Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Our results identify nanobodies originally raised against S100B as tools for pathway-selective control of Tau self-assembly and suggest that endogenous anti-aggregation proteins can guide the discovery of selective binders against disordered, amyloid targets involved in neurodegenerative diseases. 010
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026These chaperone-inspired nanobodies: ✅ Bind Tau monomers and fibrils ✅ Inhibit Tau aggregation at sub- to near-stoichiometric ratios ✅ Show distinct effects on microscopic aggregation steps ✅ Suppress surface-catalysed secondary nucleation ✅ Attenuate Tau seeding in a cellular biosensor model 000
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What 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...doi.orgChaperone-inspired nanobodies enable pathway-selective control of Tau self-assembly - Communications BiologySimões 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. 261
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseRCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Amyloid-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. #WorldAlzheimersDaypdb101.rcsb.orgPDB101: Molecule of the Month: Amyloid-beta Precursor ProteinCell-clogging amyloids form when proteins improperly aggregate 022
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseRCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A 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.chemistryworld.comSelf-synthesising RNA strand offers clues to life’s originsRNA strand, made of just 45 nucleotides, performs two key reactions required for self-replication 162
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseScience Magazine @science.org · 01/04/2026The 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 scim.agSystems-level organization of extracellular proteostasisOne 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... 0284
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseEric Chevet @ericchevet.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Good 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/...biomed.newsbims-proteo 2026-03-29 papers 085
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026New 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/...science.orgSystems-level organization of extracellular proteostasisOne 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... 0122
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Join us next Friday 11:30 for Pietro's Sormanni seminar at @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social | ciencias.ulisboa.pt/en/node/17783ciencias.ulisboa.ptAntibody discovery and engineering by computational design | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de LisboaTWIN2PIPSA Expert Seminar, por Pietro Sormanni (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK). 001
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.2025.1636365doi.orgFrontiers | Neuronal expression of S100B triggered by oligomeric Aβ peptide contributes to protection against cytoskeletal damage and synaptic lossAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the intracellular deposition of Tau protein and extracellular deposition of... 151
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Design of intrinsically disordered region binding proteins | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgDesign of intrinsically disordered region binding proteinsIntrinsically 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... 030
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseKresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025The 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 041
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025International 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 071
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025All 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 041
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Received the 2025 ULisboa/CGD Award in Biomedical Sciences yesterday! 🧪🧠🥼 Thank you to my incredible team and collaborators — and congrats to all fellow awardees!👏 020
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Still 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 020
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 042
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Just 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...doi.orgS100B Mitigates Cytoskeletal and Mitochondrial Alterations in a Glial Cell Model of Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay - Molecular NeurobiologyAutosomal 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... 010
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Congratulations 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 061
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseRCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 06/04/2025A new protein sequencing method, which uses a biological motor to pull a protein through a tiny nanopore, could revolutionise protein analysis. www.chemistryworld.c... chemistryworld.comNanopore sequencing set to transform our understanding of proteinsRapid sequencing technique can not only deal with proteins hundreds of amino acids long but can detect modifications 0249
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Thrilled 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/...acs.orgProgress in Understanding and Tackling Multifactorial Alzheimer’s Disease - American Chemical SocietyA 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... 031
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseKresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Our 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 17218
Reposted by Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in DiseaseMolecular Cell @cp-molcell.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Predictomes, a classifier-curated database of AlphaFold-modeled protein-protein interactionsdlvr.itPredictomes, a classifier-curated database of AlphaFold-modeled protein-protein interactionsSchmid 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. 073
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Looking 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... 062
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Our reseach combines #biochemistry, biophysics, and cell biology to unravel #ProteinInteractions and self-assembly and how #chaperones influence aggregation, #PhaseSeparation and #proteostasis. The image depicts S100B, a chaperone acting on #Tau and #AmyloidBeta, and one of our favorite models 🧪 060
Cláudio Gomes Lab - Protein Misfolding in Disease @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hello 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.ptfolding.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt 1132