Reposted by Ian KelsallStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 431781679 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165205566 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallbioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026RNF213 M1-ubiquitinates damaged mitochondria to activate pro-inflammatory NF-κB signaling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 043 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 563252436 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMartin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 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... 4293142 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallS.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Interviewer: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" Me: 1222530559 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallEMBL @embl.org · 15/09/2026Scientists 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...embl.orgEvery electron counts: most detailed protein structure to date revealed | EMBLResearchers have used advanced X-ray crystallography methods to determine the structure of an archaeal protein at unprecedented resolution 0237 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 16/09/2026How 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 03017 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallOld 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!). 084 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallAgathe Chaigne @agathechaigne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Does anyone (ideally local to the Netherlands) have a His-Ub plasmid? High cheese reward. 135 0
Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I 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 110 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMagnus Bauer @kinasekid.bsky.social · 06/09/2026AlphaFold 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 🥳 16028 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallSven Lange @sven-m-lange.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We’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... #ResearchJobsjobs.weill.cornell.eduResearch Technician IResearch Technician I 065 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallStardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 28/08/2026Google Dolly Parton. Wait 5 seconds... It's wonderful. 43411 0
Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A 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! 000 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 118312988377 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallOmar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026To 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) 1184 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063893311002 0
Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Congratulations @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.static.klipy.comcomputer monkeyAlt: A monkey wearing glasses sits next to a plate of fruit and vegetables and types away furiously at a computer keyboard. 031 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallThe EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 18/08/2026Why 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...link.springer.comFAF1 and FAF2 enhance unfolding by p97-UFD1-NPL4 complex enabling rational design of p97 activators - The EMBO JournalVCP/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... 063 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallPenny Homer @socialsoprano.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ophelia, 1852, John Everett Millais 26722 0
Reposted by Ian Kelsall Meepy 👻 @floweroflondon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Aw, Bren www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBrenda Fricker: Oscar-winning Irish actress dies at 81She won for her role in 1989 film My Left Foot and had well-loved parts in Home Alone 2 and TV's Casualty. 021 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c 153815842 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 14/07/2026At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890 3652521193 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMagnus Bauer @kinasekid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Can 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. 12513 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallJohn Coulson @northerneater.bsky.social · 03/07/2026During 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?... 🧵 83511 0
Ian Kelsall @iankelsall.bsky.social · 26/06/2026One 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! 020 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallScandifriend @scandifriend.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Don Quixote, Pedro Almodavar, Julio Iglesias, Francisco Goya, can you hear me? Your boys just took one hell of a drawing. 319654 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallBryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Yorkshire, indeed the world, has lost some of its colour today. Garrowby Hill, a Yorkshire landscape by David Hockney, 1998. So long, David. 181412312 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallDan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA 136126962786 0
Reposted by Ian Kelsallfiveankles.bsky.social @fiveankles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Everything you can expect from the World Cup Opening Ceremony. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): uppbeat.io/t/benjamin-b... License code: JVYDUZB9GVWKNVC5 98026 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMatt McFarland @emseefarlandee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Delighted 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)! 074 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallSon 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" 081 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A 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 212751 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallStephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Violence 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? 34017 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallColm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I 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. 7738201058 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Just 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 11797522444 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallSusan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 04/06/2026'Loot from the Rainbow' Arthur Ferrier, Tattler Magazine, 1928 Scottish artist, illustrator & cartoonist #Pride2026 212928530 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMatt McFarland @emseefarlandee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Mammalian 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. 071 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallMarios Stavridis @mstavridis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Amazing lab, doing fantastic work. Highly recommend. And it's in Dundee, which is obviously a bonus. 😜 021 0
Reposted by Ian Kelsallrobertomunita.bsky.social @robertomunita.bsky.social · 29/04/20261/ 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...authors.elsevier.comPlease wait whilst we redirect youAll content on this site: Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply. 189 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallTeselaGen Biotechnology @teselagen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The 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 #biotechnature.comMove over, AlphaFold: open source model predicts shape of 1 billion proteinsThe new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe. 012 0
Reposted by Ian KelsallSte Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 26/05/2026The 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" 316939 0