @glyco.me and Ojas @ojas-singh.bsky.social ⤵️🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉
glyco.me
Well, it turns out that you can actually make PyMOL do quite a lot of stuff. Here's the full workflow, integrating the amazing ReGlyco into PyMOL to re-glycosylate the LDLA linker. There's some serious magic needed to get it running as fast as it is within PyMOL. @elisafadda.bsky.social
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bioexcelcoe.bsky.social
First full day of the Summer School on Biomolecular Simulations 2025 in Sardinia 😎 🏖️

It's mostly about #moleculardynamics and #GROMACS with lectures and hands-on tutorials

Check out these useful MD tricks from Prof. Berk Hess👇
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godlessprimate.bsky.social
We'd be a lot better off if we dump the religions and accept this.
Hello, fellow primates! 🙂
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biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
Federal funding for research is under unprecedented threat. How the public responds to this threat depends on whose stories they hear.
To increase public awareness of the value of federally-funded research, join the McClintock Letters Initiative.  buff.ly/P85PopY
The McClintock Letters – Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club
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philipcball.bsky.social
This is such a big problem, perhaps especially in the decorous UK: scientists really don't want to appear unseemly or to "get political" in gatherings like this, even while what is happening (to NASA in this case) is cataclysmic. I've experienced it myself several times.
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tcell.bsky.social
Our new review article led by Jordan Kramer:

Platforms for studying cell–cell recognition by immune cells

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
philbiggin.bsky.social
Looks useful!
matthchavent.bsky.social
Our joint paper with Wonpil Im lab is now available as a preprint:
"Dynamic Architecture of Mycobacterial Outer Membranes Revealed by All-Atom Simulations"

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...