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Stirling Churchman @stirlingchurchman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

RNA-seq tells us how much RNA is present in the cell. But to understand gene regulation, we need to easily measure the synthesis and decay rates driving this abundance. We introduce AIR-seq: analog intrinsic recoding sequencing. (1/6) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Analog intrinsic recoding measures RNA dynamics without chemical conversion

Steady-state RNA abundance measurements mask the synthesis and decay rates that shape gene expression. Analog intrinsic recoding sequencing (AIR-seq) repurposes the base-pairing properties of N4-hydro...

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I am delighted to share that my newest manuscript and the first of my postdoc in the Marqusee and Bustamante labs, “A detailed molecular picture of protein folding during active translation”, is now on the BioRXiv! (1/n) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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A detailed molecular picture of protein folding during active translation

All proteins can begin to fold on the ribosome, and many proteins critically rely on co-translational folding to attain their native conformation. The molecular details underlying this crucial process...

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Would love to see you at my talk and/or poster at BPS this week!

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Had a blast at the protein folding GRC, my absolute favorite meeting. It feels like a family reunion, and always rejuvenates my passion for science. Can't wait for 2028!

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Marqusee Lab @marquseelab.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The Marqusee lab is at the 2026 protein folding Gordon Research seminar + conference! Amir will be giving a 10 min talk at the GRS today, while Eva will give a 10 min talk at the GRC on Tuesday! Susan will serve as a panelist on today's career panel at the GRS!

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Thrilled to be giving a talk at the University of Chile tomorrow on my research (in spanish/spanglish)! Feel free to scan the QR code below, or contact me for a link if you're interested in joining!

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Really excited to be giving a seminar next week at @purduechemistry.bsky.social

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thrilled to be part of the Everyday Scientist project run by the awesome JCC fellowship--a community I'm honored to be a part of. Check out this short video on my research and spread the word about how awesome science can be!

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Really thrilled to share my latest co-first author publication in Science Advances, the culmination of a project from my PhD with Eugene Shakhnovich and a wonderful collaboration with the lab of Marina Rodnina www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Cotranslational protein folding through non-native structural intermediates

Early folding intermediates form via non-native contacts and are reshaped by chaperones during protein synthesis on the ribosome.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science! The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic

A map of the US with the states the republican senators are from marked in red and states the democratic senators are from marked in blue:
Senator Susan Collins (Republican - Maine)
Senator Mitch McConnell(Republican - Kentucky)
Senator Lisa Murkowski(Republican - Alaska)
Senator Lindsey Graham(Republican - South Carolina)
Senator Jerry Moran(Republican - Kansas)
Senator John Hoeven(Republican - North Dakota)
Senator John Boozman(Republican - Arkansas)
Senator Shelley Moore Capito(Republican - West Virginia)
Senator John Kennedy(Republican - Louisiana)
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith(Republican - Mississippi)
Senator Bill Hagerty(Republican - Tennessee)
Senator Katie Britt(Republican - Alabama)
Senator Markwayne Mullin(Republican - Oklahoma)
Senator Deb Fischer(Republican - Nebraska)
Senator Mike Rounds(Republican - South Dakota)
Patty Murray(Democrat - Washington)
Richard Durbin(Democrat - Illinois)
Jack Reed(Democrat - Rhode Island)
Jeanne Shaheen(Democrat - New Hampshire)
Jeff Merkley(Democrat - Oregon)
Christopher Coons(Democrat - Delaware)
Brian Schatz(Democrat - Hawaii)
Tammy Baldwin(Democrat - Wisconsin)
Chris Murphy(Democrat - Connecticut)
Chris Van Hollen(Democrat - Maryland)
Martin Heinrich(Democrat - New Mexico)
Gary Peters(Democrat - Michigan)
Kirsten Gillibrand(Democrat - New York)
Jon Ossoff(Democrat - Georgia)

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Sam Berry @sberry.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Lovely article from our colleague Kseniia Petrova, who has been wrongfully imprisoned for months: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

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Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Such an honor to give a talk at the annual @jcchildsfund.bsky.social retreat as a third year (!!) fellow. Thank you to the JCC for the fantastic support and lifelong community

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Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

At the Stand up for science march, San Francisco

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Chaya Czernowin @chaya-czernowin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Dear all , Here is a call of more than 80 Israeli musicians re the situation in Israel and Palestine. We will be grateful for sharing over social media widley. www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Here's a very important update from the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) on the proposed cuts to NIH Indirect costs: "Every year since 2017, the annual spending bill that funds NIH has included language prohibiting the Administration from making changes to F&A cost rates" 1/2 🧪

Section 224 of Public Law (PL) 118–47 as carried forward by PL 118-158:

SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human Services or to any department or agency may be used to develop or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quarter.

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Cooper Battle @chbattle.com · 05/02/2025

Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.

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