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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 5d

I know... I just imagine vividly Cees battling with Geert Wilders – or Yesilgöz or...

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 5d

Ja, why not? 😀 Would be interesting to see: kamer lid, Cees...

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 7d

Ha.🧐 Ben je op hun lijst nu? Voor welke rol?

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 8d

Rush! The application deadline for this #PhD or #Postdoc opportunity in my group is TODAY!
#smFRET #DyeCycling #nano-photonics & Co

Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

#2: #PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Fluorescence & DyeCycling/FRET
➤ Also for #Postdocs!

➤ Biomolecular dynamics, dynamic disorder & more
➤ with nano-photonic & fluorogenic DyeCycling/ #FRET.
⏰: submit by 30/9, 2025.

More info & online application system: tinyurl.com/y9dnb38e

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 22d

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping

The Schmid group at the University of Basel invites applications of talented and ambitious candidates for a PhD student position in the field of single-molecule biophysics, with a focus on protein tra...

jobs.unibas.ch

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 22d

4 days left to apply for this #PhD position on #nanopore trapping at @unibas.ch in Switzerland🇨🇭:

Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

#1: #PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping:

➤ solid-state and biological #nanopores
➤ label-free protein fingerprinting, enzyme catalysis & more
⏰: submit by Sept. 20, 2025.

More info & online application system: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 27d

Great times at the Annual Event of the @nanoscience.ch:
What a place, what a crowd, what an interdisciplinarity! Fascinating...! 😀

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wow: 7 ERC-StG for @unibas!
Congrats to all recepients in- & outside #Basel!

University of Basel @unibas.ch · Sep 4

Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants – an exceptional result for the University of Basel. Over the next five years, they will each receive between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 2.3 million in funding.

Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants

In the competition for highly sought-after research funding from the European Research Council, seven researchers from the University of Basel convinced the jury with their project ideas. Over the nex...

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congrats Luuk! Fantastic! 🙌

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Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel @nanoscience.ch · Aug 5

🎓 New PhD projects in #nanobiology, #nanochemistry & #nanophysics at the SNI PhD School! Apply now to join our #interdisciplinary community. 🧪
📌 Info: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung...
@unibas.ch @biozentrum.unibas.ch @eth-bsse.bsky.social
@psich.bsky.social @scisonja.bsky.social #nanoscience

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · Aug 2

A new one to me: a protein structure board game.

You can download a PDF, and print out the parts, or play online ⬇️ (Age 10+)

RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · Aug 2

Play the PDB board game that explores the process of structure discovery and deposition. Then, move on to the next project...but keep an eye on the competition and try not to get scooped! #GenCon
pdb101.rcsb.org/lear...

PDB101: Learn: Other Resources: PDB50 the Game

A PDB “worker placement” board game that explores the process of structure discovery

pdb101.rcsb.org

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy Swiss National Day! 🇨🇭 with phenomenal fireworks above the Rhine in Basel.

A day to be thankful for the unearned privilege of freedom, safety, welfare, and the stable democracy. 🤝🤝🤝

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you, Sergii!

Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

#3: #PhD Position on Structure–Dynamics–Function Relationship of the #Chaperone #Hsp90:

➤ NMR spectroscopy for atomic-resolution
➤ Single-molecule FRET for time-resolved dynamics
Collab.: @hillerlab.bsky.social & Schmid lab @unibas.ch

More info & online application system: tinyurl.com/mr2em3nk

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

#2: #PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Fluorescence & DyeCycling/FRET
➤ Also for #Postdocs!

➤ Biomolecular dynamics, dynamic disorder & more
➤ with nano-photonic & fluorogenic DyeCycling/ #FRET.
⏰: submit by 30/9, 2025.

More info & online application system: tinyurl.com/y9dnb38e

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

#1: #PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping:

➤ solid-state and biological #nanopores
➤ label-free protein fingerprinting, enzyme catalysis & more
⏰: submit by Sept. 20, 2025.

More info & online application system: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

💥 We have 3 positions open in my lab in Basel, Switzerland🇨🇭:
#nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules

We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech.

Please share broadly, thank you!🤝

schmid.chemie.unibas.ch

Home | Research Group Schmid | University of Basel

schmid.chemie.unibas.ch

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 30

Congratulations, Cees and the entire family. How sweet he is!

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 30

#smFRET for the win! What can be more convincing than seeing proteins in action. (Here through DNA-labelling.)

Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · Jul 30

A λ exonuclease system exhibits protospacer-adjacent motif-independent DNA-binding specificity, enabling diagnostic and imaging applications go.nature.com/3TwgkKk
rdcu.be/eynve

Bacteriophage λ exonuclease and a 5′-phosphorylated DNA guide allow PAM-independent targeting of double-stranded nucleic acids - Nature Biotechnology

A λ exonuclease system exhibits protospacer-adjacent motif-independent DNA-binding specificity, enabling diagnostic and imaging applications.

go.nature.com

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Ivan Maslov @ivanmasl0v.bsky.social · Jul 28

#smFRET-lovers! Imagine, you got nice burst data with freely diffusing molecules 🙌🔬

BUT
1) Immobilization does not work🧲🤬
2) Transitions are longer than diffusion time, but shorter than frametime of your TIRF⏱️

Solution: try ABEL-trap!💕

📜bioRxiv:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.22.666123

ABEL-FRET bridges the timescale gap in single-molecule measurements of the structural dynamics in the A2A adenosine receptor

The functional complexity of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) arises from their structural dynamics, which span timescales from nanoseconds to minutes. Single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Tran...

doi.org

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 27

Fantastic to see: 657'291 ppl saw the #EURO2025 in one of the 8 stadiums in Switzerland. #newRECORD

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 @weuro2025bot.bsky.social · Jul 27

History made, again! Another record-breaking attendance wraps up #WEURO2025 in style 🏆🫶

#SummitOfEmotions

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 27

Congrats, England! Well defended with Dutch über-coach #SarinaWiegmann!

And what a curious #kangaroo 🦘 penalty by #ChloeKelly 🤭

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 27

Congrats #England!! ⚽ #EURO2025

Thanks for the show throughout the tournament #Spain!

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 27

Let's go! #EURO2025 #Basel
One last game – I'll miss it. :)

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 @weuro2025bot.bsky.social · Jul 27

SPAIN TAKES THE LEAD IN THE UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2025 FINAL! 🇪🇸💪

🎥 :Foxsoccer via X || #WEURO2025

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 27

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