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Giulio Tesei @giuliotesei.bsky.social · 6d

I'm hiring for a PhD position at Malmö University, Sweden!

The project will focus on molecular modelling of proteins, lipids, and biomolecular condensates at cell membranes.

More details and application form: tinyurl.com/4zm92365

Please feel free to share!

@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social | @mau.se

Snapshot of a condensate near a lipid membrane with Swedish Research Council and Malmö University logos.

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xavier salvatella @xsalvatella1.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Fundación @bbvaenespana.bsky.social for supporting our collaboration with Michael Krieg of @icfo.eu !

IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 5d

🧪 The @bbvaenespana.bsky.social Foundation has awarded a grant to our project on disordered proteins in neuronal cells. We’ll study how pH shapes their assembly & activity, key to brain function. Led by @xsalvatella1.bsky.social (#IRBBarcelona) & Michael Krieg (@icfo.eu).

https://shorturl.at/PbpiM

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15d

Antoni Gaudí’s vision for the Sagrada Família, a church that’s been under construction for nearly 150 years, was never universally liked. George Orwell called the church “one of the most hideous buildings in the world.”

Is the Sagrada Família a Masterpiece or Kitsch?

In the century since Antoni Gaudí died, his wild design has been obsessively realized, creating the world’s tallest church—and an endlessly debated icon.

www.newyorker.com

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 29

RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible for the rise in autism diagnoses, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research

go.nature.com/47R4brs

Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?

Nature - RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.

go.nature.com

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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are you a computational biologist who loves the outdoors & is thinking about faculty positions? Then check this out:
eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Tenure track position at the University of Wyoming - amazing colleagues, beautiful landscape, and fantastic work-life balance.

Asst Professor - Molecular Biology - Computational Biochemist

The Department of Molecular Biology (MOLB) and the School of Computing (SoC) at the University of Wyoming seeks candidates for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in th...

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Tanja Mittag @tanjamittag.bsky.social · Jul 9

New paper on transcription factor phase separation published from my colleague Aseem Ansari's and my lab: Reconciling competing models on the roles of condensates and soluble complexes in transcription factor function authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) @crg.eu · Jul 1

Exciting news: our Board of Trustees has appointed @monicabettencourt.bsky.social as the CRG's new Director. Prof Bettencourt-Dias is expected to take up the post in 2026, replacing Dr. Luis Serrano, who will continue to maintain a research group at the institute.
www.crg.eu/en/news/moni...

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RSC-ESR Group @esr-group.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations to RSC-ESR group committee member Adam Brookfield and his colleague, Dr Muralidharan Shanmugam, for winning the RSC Technical Excellence Prize for their operations of the EPSRC NRF for EPR in Manchester, UK. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/f...

Four University colleagues win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry prizes

Four University of Manchester colleagues have been honoured by the Royal Society of Chemistry for their outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences.Professor Igor Larrosa has been selected to r...

www.manchester.ac.uk

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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · Jun 30

🏆 La investigación sobre la causa del #autismo, premio #VanguardiadelaCiencia 2025!

¡Enhorabuena a las premiadas: Dra. Carla Garcia Cabau y Dra. Anna Bartomeu, del #IRBBarcelona!👏👏👏

➡️ https://shorturl.at/1hXF0

@lavanguardia.com @xsalvatella1.bsky.social

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xavier salvatella @xsalvatella1.bsky.social · Jun 29

Gracias de parte de Carla y Anna !

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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · Jun 24

Today’s uniquely challenging biotech climate may result in a more resilient sector nature.com/articles/s41...
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Biotech financing: divide and reset - Nature Biotechnology

Today’s uniquely challenging biotech climate may result in a more resilient sector.

nature.com

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · Jun 17

“What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?”

Most drugs have several activities in the human body, and discovery of these effects goes on for years after they are on the market.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Jun 15

...the amino-acid sequence does not necessarily determine 3D shape, because many of our proteins have functionally crucial disordered regions that don't really have a shape. (Sometimes they fold on binding, perhaps in a ligand-specific way, sometimes they don't.)...

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Rachel W. Martin @rwmartin.bsky.social · Jun 15

Here's an anniversary worth celebrating!

Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · Jun 15

Released 46 years ago today
Unknown Pleasures, the debut studio album by Joy Division

Joy Division - She's Lost Control (Live At Something Else Show)

#punk #punkrock #postpunk #unknownpleasures #joydivision #history #postpunkhistory #otd

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Stan Stanminson @lancetungsten.bsky.social · Jun 3

Patent departments have budget targets that lead to “pound foolish” decisions to abandon all the time.

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IDPSeminars @idpseminars.bsky.social · Jun 3

IDPSeminars is back with another seminar this week from @sarahshammas.bsky.social and @sonia-longhi.bsky.social!

Come hear about transcriptional regulation and viral pathogenesis!

Thursday June 5th!
PST 10 am EST 1 pm CET 7 pm!

Info: idpseminars.com
Signup form: forms.gle/3yCHeYvuuqLh...

Sarah Shammas (University of Oxford):Opportunities in DNA binding provided by protein disorder

Sonia Longhi (AFMB Marseille): Intrinsic disorder, phase transitions and fibril formation by the Henipavirus V and W proteins: a new hallmark of viral pathogenesis?

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xavier salvatella @xsalvatella1.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations for this very important paper !

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xavier salvatella @xsalvatella1.bsky.social · May 15

indeed a great meeting !

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Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics @molgen.mpg.de · May 14

Nuage Therapeutics, co-founded by our group leader Denes Hnisz was highlighted in recent Nature Spotlight article: www.nature.com/articles/d42...

Find out more about work in the Hnisz lab: www.molgen.mpg.de/3857230/tran...

@irbbarcelona.org @xsalvatella1.bsky.social

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xavier salvatella @xsalvatella1.bsky.social · May 4

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There She Goes Again

YouTube video by The Velvet Underground - Topic

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Pedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · May 1

The Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) is one of the best research institutes in Portugal. It's currently recruiting for three Group Leaders (junior or senior) across different areas, including systems biology and bioinformatics.
gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...

Research Group Leaders – GIMMResearch Group Leaders – GIMM

Thank you very much for your generous donation and for sharing your testimony.We hope to more people feel inspired to join this mission of discovery and innovation!

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Ylva Ivarsson @ivarssonlab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Looking for a senior lecturer (associate #professor) position in #biochemistry? Come and join our neighbouring department at Uppsala University: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Senior lecturer in medical biochemistry - Uppsala University

Senior lecturer in medical biochemistry , Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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xavier salvatella @xsalvatella1.bsky.social · Apr 25

Gracias por vuestro apoyo!

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@CDTI_innovacion @cdti-innovacion.bsky.social · Apr 24

📢La SICC #Innvierte del CDTI Innovación invierte, junto con
@SofinnovaVC, en Nuage TX, #startup que desarrolla nuevos 🧪#fármacos

➡️ acortar.link/3Zc7lg

#AyudasCDTI #innovación #pymes #tecnología #coinversiones #CapitalRiesgo #salud #oncología #cáncer #terapia #Agenda2030 #ODS3 #AyudandoCrearFuturo

📢La SICC #Innvierte del CDTI Innovación invierte, junto con
@SofinnovaVC
, en Nuage TX, #startup que desarrolla nuevos 🧪#fármacos dirigidos a dianas terapéuticas consideradas inabordables (las proteínas intrínsecamente desordenadas) 👇

+ info ➡️ https://acortar.link/3Zc7lg

#AyudasCDTI #innovación #pymes #pymesinnovadoras #tecnología
#coinversiones #CapitalRiesgo #salud #oncología #cáncer #terapia #Agenda2030 #ODS3 #AyudandoCrearFuturo

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · Apr 25

The Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory—or SBiNLab as we call it—is turning 25 🎉🧲🇩🇰

We're celebrating with a symposium on Aug. 23 that is free and open to all

Great speakers incl. Ad Bax, Frauke Gräter, Harald Schwalbe, Sarah Shammas, Mikael Akke & alumni!

Join us:
www1.bio.ku.dk/english/rese...

Image showing an NMR magnet saying "SBINLAB 25" with flags and protein structures coming out of it

Programme of the meeting. Taken from https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/bms/sbinlab/Program.docx

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