Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineBen Schulz @benschulz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Orienteering ftw theconversation.com/taxi-drivers...theconversation.comTaxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brainWorking with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed. 011
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineSFG @sfglycobiology.bsky.social · 27/02/2026SAVE THE DATE: The 53rd Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting (SFG 2026) is heading to Atlanta! Join the global glycobiology community November 8–11, 2026 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel for four days of cutting‑edge science, collaboration, and discovery. lnkd.in/g75JFg-h #SFG2026 0138
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineKimberly Beatty @beattylab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Thank you @docteurjayp.bsky.social for hosting my recent visit to Lewis & Clark College! It was a great visit and I enjoyed learning more about your work. 141
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineBioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 23/02/2026 🔬Trouble expressing glycoside hydrolases or glycosyltransferases? BioF:GREAT can help! JP Gourdine’s lab (Lewis & Clark College) now expresses🧪 GFP-tagged GH enzymes using our GH platform—empowering undergrads & accelerating research🍭. biofgreat.org #BioFGREAT #NSF #Glycoscience #Glycobiology 031
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 08/12/2025Congratulations former postdoc @jfhevler.bsky.social (in transit to Roche) and the team on their work using thermal proteome profiling along with glycosylation perturbagens to discover glycan-dependent protein functions at the proteome scale 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgDiscovering Glycosylation-Dependent Protein Function by Thermal Proteome ProfilingProtein glycosylation regulates essential cellular processes including protein folding, stability, and cell-cell interactions; however, how aberrant glycosylation impacts protein function and interact... 19026
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdinebioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 04/12/2025The lac operon in uropathogenic Escherichia coli enhances intracellular growth by enabling host glycan utilization www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 021
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Very bad indeed. 24921
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineLucy Crouch @lucyicm.bsky.social · 02/12/2025💎MRC AIM PhD advert💎 Uncharted territory - the Akkermansia muciniphila import system. Liang Wu, David Tourigny, and I are looking for someone to work on how A. muciniphila imports mucin. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comUncharted territory - the Akkermansia muciniphila import system at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Uncharted territory - the Akkermansia muciniphila import system at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com 079
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss · 02/12/2025We are deeply saddened to share the passing of Amos Bairoch, pioneer of bioinformatics and co-founder of SIB. His lifelong commitment for high-quality, open data transformed global research. We honour his legacy by continuing to build the future of bioinformatics.sib.swissAmos Bairoch, Swiss pioneer of bioinformatics, passes awayWe are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our co-founder and Group Leader Amos Bairoch. Emeritus professor at the University of Geneva, he shaped the development of bioinformatics over more th... 43516
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineGlycoShape @glycoshape.org · 02/12/20253/3 GlycoShape is an open access library of glycan structures from MD simulations that gives users all the diff structures significantly occupied at equilibrium and tools to reconstruct the target glycoproteins with a single representative conformer (Re-Glyco) or multiple (Re-Glyco Ensemble) 051
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineMatthew Macauley @siglecdude.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Excited to share our laboratory's research tools to study Siglecs along with some interesting discoveries with these tools. Lot of help from many group, but @zeinab-jc.bsky.social was the major driver of this work. Please reach out if you would like to try them out. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgAn ultrasensitive and modular platform to detect Siglec ligands and control immune cell functionSiglec-liposomes are a multivalent and modular platform for profiling Siglec ligands and modulating immune cell function. 04113
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineCermav - UPR 5301 @cermav.bsky.social · 03/04/2025New publication from @anneimb.bsky.social and collaborators from @sib.swiss : "Tools for Structural Lectinomics: From Structures to Lectomes" Open access ➡️ hal.science/hal-04979945v1 Support from @glyco-alps.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social @labexarcane.bsky.social @cnrs.frhal.scienceTools for Structural Lectinomics: From Structures to Lectomes<div><p>Lectins are ubiquitous proteins that interact with glycans in a variety of molecular processes and as such, also play a role in diseases, whether infectious, chronic or cancer-related. The sys... 012
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineFabrice Jean-Pierre @fabricejpierre.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Tenure-track Faculty position just opened up in my department! If you want to be part of a dynamic group who is excited about science, apply. For more details, visit www.usherbrooke.ca/emplois/offr... Please share in your networks! #microsky 04355
Jean-Philippe Gourdine @docteurjayp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Ou preprint is out! #Urobiome #OveractiveBladder #Glycans #Glycotime 031
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 27/03/2025We are seeking to hire a lab tech, this is an HHMI funded position, please share the job posting: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comLab Administration Research Technician- Bertozzi LabPrimary Work Address: Beckman Center, Stanford, CA, 94305-5323 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. We are currently looking for a highly motivated Lab Administration ... 08777
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineJennifer Kohler @doctorjj.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Registration is open for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrates and the associated Gordon Research Seminar! 🧪 We have a exciting line-up of confirmed speakers and more to be added! www.grc.org/carbohydrate... The conference will be held June 15 - 20 in Holderness, NH. 074
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineBen Schulz @benschulz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025#glycotime @kathiralagesan.bsky.social 263
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineGlyGen @glygen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025🚨 Join us for the next GlyGen Webinar! 🗓 April 01, 2025 | 🕒 10 AM EST 🎙 Dr. @Zhiyong Lu, NIH 💡 Biomedical Text Mining for Literature Retrieval & Curation 🔗 gwu-edu.zoom.us/j/91498498310 Missed previous webinars? Check our YouTube: @glygenmyglygen4223 #glycotime #webinar #NIH 012
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/02/2025Cool paper using LLM to discover a protein sequence code for subcellular localization 👏 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgProtein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalizationCells have evolved mechanisms to distribute ~10 billion protein molecules to subcellular compartments where diverse proteins involved in shared functions must assemble. Here, we demonstrate that prote... 623568
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineLucy Crouch @lucyicm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025New paper out today from the lab on Akkermansia muciniphila 🦠and how it breaks down host glycans! Very proud of my group, especially @cassiebakshani.bsky.social who did an amazing job. @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCarbohydrate-active enzymes from Akkermansia muciniphila break down mucin O-glycans to completion - Nature MicrobiologyBiochemical characterization of 66 carbohydrate-active enzymes from the gut microorganism Akkermansia muciniphila reveals that these enzymes can break down a range of host glycans, including mucin, wh... 312842
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineChris Greening @greening.bsky.social · 29/01/2025In Nature Chemical Biology today, we reveal how microbes clean our atmospheres by consuming carbon monoxide (CO) gas. A methodological tour de force from Ashleigh Kropp, Rhys Grinter, and David Gillett with broad implications for the atmosphere and bioenergetics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comQuinone extraction drives atmospheric carbon monoxide oxidation in bacteria - Nature Chemical BiologyHere, Kropp et al. use cryo-electron microscopy and structural modeling to show that the enzyme [MoCu]-CO dehydrogenase interacts with its partner, the membrane-bound quinone-binding protein CoxG, to ... 07333
Reposted by Jean-Philippe GourdineJoachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 16/12/2024There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot... 17557193