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Carter Lab

@carter-lab.bsky.social
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A lab at the MRC LMB, Cambridge. Interested in dynein, microtubules, cytoskeleton, electron microscopy and much more.

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Kashish Singh @kashishsingh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Very happy to see the final version of our work on the structure and composition of cytoplasmic lattices in mouse embryos, previously shared on bioRxiv, now published in The EMBO Journal! Many thanks to our editor, Ieva Gailite, and the reviewers for their constructive input.
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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Excited to share our new preprint! 🧬❄️ by brilliant @mdreimann.bsky.social and great collaborators! Using cryo-ET&EM, we reveal archaeal chromatin in a near-native state: variable-beads-on-a-string fibers shaped by growth phase and histone composition #ArchaeaSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Cryo-ET is often framed as a tool for in situ protein structure. But what if the real revolution is contextualization? I explore how #teamtomo is redefining what "local" means in organelle biology, revealing membrane states rather than just protein structures. tinyurl.com/localmembrane
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Think globally, act locally: Redefining organellar membrane environments through cryo-electron tomography
Early enthusiasm for the “cellular revolution” in cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was largely driven by the promise of resolving protein structures…
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Helen Foster @helenfoster.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
There are lots of exciting opportunities to join the in situ structural biology community at Leeds this Autumn - 2 studentships in the Cheney PhD program (astbury.leeds.ac.uk/cheney-phd/) and I am recruiting a PhD student and research assistant. Please share and send any future tomographers our way!
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Cheney Scholarship PhD Programme : The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology - "Understanding Life in Molecular Detail"
Applications are open for 2 PhD student places.  Closing date for applications is Thursday 26 June, 5pm. Interviews will be held on 9th July 2026. The Cheney Scholarship is a prestigious 4-year PhD pr...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In our #journalclub, we looked at the cool new findings from Deng and colleagues, which show that the bacterial reverse transcriptase Drt3 chain B can synthesise poly(AC) DNA strands in the absence of a nucleic acid template, encoded by conserved surface amino acids. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protein-templated synthesis of dinucleotide repeat DNA by an antiphage reverse transcriptase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) are widespread bacterial anti-phage systems that use unconventional mechanisms of polynucleotide synthesis. We show that DRT3, which comprises two dist...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Our story on RNA recognition by Egl-BicD is now published! Also delighted to share the accompanying News & Views article by Florence Besse and Andres Ramos, which beautifully highlights the work. Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... News & Views: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Structural basis for recognition of diverse localizing mRNAs by Egl–BicD - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Singh et al. combine cryo-electron microscopy and functional studies to reveal how a single protein complex selects diverse mRNAs for subcellular localization using a combination of shape, positional ...
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Simon Bullock @simonbullock11.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thrilled to see this work published. Thanks to helpful reviewer suggestions, there are some exciting new insights that were not in the preprint (particularly in Figure 4). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Structural basis for recognition of diverse localizing mRNAs by Egl–BicD - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Singh et al. combine cryo-electron microscopy and functional studies to reveal how a single protein complex selects diverse mRNAs for subcellular localization using a combination of shape, positional ...
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Come and work with us on #cryoEM of alpha-synuclein amyloid filaments from #Parkinsons disease! 🥳 fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Scientist | Neurobiology | Dr Michel Goedert | LMB 2253
£42,694 per annum | Fixed-term for 3 years | Full-time | Closing date: 17 May 2026
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New preprint from the lab, looking at how multiple different adaptors interact with dynein! Work led by @amicoennio.bsky.social. Available now on BioRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Always looking for ways to improve cryo-ET lamella quality. In last week’s #journalclub, we discussed what seems to be a promising and practical in-chamber sublimation approach for mitigating ice contamination and curtaining during lamella prep. Preprint-- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Really proud to see this. Huge congratulations to @helenfoster.bsky.social on the Biochemical Society Early Career Award, well deserved!!
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Beautiful new study from @dyneinassembly.bsky.social lab on cilia recycling.
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 08/04/2026
It’s done!! Molecular architecture of the ciliary base in mammalian multiciliated cells! A study 13 years in the making 👴, thanks to collab with @stearnslab.bsky.social + @centriolelab.bsky.social & visionary work by @computingcaitie.bsky.social, who integrated native #cryoET with #XLMS & #UExM 🧪🧶🧬🔬
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Our latest @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: "Prion-like transmission of human tau strains in the mouse brain" 🥳 With Michel Goedert and Masato Hasegawa. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic @anatv.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We are looking for a postdoc to join us on the quest for understanding RNA Pol II destruction machines! If you are curious why more than 80% of Pol II are removed from genes, check out the post below: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Postdoctoral Scientist | PNAC | Dr Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic | LMB 2142 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (GB) job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) | 12857096
Postdoctoral Scientist Salary £42,694 per annum pro rata Fixed term for 3 years MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK Applications are...
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Joe Greener @jgreener64.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
On this 1st April I'm happy to release a technical report from our startup MirageBio, describing a new protein structure model with state-of-the-art performance. jgreener64.github.io/posts/techni...
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MirageBio technical report
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Check out this new work from @ckylau.bsky.social and @ritatewari.bsky.social labs on proteins that bridge Plasmodium cytoskeleton and it's motility apparatus. Congrats to all authors!!
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Huge congratulations to @vcmentowski.bsky.social on winning the Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award at this year’s Mosbach Symposium!! Really great to see her work being recognised.
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Basil Greber @bjgreber.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Have a look at our latest results on #CDK regulation, just posted as a pre-print! This study was spearheaded by PhD student Amy McGeoch. Amy has determined the #cryoEM structure of the CDK11-cyclin L-SAP30B complex, an important regulator of #spliceosome activation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Depictions of the structure of CDK11-cyclin L-SAP30BP. Four cryo-EM densities are shown at the top, two molecules models at the bottom. CDK11 is green, cyclin L is purple, and SAP30BP is yellow.
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Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Proud to share the yeast telomerase structure, led by the talented @hongmiaohu.bsky.social in collaboration with the Wellinger and Chartrand labs. Discovered 37 years ago and took us nearly 7 years but totally worth the wait 😍. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFE4...
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Cryo-EM structure of yeast telomerase
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Excited to share our work on the structure and function of cytoplasmic lattices within mouse embryos. A collaborative effort with @niakanlab.bsky.social and work led by @kashishsingh.bsky.social and @inaharasimov.bsky.social . It is now out on BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
#journalclub! We had a look at axonal lysosomes in a preprint from Walker et al. (2026). The authors show that as v-ATPase-positive lysosomes mature, the mRAVE-dependent recruitment of V1 onto V0 is associated with a change in motile behaviour, from bidirectional to retrograde-only. Very cool!
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Today in #journalclub we learned that it takes two to TANGO: particle lists and spatial analysis! 💃🕺 Check out this new open-source Python package that lets you get more information from your cryo-ET data. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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TANGO: Analysis and curation of particles in cryo-electron tomography - Nature Communications
Cryo-electron tomography visualizes molecules inside cells, but it lacks flexible tools to study their spatial organization. The authors present TANGO, a framework that utilizes neighborhoods of parti...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In our last week's #journalclub, we looked at how the dynein light chain LC8 stablises the disordered domain of KANK1, transforming it into a rigid, hinged rod that can span the cortex–microtubule gap and recruit kinesin-4 to cortical microtubule plus ends. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The new isoNet2 looks amazing! We are excited to try it out! #journalclub www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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IsoNet2 determines cellular structures at submolecular resolution without averaging
We introduce IsoNet2 , an end-to-end self-supervised deep-learning method that directly reconstructs high-quality 3D densities from cryogenic electron tomography. A unified network simultaneously performs denoising, contrast transfer function correction, and missing-wedge restoration, achieving ∼20 Å resolution without averaging. A feature-rich GUI enables rapid, dataset-specific fine-tuning for end-users. IsoNet2 resolves domain organization in HIV capsid proteins, tRNA occupancy in individual ribosomes, and in situ architectures of mitochondrial respiration-related complexes, enabling atomic-level interpretation of cellular environments. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
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Haselbach Lab @haselbachlab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Have a look at our new structure of co translational folding in yeast. This is collaborative work initialized by the Rospert lab from the @uni-freiburg.de. Structural work has been done by the amazing @lgrundmann.bsky.social Stay tuned for the next ribosome paper from him, following very soon.
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Today in #JournalClub we discussed a new preprint that uses in situ cryo-ET and molecular dynamics simulations to study biomolecular condensate formation. Very beautiful data and interesting insights. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Beautiful images from @christlet.bsky.social labelling tubulin in neurons #journalclub www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Interesting new result from Kyoko Chiba showing KIF5C forming a dimer-of-dimers #journalclub www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Activated kinesin-1 assembles into a dimer-of-dimers
Kinesin-1 mediates intracellular cargo transport along microtubules. The conventional kinesin-1 complex is composed of two KIF5 motor subunits (also known as kinesin heavy chain; KHCs) and two cargo-b...
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Simon Bullock @simonbullock11.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our latest work, in collaboration with the terrific @kashishsingh.bsky.social in the Carter lab @mrclmb.bsky.social is out. So proud of this study and everyone involved...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Excited to share our latest work with @simonbullock11.bsky.social! We looked at how diverse mRNAs get selected for subcellular localization and it turns out that a single protein can recognize different RNA elements using shared features that weren’t apparent before. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Check out this exciting new study from the @rgassmann.bsky.social lab that we are thrilled to be part of — revealing that CDR2 is a dynein adaptor that regulates ER sheet organization!!
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In Today's #journalclub, we had a look at how TinA can make the kinesin-14 KlpA to switch to minus-end processivity on microtubules in vitro: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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TinA enables kinesin-14/KlpA to exhibit processive minus-end-directed motility
Kinesin-14 motors contribute to spindle assembly by localizing to spindle poles and anchoring the minus ends of spindle microtubules. Unlike other kinesin-14 motors, KlpA uniquely exhibits plus-end-di...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Today in #journalclub, we looked at this fantastic new method from the @doudna-lab.bsky.social in Nature Biotechnology! They show how CRISPR–Csm enables single-molecule live-cell imaging of endogenous RNAs. Super cool! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A new study reveals how alternative splicing fine-tunes dynein cargo specificity! ZYG-12/Hook uses different isoforms to recruit dynein to either early endosomes or the nuclear envelope, showcasing a clever mechanism for organelle-specific transport. #journalclub www.molbiolcell.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Today in #journalclub, we looked at the new study from Nguyen et al. showing how Cryo-EM captures early steps in dynein activation by LIS1. They identified a novel ‘Pre-Chi’ intermediate, shedding light on how LIS1 relieves dynein autoinhibition! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Cryo-EM captures early intermediate steps in dynein activation by LIS1
Cytoplasmic dynein-1 (dynein) is an essential molecular motor in eukaryotic cells. Dynein primarily exists in an autoinhibited “Phi” state and requires conformational changes to assemble with its cofa...
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Ennio @amicoennio.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
First #JournalClub on the blue side: an exciting story about dynein at the kinetochore and its role in biorientation! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kinetochore dynein is sufficient to biorient chromosomes and remodel the outer kinetochore - Nature Communications
Mitotic chromosomes recruit multiple microtubule-directed activities to ensure their faithful segregation. Using an approach where only one major activity is present, the authors reveal sufficiency of...
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Carter Lab @carter-lab.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
As my lab's first post on Bluesky. If you are a UK Structural Biologist please come to our one day meeting on Friday 6th December Lots of talk slots to be selected from abstracts. Deadline for abstracts is TOMORROW: Friday 15th Nov. bit.ly/4fDEqfZ
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Harry Low’s Lab @lowlab.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
❗️Exciting science alert!! Come join us at the BCA Winter Meeting at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, 6th December. Short talks available - a great opportunity for early career researchers to present.. bit.ly/4fDEqfZ
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Dominik Hrebik @dhrebik.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Our new preprint from Briggs lab is out! We solved the in-virus #cryoEM structure of the HIV matrix protein by SPA. The structure led us to a discovery resolving a long mystery in HIV biology – a peptide SP2 triggers the maturation of the HIV matrix domain. A 🧵 1/x Paper: tinyurl.com/c7szhtfa
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Rémi Fronzes @fronzeslab.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Nice to see @pilhoferlab.bsky.social here !!
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