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Emil Gustavsson

@emilgustavsson.bsky.social
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Staff #scientist in the Landau group (landau-lab.de) at CSSB/DESY, structural biologist studying functional #amyloids using #cryoEM. Climbing in my spare time. 🇸🇪 in 🇩🇪

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 22h
I'd add fuck this fucking hybrid zoom setup in the amphitheater
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Opinion: Fuck This Fucking Projector
By Prof. Russell Huang, Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
We just published the 2026 State of the Climate Report. Of 16 planetary vital signs spanning greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures, the oceans, ice, energy balance, and wildfire, 7 (44%) are currently at record extremes. Read report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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The 2026 state of the climate report: challenges and opportunities
Abstract. Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory. We present the 2026 update of planetary vital signs that track the state of Ear
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Micah @rincewind.run · 16/10/2026
this goes incredible places and I love everyone involved
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Piers Morgan: Can you win without the Americans on your side? 🇺🇦 Zelensky: We will not, in any way, lose our independence. ‼️ Zelensky: Some big guys want to change me because I will never accept Ukrainian land as Russian land.
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Utz Ermel @uermel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New on the #cryoET Data Portal: three datasets benchmarking the crossed laser phase plate (xLPP) ⚡ Data by Reza Paraan and the @biohub.org team with collaborators at UC Berkeley. Full credits at the end of the 🧵 cryoetdataportal.czscience.com/depositions/10363
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Lorna Malone @drlornamalone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🎥 Recordings from the recent Wellcome-MRC In Situ Cryo-ET Course 2026 are now available on YouTube! From sample preparation and cryo-FIB milling to data collection, image processing and STA, check it out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #CryoET #CryoEM #StructuralBiology #eBIC #Microscopy
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Wellcome-MRC in situ Cryo-ET Workshop 2026 - YouTube
This lecture series covers the fundamental principles and workflows of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), including sample preparation, focused ion beam (FI...
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Michael Grange @michaelgrange.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🔬 I’m hiring a postdoc to join my group at the Rosalind Franklin Institute! Contact me if you’re interested in using cryo-ET to study the molecular organisation of human brain tissue! 📍 Harwell, UK 📅 Deadline: 8 Nov opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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About The Rosalind Franklin Institute - Rosalind Franklin Institute
The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a new national institute, announced in 2017 by the UK government, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary resear...
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yeah, I saw that. He made a first red point attempt before heading home.
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yeah, I got a bit excited when I saw that Will also started live streaming his attempt at Silence, but unfortunately that sounded like a one-time thing. Either way, really cool that it seems more second ascents are on the horizon!
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And on the 9th attempt, he sent! 🧗‍♂️ www.youtube.com/live/PnDrmB0...
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DNA (9c) - LIVE ASCENT (omg, it actually happened!!!!)
YouTube video by Jakob Schubert
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 09/10/2026
In just two days, Russia’s rampage of violence has killed 78 people and wounded 215. Buses attacked. Innocent civilians targeted as they go about their daily lives. Never to return home. Pure and simple - these are war crimes.
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think we really need what I provocatively would call the #AI-bro versus #luddite meeting in science soon. The viewpoints are diverging, and neither is tenable. There is a need to start looking for common ground for the benefit of science.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 07/10/2026
Today the world discovered who had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Did you miss it? Catch up now.
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Leah @hoxinsocks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A passage from a C.S. Lewis book I've never read (The Weight of Glory): "Most of all, perhaps we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that periods and that much which seems certain to the uneducated is merely temporary fashion. A man who has lived in many place is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village: the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune form the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age."
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Debnath Ghosal @debnathghosal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When imaging at high mag using cryo-ET, field of view reduces. How to overcome this limit? How do we get a "bird’s-eye view" without compromising resolution? Our very own @HamishBrown has a solution to this: “montage tomography with a rectangular beam!” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The decision has been made! ✨ Who do you think our Secretary General Ellen Moons will be calling today? In about an hour, we’ll reveal the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Don’t forget to tune in to the live broadcast at 11.45 a.m. CEST at kva.se! 🎬 #NobelPrize @nobelprize.org
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We have 2 new preprints on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social that describe reconstitution of #Alzheimers paired helical filaments in experimental model systems: one in human brain organoids and one in murine primary cultures. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Templated seeding induces the formation of Alzheimer paired helical tau filaments in human brain organoids
The prion concept postulates that seeded aggregation results in the recruitment of soluble protein monomers and their assembly into amyloid filaments with the same structures as those of the seeds. He...
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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We invite everyone (nonscientists) to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Add your name and share widely. Endorsement helps show public concern about the future of our planet. forms.gle/vAARd7mv2yS7...
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Jan-Hannes Schaefer @jhschaef.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New preprint! In collaboration with the Akbey lab at UPitt, we solved the cryo-EM structure of FapB, an accessory functional amyloid in Pseudomonas biofilms. It forms a cross-β-solenoid closely related to the major fibril FapC, and the two cross-seed each other. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Blender rendering of Pseudomonas Fap system
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Nature @nature.com · 05/10/2026
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” More to follow.
A photo of the Nobel medal
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026
WATCH LIVE: Join us for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine announcement. Hear the breaking news first – see the live coverage from 11:30 CEST. Where are you watching from? #NobelPrize youtube.com/live/qGPpW0h...
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Announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Third attempt coming up in about half an hour: www.youtube.com/live/UjegCcZ...
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DNA (9c) - Third LIVE Attempt
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you're into rock climbing and have nothing to do, Jakob Schubert is live-streaming his attempts at climbing DNA, a 9c route (currently the hardest grade in the world) 🧗‍♂️ youtube.com/live/39U5id1...
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DNA (9c) - Second LIVE Attempt
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Basil Greber @bjgreber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Those who had a careful look at the methods section of our work on the #cryoEM structure of the CDK11-cyclin L-SAP30BP complex will have noticed that we added a short peptide to our sample before freezing. If you wonder why...
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 30/09/2026
How does neurodegeneration spread across the brain? 🧠 @sjorsscheres.bsky.social, Michel Goedert & Masata Hasegawa’s groups have demonstrated that human misfolded tau filaments act as a molecular template for prion-like propagation in the mouse brain. mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBResearch 🧪
Alzheimer's and corticobasal degeneration tau filaments induce distinct pathologies in mouse brains, with corresponding cryo-EM images and structural models.
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
bioRxiv has a dedicated section for negative results. Use it. Share negative results. Your colleagues will appreciate it.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mark your calendar! So excited to organize “Frozen Accidents” with art historian Sefy Hendler! Join us Nov 20th at Galerie Colbert (INHA), Paris. Hosted by HiCSA, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Please share widely, especially outside your field. Be there or be frozen!!! (see poster & thread for details)
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SPC Facility & Garcia-Alai Lab @spcembl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What brings clathrin adaptors, phase separation & membrane trafficking together? 🧬🔬 Our new paper in Communications Biology explores just that! Discover how clathrin adaptors drive LLPS during endocytosis—and what we found 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s42... @embl.org @cssbhamburg.bsky.social
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Clathrin adaptors drive phase separation in endocytosis and trafficking - Communications Biology
Communications Biology - Clathrin adaptors drive phase separation in endocytosis and trafficking
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky
Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones
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Alex Noble @alexjamesnoble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We finally built what I've always wanted: A cryoEM papers database that is updated continually, searchable, and categorized! It's live right now at www.cryoarcana.com/cryoem-papers
CryoArcana CryoEM Papers Feed
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Centre for Structural Systems Biology CSSB @cssbhamburg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What role do membrane contact sites play in bacterial pathogenesis and infection? To explore this question, 24 PIs from across Germany, representing two scientific communities - lipid biology and infection biology - came together at CSSB. More info:https://t1p.de/xe7u0 @carobarisch.bsky.social
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 24/09/2026
Insane in the #MemBrain 🤖🧠 #TeamTomo 🧪
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 22/09/2026
MemBrain v2: streamlined analysis of membranes in cryo-ET with tools for membrane segmentation, protein localization and spatial analysis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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MemBrain v2: an end-to-end tool for the analysis of membranes in cryo-electron tomography - Nature Methods
MemBrain v2 enables streamlined analysis of membranes in cryo-electron tomography by providing user-friendly tools for membrane segmentation, membrane protein localization and spatial analysis, suppor...
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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think I'm going to lose it being lectured on microscopy image presentation integrity by the winner of the Small Artificial World in Motion competition
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Sven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fantastic thread
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A lot has happened in amyloid structural biology since 2015...
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
21627 applications. Nothing to celebrate here. Impossible to evaluate fairly & safely. Neither the science (too diverse & possibly LLM generated) nor the soft criteria (likely LLM generated). Without an interview stage - a security risk! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne...
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 receives record number of applications
The 2026 call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 21,627 applications submitted.
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James "likely unlawful" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can't believe people aren't vaccinating their dogs because they think they'll get autism. That's so silly. Everyone knows that dogs have ADHD. It's the cats who are autistic.
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Michel Goedert and myself are looking for two postdocs to work on #cryoEM and #masspec of #alphasynuclein filaments from neurodegenerative disease. Come join our bubbly and friendly team at the @mrclmb.ac.uk in lovely Cambridge, UK. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Postdoctoral Scientist | Neurobiology | Dr Michel Goedert | LMB 2842 - Cambridgeshire job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | 12864505
Postdoctoral Scientist Salary £42,694 per annum Fixed term, 3 years MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK To work in the group of Dr M...
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Leibniz-Institut für Virologie (LIV) @leibnizliv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🏆 Congratulations, Luca Genz! 🎉 We are delighted to congratulate Luca Genz, PhD student in the LIV’s Integrative Virology group, on receiving this year’s LIV Best Author Award! The award recognises an early-career researcher for an outstanding scientific publication.🧬🔬 Well done Luca!
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
RNA selectively modulates activity of virulent amyloid PSMα3 and host-defense LL-37 via phase separation and aggregation dynamics
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RNA selectively modulates activity of virulent amyloid PSMα3 and host-defense LL-37 via phase separation and aggregation dynamics
RNA differentially regulates the assembly pathways of bacterial and host α-helical peptides, revealing supramolecular architecture as a tunable determinant of cytotoxic and antimicrobial function.
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is incredible. Hat off to Dale Sanders! pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thank you to the organizers for a fantastic Protein Aggregation Meeting! Looking forward to coming back again in two years! #amyloids 🧬🧶🧪
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Emil Gustavsson @emilgustavsson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Attending the 2026 Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting. Excellent conference if you're into #amyloids. 🧬🧶🧪
Abstract booklet for the 2026 Leuven Protein Aggregation Meeting
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