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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease

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Studying proteins and molecular mechanisms of misfolding and aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease and protein folding disorders at ULisboa | Tau | Amyloid | Chaperones | Proteostasis | Structural Biochemistry | folding.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt

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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What happens when nanobodies developed against a molecular chaperone turn out to selectively inhibit different steps in Tau aggregation? You get chaperone-inspired nanobodies 🧠 In our paper out in Comms Biol @natureportfolio.nature.com we explore this surprising finding doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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Chaperone-inspired nanobodies enable pathway-selective control of Tau self-assembly - Communications Biology
Simões et al. show that nanobodies originally raised against the chaperone S100B unexpectedly cross-react with Tau as potential pathway-selective modulators of Tau self-assembly.
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Amyloid-beta precursor protein (APP) is a complicated protein with many functions. A corrupted form can destroy nerve cells, leading to the loss of thought and memory in Alzheimer's disease. #WorldAlzheimersDay
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Amyloid-beta Precursor Protein
Cell-clogging amyloids form when proteins improperly aggregate
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A strand of RNA has been discovered to perform two key reactions required for self-replication. The molecule offers a clue towards understanding the origin of life, namely how non-living chemistry on prebiotic Earth started to self-replicate and evolve.
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Self-synthesising RNA strand offers clues to life’s origins
RNA strand, made of just 45 nucleotides, performs two key reactions required for self-replication
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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/04/2026
The production and accumulation of aberrant proteins can have serious pathological consequences. In a new #ScienceReview, researchers explore how organisms maintain the extracellular proteome. scim.ag/4tdEB7B
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Systems-level organization of extracellular proteostasis
One defining feature of complex organisms is the ability to maintain protein homeostasis beyond cellular boundaries. We review how extracellular proteostasis is organized as a hierarchical network spa...
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Eric Chevet @ericchevet.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Good morning!! This week's selection of articles and #preprints on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social -- biomed.news/bims-proteo/... Highlight: Systems-level organization of extracellular proteostasis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
New in @science.org: our #ScienceReview explores how protein homeostasis is maintained beyond cellular boundaries proposing #extracellular #proteostasis as a hierarchical network spanning pericellular, tissue, and systemic tiers. With Michele Vendruscolo 📄 Read here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Systems-level organization of extracellular proteostasis
One defining feature of complex organisms is the ability to maintain protein homeostasis beyond cellular boundaries. We review how extracellular proteostasis is organized as a hierarchical network spa...
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Join us next Friday 11:30 for Pietro's Sormanni seminar at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social | ciencias.ulisboa.pt/en/node/17783
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Antibody discovery and engineering by computational design | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
TWIN2PIPSA Expert Seminar, por Pietro Sormanni (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK).
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
📣 In Alzheimer’s disease neurons respond to toxic Aβ oligomers by boosting S100B — a Ca-binding chaperone that protects the cytoskeleton and synapses from damage 🧠Collaboration with the Cardoso Lab, spearheaded by our joint PhD student Joana Saavedra 👩‍🔬👏 📄https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2025.1636365
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Frontiers | Neuronal expression of S100B triggered by oligomeric Aβ peptide contributes to protection against cytoskeletal damage and synaptic loss
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the intracellular deposition of Tau protein and extracellular deposition of...
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Design of intrinsically disordered region binding proteins | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Design of intrinsically disordered region binding proteins
Intrinsically disordered proteins and peptides play key roles in biology, but a lack of defined structures and high variability in sequence and conformational preferences have made targeting such syst...
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The second day of talks at #ISPIS2025 #Lisbon finishes with one of our hosts, @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social, telling us about extracellular proteostasis, and the role of S100B as a chaperone holdase in biology and disease
Cláudio waving his hands enthusiastically as he gives a great talk
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
International Symposium on Protein Interactions and self assembly 🇵🇹 📣 Day 2 quick off with @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social talk on Predicting condensates of disordered proteins and many others to follow, poster pitches and session and lakeside lunch. #ISPIS2025 #Lisbon @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
All set for the start of the 'International Symposium on Protein interactions and self assembly' in Lisbon 🇵🇹 later today. Excited to host an amazing lineup of speakers and 65 participants from all over during the next 3 days #ISPIS2025 @twin2pipsa @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #ULisboa
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Received the 2025 ULisboa/CGD Award in Biomedical Sciences yesterday! 🧪🧠🥼 Thank you to my incredible team and collaborators — and congrats to all fellow awardees!👏
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Still time to submit an abstract for a short talk! Join us in Lisbon to discuss all things protein — interactions, aggregation, phase separation, and more! 🗓️ Deadline 30 June
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
📢 International Symposium on Protein Interactions and Self-Assembly Join us in ☀️ Lisbon 🇵🇹 🗓️ 14–16 July 2025 🗣️ A great programme + short talks selected from abstracts. 🔗 Check it here: twin2pipsa.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/ISPIS2025.html 🔬 Powered by #TWIN2PIPSA at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Just out! A collaboration with the Herrera lab shows that S100B acts as a chaperone supporting intermediate filament organization, compensating for sacsin loss in a cell model of Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix–Saguenay (ARSACS) #molecularneurobiology doi.org/10.1007/s120...
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S100B Mitigates Cytoskeletal and Mitochondrial Alterations in a Glial Cell Model of Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay - Molecular Neurobiology
Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is an early-onset neurological disorder caused by mutations in the SACS gene, resulting in the loss of sacsin function. Sacsin is a m...
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Congratulations to Guilherme Moreira for the brilliant defence of his PhD thesis: “The calcium-binding protein S100B as a novel chaperone preventing Tau aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease” 🧠 Huge thanks to the jury and everyone who came to support! #ProudSupervisor @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A new protein sequencing method, which uses a biological motor to pull a protein through a tiny nanopore, could revolutionise protein analysis. www.chemistryworld.c...
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Nanopore sequencing set to transform our understanding of proteins
Rapid sequencing technique can not only deal with proteins hundreds of amino acids long but can detect modifications
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thrilled to be an invited speaker 🗣️ at the @acs.org Fall 2025 Global Virtual Symposium "Tackling Multifactorial #Alzheimer’s Disease"🧠 .Join us as we explore the latest advances in understanding the complex nature of AD. 📆 Submit your abstract by 31/3/24 🧪 www.acs.org/events/fall/...
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Progress in Understanding and Tackling Multifactorial Alzheimer’s Disease - American Chemical Society
A virtual symposium of ACS Fall 2025 programmed at convenient day times of multiple regions. This Global Virtual Symposia aims to discuss these recent developments comprehensively, enhancing our unde...
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our paper on prediction of phase-separation propensities of disordered proteins from sequence is now published: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... The paper has been substantially updated compared to the preprint including new experimental data and using the neural network to finetune CALVADOS. 1/n
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Molecular Cell @cp-molcell.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Predictomes, a classifier-curated database of AlphaFold-modeled protein-protein interactions
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Predictomes, a classifier-curated database of AlphaFold-modeled protein-protein interactions
Schmid and Walter train a classifier that discerns functionally relevant structure predictions in proteome-wide protein-protein interaction (PPI) screens using AlphaFold-Multimer, and they use this confidence metric to curate a database of 40,000 predicted interactions among ∼300 genome maintenance proteins.
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Looking forward #ADAM10 kick-off 🇸🇪 3 days of all things amyloid and great opportunity to meet old friends and making new ones! Thanks @professorpernilla.bsky.social and Elin Esbjorner et al for such a great program. Reach out if you are around www.chalmers.se/en/conferenc...
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Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Hello Bluesky, we just landed and are happy to reconnect! We research on #proteins and mechanisms of aggregation in #Alzheimer's Disease and #ProteinFolding disorders at ULisboa 🧪 Follow us for news and updates on lab life and achievements 🥼 and check us out at: 🔗 folding.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt
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