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Ian Kelsall

@iankelsall.bsky.social
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Senior Research Scientist at MRC-PPU, working in the lab of Yogesh Kulathu. Interested in ubiquitin, RBR ligases, innate immune signalling and heavy metal 🤘

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@prithadg.bsky.social
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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RNF213 M1-ubiquitinates damaged mitochondria to activate pro-inflammatory NF-κB signaling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/Bi...
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Interviewer: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" Me:
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Spencer Oooo
ALT: Spencer Oooo
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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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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 16/09/2026
How do cells remove abnormal glycogen? Led by Matthew Yip, using mouse models, cell engineering & cryo-ET, Felix Randow's group found that RNF213 ubiquitylates aberrant glycogen to trigger autophagy. mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/articles/h… #LMBResearch
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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 15/09/2026
[1975] People Will Always Need Coal - Deliriously kitsch recruitment ad for the implausibly glamorous world of coal-mining. The ad promises a non-stop world of macho glamour fun (Rock'n'Roll! Skiing! Guns! Squash!).
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Agathe Chaigne @agathechaigne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Does anyone (ideally local to the Netherlands) have a His-Ub plasmid? High cheese reward.
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don't know if they accept cheese but Addgene and MRC R&S both have numerous plasmids, e.g. www.addgene.org/31815/ mrcppureagents.dundee.ac.uk/product/59194
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Magnus Bauer @kinasekid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AlphaFold Server’s ligand menu just got a lot bigger and I almost missed it! You can now add any ligand from the wwPDB Chemical Component Dictionary. Just enter its CCD code 🥳
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Sven Lange @sven-m-lange.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We’re hiring a Research Technician I at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City! This is a great opportunity for a recent graduate who’s excited to gain hands-on research experience. Interested, or know someone who might be? Please share! jobs.weill.cornell.edu/NY/job/New-Y... #ResearchJobs
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Research Technician I
Research Technician I
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 28/08/2026
Google Dolly Parton. Wait 5 seconds... It's wonderful.
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A by-election caused by the murder of Ian Gow, and they precede it with "One Foot in The Grave" and "Nearly Departed". Yikes! There will be letters to Points Of View!
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
To the question, 'what makes a good life' we don't need deep philosophical reflection The reaction to Dolly Parton's death shows the answer: Treat everyone with respect and dignity, regardless of their background, and try to do as much good as you can (while harming as few people as possible)
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Congratulations @prithadg.bsky.social ! This was a fun project that allowed me to mess about on computers for a little bit, learning how to design de novo protein binders.
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computer monkey
Alt: A monkey wearing glasses sits next to a plate of fruit and vegetables and types away furiously at a computer keyboard.
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 18/08/2026
Why is human p97 ATPase less efficient than yeast Cdc48 in unfolding its protein substrates? @kulathu.bsky.social et al show how cofactors like FAF2 facilitate efficient unfolding by the human enzyme, & design artificial mini-proteins able to potently activate p97 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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FAF1 and FAF2 enhance unfolding by p97-UFD1-NPL4 complex enabling rational design of p97 activators - The EMBO Journal
VCP/p97 is an AAA+ ATPase that, together with its cofactors UFD1-NPL4 (p97-UN), unfolds ubiquitylated substrates to maintain cellular homeostasis. The human p97-UN complex associates with additional c...
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Penny Homer @socialsoprano.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ophelia, 1852, John Everett Millais
Lionel Messi lying on the ground with his head in his handsSir John Everett Millais's famous Ophelia painting
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Meepy 👻 @floweroflondon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Aw, Bren www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brenda Fricker: Oscar-winning Irish actress dies at 81
She won for her role in 1989 film My Left Foot and had well-loved parts in Home Alone 2 and TV's Casualty.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890
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Magnus Bauer @kinasekid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Can we program a kinase like a switch? Inspired by natural autoinhibitory complexes, we designed miniproteins against active- and inactive-like conformations of Focal Adhesion Kinase. Depending on the targeted state, the resulting binders either activated or inhibited the kinase.
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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John Coulson @northerneater.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
During the last #WorldCup, I randomly found my long lost Mexico '86 #Panini sticker album. And with England at the Azteca next, I thought you might like to see it. It was the first World Cup I can remember, and I can hardly believe it was 40 years ago. Let's hop into the DeLorean, shall we?... 🧵
Mexico '86 Sticker Album 🇲🇽
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One of the finest Pogues songs not written by Shane. There are surprisingly few lyrics and yet, somehow, it manages to say so very much. What a fucking record indeed!
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ha, just spotted you in the stadium! Enjoy!
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Scandifriend @scandifriend.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Don Quixote, Pedro Almodavar, Julio Iglesias, Francisco Goya, can you hear me? Your boys just took one hell of a drawing.
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Bryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Yorkshire, indeed the world, has lost some of its colour today. Garrowby Hill, a Yorkshire landscape by David Hockney, 1998. So long, David.
Garrowby Hill by David Hockney.
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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fiveankles.bsky.social @fiveankles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Everything you can expect from the World Cup Opening Ceremony. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): uppbeat.io/t/benjamin-b... License code: JVYDUZB9GVWKNVC5
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Matt McFarland @emseefarlandee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Delighted that this is now out in its final form! 🥳 It's a fun story about an EF hand that doesn't bind Ca2+, but instead works as a ubiquitin-binding domain. Huge thanks to the rest of YK lab, the @mrcppu.bsky.social, and our collaborators (@sebastianglatt.bsky.social)!
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Son of Bengt (Halloween edition) @sonofbengt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Let's say this Twinkie represents the outright racists in the UK when that BNP list got leaked in 2008. According to this morning's sample, it'll be a Twinkie....35 feet long and weighing approximately 600 lbs"
Egon Spengler explaining about ghost activities using a Twinkie for scale
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A fellow of the Royal Society slashed funding for disease prevention, leading directly to the deaths of uncounted children. He promotes white supremacy and is actively encouraging racist violence in the UK. But he's Elon Musk, a billionaire. So the Royal Society does nothing. @royalsociety.org
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Violence on the streets of the U.K. incited and enabled by Elon Musk, a fellow of the @royalsociety.org. When will our national academy stand up for the values it claims to espouse?
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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This just gets worse, and worse, and worse.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
'Loot from the Rainbow' Arthur Ferrier, Tattler Magazine, 1928 Scottish artist, illustrator & cartoonist #Pride2026
Image is of a glamorous woman draped in a rainbow colored, very long scarf
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Matt McFarland @emseefarlandee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Mammalian gene naming conventions and the potential for this kind of mistaken identity have long been a pet hate of mine. There will definitely be other examples of this out there.
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Marios Stavridis @mstavridis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Amazing lab, doing fantastic work. Highly recommend. And it's in Dundee, which is obviously a bonus. 😜
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robertomunita.bsky.social @robertomunita.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
1/ Sharing my article in TIBS: "Science is always unfinished: rethinking the demand for complete stories." The cost of that demand: delayed dissemination, cherry-picked data, and an endless "one more experiment" loop. authors.elsevier.com/a/1n0XU3S6Gf...
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TeselaGen Biotechnology @teselagen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The known protein universe just got a lot bigger. A newly released artificial-intelligence tool has generated an atlas of more than one billion predicted protein structures and billions more protein sequences. #AI #biotech
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Move over, AlphaFold: open source model predicts shape of 1 billion proteins
The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe.
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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The arc of history is long, but it bends towards the Vatican including a LinkedIn clip art of a woman in a hijab under "The true human being"
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Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Disney's Tarzan soundtrack?
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