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TJ McCorvie

@allostericstate.bsky.social
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Revealing the hidden world of shape shifting enzymes using Cryo-EM. Senior research associate at Newcastle University, UK. Currently working as part of Recon4IMD www.recon4imd.org Views are my own.

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Microscopy images are scientific evidence, and that image processing must be transparent and faithful to the underlying biology. Reinforce those standards, especially now-insist Nikon uphold them. #NikonSWiM2026 Read the letter: tinyurl.com/OpenLetterSW... Add your name: forms.gle/TyGRELnCxq5z...
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Open letter to Nikon Small World in Motion
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolute trash, by trash people who are not scientists
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📣Our department is hiring a new group leader!📣 Want to start your team in a vibrant scientific environment in the center of Paris? I was very lucky to do that 10 years ago, reach out if you have any question. Apply by December 18th: jpi-recruitment-curie-umr3215-u934.curie.fr
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We have 2 new preprints on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social that describe reconstitution of #Alzheimers paired helical filaments in experimental model systems: one in human brain organoids and one in murine primary cultures. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Templated seeding induces the formation of Alzheimer paired helical tau filaments in human brain organoids
The prion concept postulates that seeded aggregation results in the recruitment of soluble protein monomers and their assembly into amyloid filaments with the same structures as those of the seeds. He...
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Sebastian Baumgarten @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are recruiting! Excited by ribosomes, translation, cryoEM and maybe malaria parasites? Then we have a fully funded, 3-year PhD position at the Institut Pasteur in Paris waiting for you. All info here: research.pasteur.fr/en/job/phd-p... ⏰ Deadline: November 6, 2026
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PhD position to resolve structural ribosome heterogeneity in the human malaria parasite - Research
The Baumgarten Lab at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, France, is looking for a PhD student to join our “Parasite RNA Biology” research group. The position is intended for a student holding a MSc degre...
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cover image alert 🎨🚨👇🏼 - check out the amazing drawing of Sophia Zimmermann from our group in Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com ! Fun fact: Sophia initially drew it as a present to Dorentina @humollidorentina.bsky.social when we celebrated her recent paper on TnSeq with phages 🥂😊.
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Filip Van Petegem @filipvanpetegem.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our latest on KCNQ1, in collaboration with David Fedida and Luca Maragliano: cryo-EM shows how the inhibitor UCL2077 breaks the symmetry of KCNQ1 and causes a conformational change that blocks the pore. Cryo-EM work spearheaded by Efthymios Kyriakis. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cornell Police and the County Prosecutor's office seem intent on saying, in barely concealed terms, the other is to blame. It's a system where they're both happy to be able to pass off any responsibility while preserving their authority / power / territory; something fundamental has to change.
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Mood at Cornell University darkens amid mounting pressure on investigators of alleged sex assault | CNN
At first glance, the Cornell University looks like a picture-perfect college brochure. But students say the mood on campus has turned somber amid allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house.
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today I'm posting a new video! This case report includes AI generated images. Despite being apparently fabricated with OpenAI tools this paper is already suggested by ChatGPT as evidence to be considered for off label treatment of an autoimmune disease. youtu.be/G9KHwXNIJyk
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Explore images that structural biologist Irina Bezsonova (UCONN Health) created for #inktober in PDB-101's #sciart gallery
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PDB101: Irina Bezsonova Gallery
PDB-101: Training, Outreach, and Education portal of RCSB PDB
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Michelle Fry @myfry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1/ 🧵 Two classic mitochondrial pathways the TCA cycle and OXPHOS are taught as linked but distinct pathways. I’m happy to share our new work out in @cp-cell.bsky.social showing that in Acanthamoeba they're physically linked—with a TCA enzyme incorporated in ATP synthase. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Acanthamoeba ATP synthase structure reveals the TCA cycle is tethered to OXPHOS
Acanthamoeba castellanii, a pathogenic amoeba, belongs to an evolutionary branch distinctly removed from humans and fungi. Cryo-EM of the organism’s ATP synthase enzyme using raw mitochondrial lysates...
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 02/10/2026
Graphene reservoirs formed over perforated support films precisely control ice thickness during cryo-EM sample preparation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Control of ice thickness in cryo-EM via confinement - Nature Methods
This study explores the use of graphene reservoirs formed over perforated supporting films as a method to precisely control ice thickness during cryo-EM sample preparation.
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And… I am SO excited to share the first research preprint from my group! In this paper we determined several cryoEM structures to visualize the entire cell-to-cell bridging complex formed by TAM receptor and ligand, bringing into 3D a common graphical depiction. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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pilarcossio.bsky.social @pilarcossio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*Job alert*: Postdoc position at the Flatiron Institute to work on biophysical inference and cryo-EM. ❄️ 🔬Applications are welcome! apply.interfolio.com/193799
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Structura Biotechnology @structurabio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Are you looking for another opportunity to learn #SingleParticle #cryoEM? Instruct.SI is organizing a workshop covering cryo-EM from grid preparation to 3D reconstruction! 👀 Check out their website for more information - registration deadline October 2, 2026
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do the stats for women! It’s 5.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The obvious conclusion (to me): if you have proprietary research & you upload it into the Plagiarism Nexus, it's not YOUR proprietary research anymore. Behave accordingly.
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I'm posting a new video about a team of ophthalmology researchers in Germany who scribbled on their figures! t.co/X2U6zCw9pn
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
September 25th is International #Ataxia Awareness Day PDB structures help us better understand the disease and treament options
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Ataxia: A symptom and a disease
It's International Ataxia Awareness Day.
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cryo-EM peeps are living the dream www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In-cell structures visualize human pre-ribosome assembly in the nucleolus
In eukaryotes, ribosome biogenesis initiates within the nucleolus, a hallmark multilayered compartment of the nucleus. Structures of pre-ribosomes have been characterized ex situ, but their assembly p...
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ChimeraX @chimerax.ucsf.edu · 25/09/2026
Make natural language requests to ChimeraX with the new Pellaeon plugin developed by Yam Amir that works with many free and paid large language models. Get Pellaeon using ChimeraX menu Tools / More Tools.... cxtoolshed.rbvi.ucsf.edu/apps/chimera...
PAR1 molecular structure shown in ChimeraX using Pellaeon chat bot.
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Daniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For anyone interested in a more accessible overview of our recent norovirus paper, Utrecht University has now published a news item about the work. www.uu.nl/en/news/mole...
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Molecular motor may help norovirus transport its genetic material
Researchers have uncovered new details about a key norovirus protein. They provide a new framework for future research into the virus and antiviral drugs.
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Vasilii Mikirtumov @vasiliimikirtumov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
thrilled to share that my main phd project is finally out in @natcomms.nature.com we present high-resolution structures of RyR1 in native membranes across multiple functional states by both cryo-ET/StA #TeamTomo and SPA! paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... and a thread below⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Jon Marles-Wright @jmarlesw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Starting off my 29th Fresher’s week with a proud supervisor moment. Congratulations to Imogen for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Thanks to Wyatt Yue and Paul James for examining and a special thanks to Dennis the support dog!
A photograph of a PhD candidate, their examiners, and supervisor.
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Daniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Excited to share that our norovirus NS3 study is now online in Nature Communications! 🎉 These enzymes, found across an entire order of RNA viruses, have long been molecular motors in search of a function. We think we’ve uncovered their role. (🧵) www.nature.com/articles/s41... #virology #cryoEM
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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/Bi...
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TJ McCorvie @allostericstate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Forbidden chocolate and pistachio ice cream.
Image of two 50 ml falcon tubes with two green and brown bacterial cell pellets of a GFP tagged heme protein.
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Kevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
found at ucsf
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Janani Durairaj (Jay) @ninjani.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The PhD and Postdoc application links are now live! Come join me at UNIL to work on deep learning for protein structure, interactions & design. pickybinders.org#open-positions
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Career Opportunities: PhD student position in deep learning for enzyme structure & catalysis (22980)
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Kelvin Lau @klausenhauser on 🙅‍♂️🐘🪡 @klausenhauser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Did some reviews and…. Why do ppl show biophysical assays without the actual data? KD values with no curves or fits. An ITC table without a single raw thermogram. You wouldn’t publish a Western without the blot, but for binding assays we just say “trust me bro”. Free the curves!!
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Sukrit Singh @sukritsingh92.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📣 The Singh Lab opens at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Spring 2027, where I will be starting as an Assistant Professor!📣 Excited to continue studying how protein biophysics shapes drug response. I am hiring across all levels and disciplines! Apply on the "Join" page ( & spread the word!): singhlab.bio
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Michel Goedert and myself are looking for two postdocs to work on #cryoEM and #masspec of #alphasynuclein filaments from neurodegenerative disease. Come join our bubbly and friendly team at the @mrclmb.ac.uk in lovely Cambridge, UK. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Postdoctoral Scientist | Neurobiology | Dr Michel Goedert | LMB 2842 - Cambridgeshire job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | 12864505
Postdoctoral Scientist Salary £42,694 per annum Fixed term, 3 years MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK To work in the group of Dr M...
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wow
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Marcin J. Suskiewicz @msuskiewicz.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
Happy to share our preprint on a subset of ZBTB BTB domains as highly efficient natural SUMO 'supersubstrates'. The work was spearheaded by a great postdoc, El Hadji Cisse, with input from other team members and in collaboration with @defossezlab.bsky.social and @ucagne.bsky.social
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A new class of inherently efficient SUMOylation substrates
SUMOylation is an essential eukaryotic ubiquitin-like post-translational modification that plays a central role in the regulation of various nuclear processes and stress responses. It canonically occu...
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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is a first for me: a citation for a paper I never wrote... in a new book published by @SpringerNature.com no less! 😱 Geospatial Application of Coastal Hazards: Monitoring, Mitigation, Adaption and Prediction Springer Nature, 2026
A screenshot of Google Books, showing a citation highlighted in yellow. This citation does not exist.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A new video on my YouTube Channel - This one is about a 2013 Nature Neuroscience paper with extensive image manipulation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R6V...
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Image Fraud in Nature Neuroscience
YouTube video by Sholto David
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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Specimen-Dependent Sampling and Signal Limitations Govern the Effectiveness of Low-Magnification Super-Resolution in Cryo-EM www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.08.750297v1 #cryoEM
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Lorna Malone @drlornamalone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Online registration is still open for the Wellcome–MRC in situ Cryo-ET Workshop 2026! 🦠🔬 📅 28 Sept – 02 Oct 2026 📍 @diamondlightsource.bsky.social & @astburycentre.bsky.social 💻 Hybrid stream available via Zoom 🔗Learn more and register: shorturl.at/LRihg #CryoET #CryoEM #StructuralBiology
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Wellcome-MRC in situ Cryo-ET Workshop 2026 - - Diamond Light Source
eBIC (Diamond light source) has partnered with the Astbury Biostructure Lab (University of Leeds), the Scottish Centre for Macromolecular Imaging (University of Glasgow), Midlands Regional Cryo-EM Fac...
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Daniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our first #cryoEM map from the Krios 5 recently installed at Utrecht University as part of the EMPower-funded upgrades to NeCEN. Hopefully the first of many more!
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A third of nurses and a third of doctors were born overseas. Without immigrants the NHS would collapse. You are more likely to be treated by an immigrant than to be behind one in a queue. Massive underfunding of our NHS and lack of social housing were a political choice.
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TJ McCorvie @allostericstate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Registration for the Northern Structural Biology Meeting 2026 is now open! A great day of cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, integrative structural biology and protein science. Come along to share your work, meet colleagues and make new connections! #StructuralBiology #CryoEM
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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Opportunity in structural biology at Concept Life Sciences (Edinburgh UK) closing: 30-Sep-2026 #StructBiol #chemsky 🧪 conceptlifesciences.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa...
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Principal Scientist – Structural Biology
Concept Life Sciences seeks a Principal Scientist to lead structural biology projects, specialising in X‑ray crystallography and Cryo‑EM. The role is hands‑on, client‑focused, and involves mentoring, ...
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Magnus Bauer @kinasekid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AlphaFold Server’s ligand menu just got a lot bigger and I almost missed it! You can now add any ligand from the wwPDB Chemical Component Dictionary. Just enter its CCD code 🥳
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Instruct-ERIC @instruct-eric.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
EMBL Course - Autumn school on single particle cryo-EM: from sample to 3D reconstruction 📅 19 – 23 October 2026 📍 @embl.org Imaging Centre, Heidelberg, Germany 📝 Registration Open| Deadline: 13 September 2026 🔗Link below instruct-eric.org/events/embl-...
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EMBL Course - Autumn school on single particle cryo-EM: from sample to 3D reconstruction
<p>The EMBL Imaging Centre in collaboration with the Heidelberg University is offering a 5-day autumn school covering all aspects of the single particle cryo-EM workflow. The autumn school will focus…
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Kasinath-Lab @kasinath-lab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨🚨New preprint from ***Outstanding*** graduate student Jessica Song 🚨🚨 Jessica determined several cryo-EM structures (one at 2.5 Å) capturing, for the first time, protein recognition of a pUG-fold RNA & revealing how pUG-fold RNA inhibits DNMT1 activity through multiple modes. tinyurl.com/398ukze9
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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Structural Plasticity and Ligand Promiscuity of CYP3A4 Revealed by Cryo-EM www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.01.748687v1 #cryoEM
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology @natsmb.nature.com · 02/09/2026
ICYMI: New online: Molecular architecture and spatial organization of proteasomes in the human sperm nucleus
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Molecular architecture and spatial organization of proteasomes in the human sperm nucleus
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41594-026-01870-zProteasomes are essential for male fertility. Kolata, dos Santos, Dendooven and colleagues show large nuclear proteasomal assemblies segregated from DNA in human sperm, forming after meiosis and with a unique α4s isoform. A native substrate is bound at the 20S catalytic site.
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