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Phill Stansfeld

@pstansfeld.bsky.social

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Professor of Computational Biochemistry. School of Life Sciences & Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick. Molecular Modeller of Membrane Proteins, Bacterial Biogenesis & Antimicrobial Resistance.

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · 4d

Just in time for Becca’s thesis submission, their paper on MreB membrane interactions is published in @biophysj.bsky.social: www.cell.com/biophysj/ful... 🎉

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · 9d

Cool! Congrats.

Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · 21d

Simon Foster being badly behaved.

Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · 21d

Fantastic WEHeraeus symposium at the Bad Honnef Physikzentrum, perfectly organised by @djanuliene.bsky.social and @arnemoeller.bsky.social. Thank you for the invitation.

Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Jul 7

Józef Lewandowski and I have a JPIAMR-funded Postdoctoral position available.

We are seeking a candidate to study antibiotic interactions with bacterial membranes using MD Simulations.

The successful applicant will be part of a larger consortium of academic and industrial partners.

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Research Fellow (110633-0625) - University of Warwick

Title: Research Fellow (110633-0625). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Jul 7

Also a couple of back-to-back @natcomms.nature.com papers with @chelseabrown.bsky.social on Mycobacterial enzymes in collaboration with the Mancia lab et al.: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Mechanistic studies of mycobacterial glycolipid biosynthesis by the mannosyltransferase PimE - Nature Communications

Here the authors investigate of the structural basis of substrate recognition and the catalytic mechanism of the mannosyltransferase PimE, which is crucial for the biosynthesis of phosphatidyl-myo-ino...

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Jul 7

New Paper with @deanelab.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Conformational dynamics and membrane insertion mechanism of B4GALNT1 in ganglioside synthesis - Nature Communications

Gangliosides are bioactive lipids important for neuronal cell function. Here, authors reveal the dynamic structure of the ganglioside synthetic enzyme B4GALNT1 and demonstrate how it inserts into memb...

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Jul 7

New paper out, with a contribution from Dom Gurvic and I; led by Andy Lovering and @lalouxlab.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A porin-like protein used by bacterial predators defines a wider lipid-trapping superfamily

Nature Communications - This study reveals that an outer membrane protein from the predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus forms a pentameric assembly that traps a lipid monolayer within. This allows...

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Robin Corey @robincorey.bsky.social · Mar 27

Check out our new paper with Michael Landreh, @pstansfeld.bsky.social and others in @elife.bsky.social : Engineering cardiolipin binding to an artificial membrane protein reveals determinants for lipid-mediated stabilization doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Engineering cardiolipin binding to an artificial membrane protein reveals determinants for lipid-mediated stabilization

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Jan 30

Thanks for taking the time out to talk with me and attend the talk. Super impressed by everything going on at Sheffield and mol microbiol. Really fun visit.

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Melissa Webby @melissawebby.bsky.social · Dec 11

You or someone you know interested in cell envelopes and getting a PhD? Come join me warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... or have a look at some of the other fantastic projects on offer @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

Dr Melissa Webby

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Dec 3

Safe travels @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social. Thanks for visiting!

Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Dec 3

We have a couple of fully-funded PhD opportunities available, with @hetsys.bsky.social and MIBTP Doctoral training Centres.

See here for more information:
stansfeldresearchgroup.wordpress.com/welcome/avai...

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Dec 2

Looking forward to hearing it! See you tomorrow. :)

Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Martin Vögele @martinvoegele.bsky.social · Nov 29

An interesting tool that employs MD Simulations to explain lipid densities in cryo-EM maps.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

LipIDens: simulation assisted interpretation of lipid densities in cryo-EM structures of membrane pr...

Interpretation of lipid-like densities in cryo-EM structures of membrane proteins is challenging. Here authors present LipIDens, enabling molecular dynamics analysis of protein-lipid interactions.

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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · Oct 13

🚨Job Alert🚨
As part of our BBSRC sLoLa award, David Roper,
@seamusholden.bsky.social and I have three 5-year PDRA positions available. Each is individually tailored to our groups, but will be part of the larger interdisciplinary team; also including Stephen Cochrane's group at QUB:
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3 x Research Fellow positions available to work on collaborative project - Coventry

3 x Research Fellow positions available to work on collaborative project between the Roper, Holden & Stansfeld laboratories at the School of Life S...

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