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Alan Brown

@alanbrownhms.bsky.social
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Structural biologist studying cilia and ciliopathies.

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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Millions of beating cilia keep airways clean. At the base of each is the transition zone (TZ), a gate that controls which proteins enter and leave. In our paper out today in Science, we used cryo-FIB-ET to image the TZ inside human airway cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In situ structure of the human ciliary transition zone links linker defects to primary ciliary dyskinesia
The ciliary transition zone (TZ) regulates ciliary proteome composition, yet its molecular architecture, protein content, and contribution to motile ciliopathies remain poorly defined. We applied in situ cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging ...
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm incredibly proud of Sven as he leaves the lab to start his own independent research program at Weill Cornell Medicine. He'll be a fantastic #newPI, mentor, and colleague.
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EuroCilia2027 @eurocilia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
📣 Abstract submission and early registration are now OPEN for the 7th European Cilia Conference—an official EMBO workshop! 📅 8–12 March 2027 📍 Stresa, Italy Submit and register: meetings.embo.org/event/27-cilia www.eurocilia.eu #EMBOCilia #Cilia2027
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
One, perhaps two, of our postdocs are moving on to faculty positions this year (more news soon!). While they're truly irreplaceable, it does mean that we have openings for new members to join our team studying #cilia. If interested, please apply: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15526
Advert for postdoctoral positions at Harvard Medical School studying cilia
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Our lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The position is intentionally broad, as we are looking for outstanding researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to advance our understanding of cilia and ciliopathies: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15526
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HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in BCMP, Brown Lab
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Brown lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The Brown lab uses structural, biophysical, and biochemical approaches to d...
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Delighted to have contributed to this paper and amazing resource. In-silico protein-protein interaction screening has huge promise for generating novel hypotheses and building models into low-res #cryo-EM and #teamtomo maps.
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Our latest collaborative effort - with Eva Gluenz and @zephyris-science.bsky.social - to understand how the various proteins and complexes of the axoneme contribute to ciliary motility:
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Richard Wheeler @zephyris-science.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Very excited to share this one! Our comprehensive structure, genetics and biophysics dissection of which flagellar dyneins and other proteins are needed for flagella to beat and drive cells swimming behaviours: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Watching Sven elucidate this mechanism from an unbiased screen onwards has been one of my favorite experiences as a PI. In these challenging times for science at Harvard, it reminds me of the sheer joy of doing science and making discoveries.
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Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Mark your calendars! The CSHA Cilia & Centrosomes meeting returns this November 2025, can’t wait for what’s sure to be an exceptional gathering of the community.
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U-M Life Sciences Institute @umlifesciences.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
*Deadline extended* Applications for this year's #CryoEM Data Processing Workshop are due March 27! Don't miss this chance to learn about various approaches to deal with conformational/compositional heterogeneity. myumi.ch/lsi-cryo-2025 @jbquerido.bsky.social @shyamalm.bsky.social
Text overlaying a grid of cryo-EM images of heterogeneous samples. Text: Cryo-EM Summer Workshop, June 1-5, 2025.
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The insides of microtubules of motile cilia and flagella are coated in proteins - but are they all important for motility? Our latest collaborative study addresses this question using trypanosomatids as model organisms. Matt explains more below:
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A reminder that the Brown lab has an opening for a postdoc fellow: brown.hms.harvard.edu/jobs/242. This might suit someone from the #cilia community interested in learning structural biology. Deadline extended to the 10th Jan.
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Postdoctoral fellow | Brown Lab
The Brown lab at Harvard Medical School is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join our team.
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
This was a great collaboration and culmination of a huge amount of work including our first attempt to join #teamtomo. @ruizhangmt.bsky.social expertly summarizes the highlights below:
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Benjamin Friedrich @friedrich-group.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Deadline alert: "Biophysics of Motile Cilia": Apply before Dec 1st for consideration for contributed talks! Topics: #axoneme mechanics, #synchronization, #navigation, #ciliopathies, ... Meet us in Bad Honnef, Germany, 30.03.-02.04.2025 we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltun... Please re-sky!
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