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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · 14h
New preprint from Dodonova lab 🔔! Capturing multiple states by cryo-EM❄️, we show for the first time how archaeal RNA Polymerase engages a nucleosome and forms direct contacts with histones! 🧬 Great work by Gabriele & a fantastic collaboration with Dina Grohmann! 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Joe Greener @jgreener64.bsky.social · 15h
I gave a teaching lecture on molecular dynamics this morning. If anyone is interested in the slides they are at docs.google.com/presentation....
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LJC Summer School lecture
Molecular Dynamics Joe Greener MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology LJC Summer School - 30/09/26
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 16h
Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 15h
This will be a brilliant post with a super team #MicroSky
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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France
I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…
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Molecular Microbiology @molmicrounihoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow: In-cell discovery and characterization of a non-canonical bacterial protein translocation-folding complex! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @cellpress.bsky.social #mycoplasma
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Biochemical Society @biochemsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re excited to be welcoming applications for a range of opportunities within the Society. If you’re keen to get more involved, develop new skills and play an active role in shaping the Society, we’d love to hear from you! bit.ly/available_opportunities_sept… 🧪
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu
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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783
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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 28/09/2026
📢 The 𝗜𝗥𝗕 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗣𝗵𝗗 #𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 – 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is now open, offering up to 8 PhD fellowships in #Biomedicine or #OrganicChemistry. Explore the participating groups, check the application requirements and apply 👉 shorturl.at/7iSOa 🧪
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Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Stunning cryo-ET analysis from the Harrison Lab capturing every stage of how non-membrane viruses infect animal cells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TT Assistant Professor position in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease at University of Florida
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University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pls share: Two tenure-track positions in Molecular Microbiology at Virginia Tech. I had a great visit there a couple of years ago! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...
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Lorraine Reese @lorraine-reese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Synthetic Biology UK 2026, 2-3 Nov, Southampton UK. Sessions will cover protein and enzyme design, genome-scale rewriting, next-generation nucleic acid technologies and the engineering of genetic circuits and cellular control systems. Still time to register! #synbio 🧪 bit.ly/Synthetic_Biology_2026
Biochemical Society Scientific Meeting: Synthetic Biology UK. Hampshire, UK, 2-3 November 2026. Includes image of delegates during a poster session at a previous Synthetic Biology meeting, and Biochemical Society and event logos
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Kristina Jonas @krijonas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really looking forward to this! It’s going to be a great meeting. Please spread the word!
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Anthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Applications are now being accepted for the 2027 Bacterial Cell Biology & Development GRC, June 6–11! GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027 We’ll likely be oversubscribed, so please apply early!
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The final version of our manuscript on TnSeq in bacteriophages (“HIDEN-SEQ”) is out today – if you have an interesting phage phenotype and want to know the underlying genetic basis, this one is for you! 1/4
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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting news: @uwgenome.bsky.social will be hiring for two tenure-track faculty positions this year, one open rank and one assistant professor. Both are “Genome Sciences” interpreted broadly so we welcome applicants working in a variety of fields and methods. Ad will be out shortly.
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cryo-EM peeps are living the dream www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In-cell structures visualize human pre-ribosome assembly in the nucleolus
In eukaryotes, ribosome biogenesis initiates within the nucleolus, a hallmark multilayered compartment of the nucleus. Structures of pre-ribosomes have been characterized ex situ, but their assembly p...
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Malcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New from the @multidefence.bsky.social consortium: a deep dive into MANTIS defence. Thanks to @ukri.org for funding. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Dual ATPase-activated DNA hemimethylation and cleavage by the MANTIS defence system
Bacterial defence systems are diverse and form major barriers to horizontal gene transfer and bacteriophage (phage) infection. Though restriction-modification systems were the first such defences disc...
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ChimeraX @chimerax.ucsf.edu · 25/09/2026
Make natural language requests to ChimeraX with the new Pellaeon plugin developed by Yam Amir that works with many free and paid large language models. Get Pellaeon using ChimeraX menu Tools / More Tools.... cxtoolshed.rbvi.ucsf.edu/apps/chimera...
PAR1 molecular structure shown in ChimeraX using Pellaeon chat bot.
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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have an open Assistant/Associate Professor position in Pathogen Biology at the Department of Genetics - come and join us! 🦠 🧫 🧬https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistantassociate-professor-in-pathogen-genetics-pc51175
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Pathogen Genetics
Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Pathogen Genetics to be held in the Department of Genetics. We are searching for a talented individual with a track record of fu...
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Doug Kojetin @dougkojetin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Apply today to be my colleague at Vanderbilt in the Department of Biochemistry! 
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Imperial MRC DTP @imperialmrcdtp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
15 new 1+3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Award studentships @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social in medical research funded by the @The_MRC commencing October 2027. Admissions will open open 14 October 2026. #phd, #medicalresearch www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/stu...
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HealthBRIDGE
HealthBRIDGE is an exciting and innovative 1+3-year PhD training initiative designed to improve human health and drive UK economic growth funded by t...
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Amazing opportunity for post-doctoral researchers to move to the UK 'MOBILITY offers 6 outstanding postdoctoral researchers a 5-year opportunity to develop their own ambitious research programme at University of Birmingham' www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
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MOBILITY - University of Birmingham
Retaining Europe's brightest researchers to drive the next generation of life science breakthroughs.
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Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now online! Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons
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Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons
Retrotransposons can infect neighboring cells using a mechanism that relies on a small fusogen-like protein rather than on the envelope protein that is typically required for infection.
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution. ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z... Please apply online. The closing date for applications is 15 December 2026.
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Earth and Planetary Evolution
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (www.eaps.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position.
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Thomas Ipoutcha @tomipou.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finally out! 🎉 After 3 years of postdoc in London, here is my main work, now published in Nature Comm. (and as co-corresponding author!) Using a combination of bioinformatic and experimental approaches, we propose a model of plasmid evolution in Staphylococcus. www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇️ 1/4
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Mobile genetic elements drive a plasmid fusion and deletion lifecycle shaping evolution and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications
Plasmids drive bacterial adaptation, but how their diversity arises has remained unclear. Here, they show that in Staphylococcus aureus, mobile genetic elements repeatedly fuse and delete plasmids, re...
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University of Utah Microbiology & Immunology @uofumandi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are hiring! The University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute seek a tenure-track faculty member (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) working at the intersection of microbiome science and cancer biology. Review begins October 26, 2026. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Ellie Jameson @elliejameson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MScRes bursary of £2000 available at Bangor University to study Bacteriophages as natural biocontrols for plant pathogens. Deadline is 19th October. Please contact me for more details #PhageSky #MicroSky
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are looking for a research assistant! Come join the team: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ826/r...
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Research Support Officer | Cell Biology | Dr Buzz Baum | LMB 2904 at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027! Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates? Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19! Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social
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2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMI
PhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G...
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thanks to the generosity of the Bezos Family Foundation, @basicsci.fredhutch.org is excited to announce a new search to recruit a Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar : apply.interfolio.com/193655
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Aurele Piazza @aurelepiazza.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What molecular mechanisms underlie the needle-in-a-haystack search for homology required to fix a DNA break? In this preprint, we reveal multiple controls of homology search in cells: onset, coordination, reach and inactivation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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WeberLab@McGill @weber-lab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨We're hiring!!🚨 @biomcgill.bsky.social is looking for a Quantitative Cell Biologist to join our diverse and interdisciplinary community. Please share this ad broadly, and reach out if you have any questions. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Assistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of Biology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Prahathees Eswara @eswaralab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thrilled to share this insightful work of Asher King @subtisilly.bsky.social and Pilar Horigian @pilarhorigian.bsky.social! #ProudPI #MicroSky #AMR #SubtiWiki In this work, we reveal the *magic* behind the protective effects of magnesium in Bacillus subtilis. Read Asher's 🧵 below for more details.
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Kumaran Ramamurthi @ramamurthilab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Folks have known for years that adding magnesium to media rescues the lethality of deleting many 'essential' genes, but why? @eswaralab.bsky.social and @subtisilly.bsky.social say that free iron builds up in these mutants. Mg2+ mitigates this by redirecting metabolism towards limiting ROS production
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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...
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Janani Durairaj (Jay) @ninjani.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some exciting news: I'm joining the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social @dbc-unil.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor next month 🎉 My group will work on context-aware deep learning for protein structure, interaction & design. Postdoc and PhD openings coming soon - keep an eye out!
compare, predict, design
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phoeberice.bsky.social @phoeberice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Postdoctoral fellowship to come to U Chicago biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/research/chi...
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Chicago Fellows
The Chicago Fellows Program is an internationally competitive postdoctoral fellowship program to support the career advancement of truly exceptional and creative scientists in the biological and biome...
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David Cleary @bacterioskeptic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Senior Bioinformatician role at UKHSA Porton tinyurl.com/vwfpza8a
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Senior Bioinformatician at UK Health Security Agency — Porton, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn Jobs
Apply for Senior Bioinformatician at UK Health Security Agency in Porton, England, United Kingdom. Full-time Mid-Senior level role. See responsibilities, qualifications, and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Julian Parkhill @julianparkhill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This will be an amazing opportunity for the right person. The Department of Veterinary Medicine in Cambridge is recruiting for an established chair who will also be our Head of Department. Your research can be in any area of veterinary science. Please circulate. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
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Professorship of Veterinary Science
The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Veterinary Science invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work is connected with veterinary science (ideally in research aligned wi...
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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Come work with @viromehunter.bsky.social and myself at UBC! We have a postdoctoral position available for someone with an interest in bioinformatics and genomics, using sociovirology to understand disease dynamics in plant viruses. Advert: ppvlab.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2026/0...
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IMPRS for Living Matter @imprs-lm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔍 Curious about how the proteolytic enzymes of the ubiquitin system work—and how these mechanisms can inspire new therapeutic strategies? Apply for a #PhDposition in the Gersch lab @maltegersch.bsky.social at @imprs-lm.bsky.social #proteolysis #ubiquitin #biochemistry #proteinchemistry
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Jens Schmidt @jenscs83.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study DNA damage repair via the homologous recombination pathway using quantitative cell biology approaches. The position will be initially supported for two years by the MSU Research Foundation Postdoctoral Scholars program. Please share! 1/5
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Malcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our paper on type II Panoptes is now published at PLOS Biology with new data on phage escapers - quite a step up in microbiology for our lab, led by Sabine Gruschow. Thanks to @erc.europa.eu for funding dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Ellinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's finally published! What a journey @brownlab.bsky.social and I have been on with this one (ask me about it over a pint 🍻). Super excited to be able to say that it's finally out in Trends (author gift link to follow)! 🦠🧫 #phagesky
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EMBL @embl.org · 15/09/2026
Scientists have determined the highest-resolution protein structure obtained to date. Using advanced X-ray crystallography techniques at EMBL Hamburg's P14 beamline, the team solved the structure of an archaeal protein at an astonishing 0.43 Ångström resolution. www.embl.org/news/science...
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Every electron counts: most detailed protein structure to date revealed | EMBL
Researchers have used advanced X-ray crystallography methods to determine the structure of an archaeal protein at unprecedented resolution
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Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fascinating stuff - Acquisition and erosion of toxin-antitoxin systems in bacterial chromosomes academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
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Acquisition and erosion of toxin-antitoxin systems in bacterial chromosomes
Abstract. Toxin-antitoxin systems (TAs) are widespread in bacterial genomes. Yet, their integration, persistence, and impact in chromosome dynamics remain
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Tulilab.com @tulilab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
IU is hiring a virologist. I am so excited. Come join a great group of scientists and people.
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