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Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at HMS. Dedicated to elucidating and visualizing molecular mechanisms in biology and medicine.

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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Please join us for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, May 8 at 2pm by Jennifer Listgarten, Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Center for Computational Biology, and the Bioengineering program at UC Berkeley. @jlistgarten.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Read all about Apoorva Baluapuri’s new work on Integrator (INT) in HMS News! @baluapuri.bsky.social @adelmanlab.bsky.social tinyurl.com/y2fx22c2
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What Happens When a Gene Quality-Control Mechanism Fails?
Study solves riddle of how mutations in Integrator complex relate to neurodegeneration, cancer
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Congrats to Stephen Buratowski and Johannes Walter for being elected to the Academy of Arts & Sciences! www.amacad.org/new-members-...
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New Academy Members
Elected in 2025
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Dan Jones @daniel-jones.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Published today in Cell Chemical Biology, our Cryo-EM structure of PP2A/B55α with IER5 and identification of IER5 structural homologues SERTADs using structural bioinformatics. Congratulations to Aster and @blacklowlab.bsky.social authors! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Molecular mechanism of PP2A/B55α phosphatase inhibition by IER5
PP2A serine/threonine phosphatases are heterotrimeric complexes that execute many essential physiologic functions. These activities are modulated by a…
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Exciting new work from Apoorva Baluapuri of the Adelman lab! @baluapuri.bsky.social @adelmanlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Integrator loss leads to dsRNA formation that triggers the integrated stress response
Integrator (INT) is a metazoan-specific complex that targets promoter-proximally paused RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) for termination, preventing immatur…
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Please join us for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, April 3 at 2pm by Sebastian Klinge, Lenore C. Ford Professor, Dept of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology & Structural Biology, at The Rockefeller University. @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Please join us for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, March 20 at 2pm by Natalia Jura, Professor, Dept of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF. @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Please join us for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, March 6 at 2pm by Tanja Kortemme, Professor, Dept of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, Vice Dean of Research, UCSF School of Pharmacy. @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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Alan Brown @alanbrownhms.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
This was a great collaboration and culmination of a huge amount of work including our first attempt to join #teamtomo. @ruizhangmt.bsky.social expertly summarizes the highlights below:
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Please join us for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, February 13 at 2pm by Andrew Carter, Program Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. @mrclmb.bsky.social
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Please join us for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, January 30 at 2pm by Ed Boyden, Depts of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Media Arts and Sciences, and Biological Engineering, Co-Director, MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering Co-Director, K Lisa Yang Center for Bionics @mitofficial.bsky.social
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Join BCMP Faculty, Karen Adelman, at the Epigenetics in Development and Disease Meeting in Banff March 30-April 2.
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A new handle for understanding depression and the gut-brain connection? BCMP faculty Jon Clardy and colleagues report bacterial metabolism of environmental contaminant DEA drives cytokine IL-6 release. #microbiome #chemisky @pubs.acs.org
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Drawing a Line From the Gut Microbiome to Inflammation and Depression
Study provides explanation for one bacterium’s link to mental health
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Can (and do) bugs make drugs? Learn about @hms-bcmp.bsky.social faculty Sloan Devlin and Jon Clardy, among other researchers, in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social article exploring exciting work at @harvardmed.bsky.social decoding the chemistry of the microbiome! #microbiome #chemisky rb.gy/9hz8wu
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Decoding the Chemistry of the Microbiome
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Harvard Med BCMP @hms-bcmp.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Please join us in person for a BCMP seminar on Thursday, January 16 at 2pm by Stephen Bell, Professor, Dept of Biology and HHMI Investigator. Please note the new location: Armenise Amphitheater Room 125. @mitofficial.bsky.social @hhmi.bsky.social
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