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Janet Iwasa @jiwasa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Interested in molecular animation? Give ProteinBlender a try! It's free and open source. animation-lab.github.io/ProteinBlend... The latest tools include a DNA builder (shown in the tutorial video below). We'd love to hear what you think! We have short tutorials that cover all the features!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/08/2026

The lab is a mysterious place--where some people have "magic hands," and some experiments just won't work. Here's my story about the unspoken knowledge of science, and the struggle to share it. Gift link: nyti.ms/3UccF7Z

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Isaac Wong @isaacsiuwong.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Our new preprint reveals that 🪰's Cnn and 🪱's SPD-5 both form condensates in vitro, but assemble via divergent mechanisms in vivo. We show how phosphorylation unlocks Cnn’s autoinhibited scaffold and identify conserved features in 🚶‍♂️'s CDK5RAP2.

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Today we welcomed MP Adam Thompson(@adamthompsonmp.bsky.social) to the Dunn School, part of the @royalsociety.org Pairing Scheme. Adam got to see our science in action and share his reflections on a career in science and politics with our students and postdocs. Thanks for your visit Adam!

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We are featuring Jordan Raff as our next extraordinary biologist. He is a former Company Director and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Biology Open. #100biologists @jordanraff.bsky.social

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

‪ Many congratulations to all our postdocs recently awarded postdoctoral fellowships! 🥳 A special mention to @carokobras.bsky.social for a BBSRC Fellowship, and Emma and Laura for @wellcometrust.bsky.social early career awards! Check the full list here: www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

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Raff Lab @jrafflab.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

🔬 Exciting findings from our collaborative study with Lea, Raff, van Breugel&Feng Lab! We've uncovered how Spd-2/CEP192 proteins with an SP2D structure are crucial for centrosome assembly. Crystal structures&mutations reveal new insights into PCM scaffold formation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The conserved Spd-2/CEP192 domain adopts a unique protein fold to promote centrosome scaffold assembly

A conserved structural domain within CEP192/Spd-2 protein promotes centrosome scaffold assembly during centrosome maturation.

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sarojsaurya.bsky.social @sarojsaurya.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#biologists100 Please come to my poster on Wed at the Liverpool conference and see how the @jrafflab.bsky.social with @dunngogreen.bsky.social @dunnschool.bsky.social is conducting our world class science in an environment friendly way at @ox.ac.uk ! Saving money & planet! There is no planet B!

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Raff Lab @jrafflab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🔬 Excited to share our latest paper! We’ve found how Spd-2 coordinates with Polo and Aurora A to build critical scaffolds in centrosome assembly in Drosophila. 🧬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Centrioles generate two scaffolds with distinct biophysical properties to build mitotic centrosomes

Spd-2 organizes the assembly of two distinct centriole-scaffolds to build mitotic centrosomes in Drosophila.

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Raff Lab @jrafflab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Happy to be here. Hopefully this will be fun and useful. Like Twitter used to be.

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