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Keren Lasker

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Membraneless Organelles in Bacteria: Structure, Dynamics, Function, and Engineering. Assistant Professor @scripps.edu. laskerlab.org

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Want to organize a Minisymposium, Workshop, or Special Interest Subgroup? Now’s your chance to lead at Cell Bio 2026. 🗓 Scientific session proposals due February 22 www.ascb.org/cellbio2026
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Cell Bio 2023-An ASCB|EMBO Meeting
Network, learn, and collaborate with top cell biologists from around the globe.
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Ye Lab @liye-tsri.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Thrilled to share our latest work--combining CATCH with whole-body HYBRiD imaging, leveraging click chemistry to visualize and identify drug-targeted cells across organ systems. Led by a brilliant team: former PhD student Ben Pang and former undergrad Verina Leung.
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Job Dekker @jobdekker.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A major output of the 4D Nucleome project appeared today. This is the joint effort of many scientists working together and (publicly) sharing data and results for several years. We hope this is of interest to many genome biologists! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An integrated view of the structure and function of the human 4D nucleome - Nature
The 4D Nucleome Project demonstrates the use of genomic assays and computational methods to measure genome folding and then predict genomic structure from DNA sequence, facilitatin...
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Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
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Sarah Shammas @sarahshammas.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social IDP Subgroup Postdoctoral Award honors outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows for research accomplishments with disordered proteins. APPLY by sending your nomination packet to idpsubgroupbps@gmail.com by Dec 15th! Info at: www.biophysics.org/awards-fundi...
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Subgroup Awards - The Biophysical Society
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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Congratulations to Lucy Shapiro, 2025 #LaskerAward winner! – “for a 55-year career in biomedical science – honored for discovering how bacteria generate distinct daughter cells; and for exemplary leadership at the national level” #Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #devbio 🧪
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Over the moon to see my postdoc advisor, Prof. Lucy Shapiro, receive a Lasker Award—a brilliant salute to her decades of trail-blazing science, visionary leadership, and transformative mentorship. Congratulations!
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Scripps Research @scripps.edu · 10/06/2025
Join us this Thursday, June 12, at 1PM for the first of our three summer virtual masterclasses — where seasoned PIs share how they transformed foundational science into VC-backed startups. 🔬🌟 🎟️ For more info, contact biotechsummit@scripps.edu.
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 28/05/2025
🎉 Congratulations to Wolfgang Baumeister @maxplanck.de, awarded the 2025 #ShawPrize in Life Science & Medicine for pioneering work in cryo-ET! Learn more 👉 europa.eu/!JBXDBG #FrontierResearch #ERCSyG #CryoET #StructuralBiology #shawprize2025
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ERC grantee wins the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging
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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Now published! Big congrats to first author @gginell.bsky.social We are actively working improving/updating various aspects of FINCHES; don't hesitate to reach out if you run into issues, have questions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sequence-based prediction of intermolecular interactions driven by disordered regions
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in proteins play essential roles in cellular function. A growing body of work has shown that IDRs often interact with partners in a manner that does not depend ...
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Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen @rhp-lab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In collaboration with the @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social group we release our map of degrons in >5,000 human cytosolic proteins with >99% coverage. A machine learning model trained on the data identifies missense variants forming degrons in exposed & disordered regions. Work led by @vvouts.bsky.social.
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A complete map of human cytosolic degrons and their relevance for disease
Degrons are short protein segments that target proteins for degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome system and thus ensure timely removal of signaling proteins and clearance of misfolded proteins fro...
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
AlphaFold is amazing but gives you static structures 🧊 In a fantastic teamwork, @mcagiada.bsky.social and @emilthomasen.bsky.social developed AF2χ to generate conformational ensembles representing side-chain dynamics using AF2 💃 Code: github.com/KULL-Centre/... Colab: github.com/matteo-cagia...
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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Striking new study from @archaeon-alex.bsky.social's lab just out in @science.org on multicellular development induced by compression in Archaea: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea
The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...
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jackie pelham @pelhamjackie.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Announcing the joint @idpseminars.bsky.social / BPS IDP Subgroup Trainee Symposium Speakers! Join us on Mar 27, 12–2pm CST for 6 exciting talks focused on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as part of #BophysicsWeek2025 with the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Sign up now using the QR code below!
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Jerelle Joseph @jerelleaj.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This summer in beautiful Santa Barbara we will run a 3-day conference on “Biological Physics of Biomolecular Condensates: Bridging Theory and Experiment” June 16 to 18th. Register now: www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/b...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Big health breakthrough: a protein from tardigrades can now protect human cells from radiation. That’s going to lead to better cancer therapies.
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Radioprotection of healthy tissue via nanoparticle-delivered mRNA encoding for a damage-suppressor protein found in tardigrades - Nature Biomedical Engineering
Radiation-therapy-induced DNA damage in oral and rectal epithelial cells can be reduced via the nanoparticle-mediated local delivery of messenger RNA encoding for a damage-suppressor protein found in ...
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Jerelle Joseph @jerelleaj.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New Preprint ‼️ Work led by the incredible @ananyac2000.bsky.social 💃🏽💃🏽 Mpipi-T is finally here!!! 🥳🥳 👇🏽👇🏽 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Accurate prediction of thermoresponsive phase behavior of disordered proteins
Protein responses to environmental stress, particularly temperature fluctuations, have long been a subject of investigation, with a focus on how proteins maintain homeostasis and exhibit thermorespons...
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
MBoC #CallForPapers: Special Issue on Biomolecular Condensates Submit to be considered by lead editors: Amy Gladfelter, University of North Carolina Jeffrey B. Woodruff, UT Southwestern Medical Center Huaiying Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University www.molbiolcell.org/biomolecular... #CellBiology
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
From MBoC AI: A transformative opportunity in cell biology, by Sandra Schmid, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network, et al. doi.org/10.1091/mbc.... #CellBiology
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AI: A transformative opportunity in cell biology | Molecular Biology of the Cell
The success of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in predicting protein structure and more recently, protein interactions, demonstrates the power and potential of machine learning and AI for adva...
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Rohit V. Pappu @rohitpappu68.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Molecular grammars of intrinsically disordered regions that span the human proteome
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins are defined by functionally relevant molecular grammars. This refers to IDR-specific non-random amino acid compositions and non-random patterning of...
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Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Excited to share the work of Jonathan Perr where he uncovered a surprisingly common feature of cell surfaces - the presentation and clustering of RNA binding proteins with #glycoRNA. Critically support by #NIH @cp-cell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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RNA-binding proteins and glycoRNAs form domains on the cell surface for cell-penetrating peptide entry
Mammalian cells present RNA-binding proteins on the cell surface that form clustered domains containing glycoRNAs.
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Liam Rooney @liam-rooney.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
First senior-author paper is out today in the Journal of Microscopy! 🧪🔬 We present the first 3D printed microscope where both the optics & frame are entirely 3D printed - a low-cost, accessible, and reproducible tool for histological imaging! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmi.13398
An exploded view of the 3D-printed microscope. A front-facing (A), oblique (B), and side-facing view (C) of the microscope are presented, with the chassis coloured in grey and the positions of additional components highlighted with different colours (orange = LED light source, magenta = 3D-printed condenser lens, blue = 3D-printed objective lens, green = CMOS camera). A scale bar is presented in (a) to provide a visualisation of the size of the microscope setup.
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Scripps Research @scripps.edu · 26/02/2025
In a new op-ed for the @sandiegouniontribune.com, Scripps Research President and CEO Pete Schultz discusses how proposed changes to federal science funding could have unintended consequences for biomedical research, innovation, and the broader life sciences ecosystem in San Diego.
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Opinion: Science funding cuts are based on flawed logic. Here’s the truth.
Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…
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Broder Schmidt @hbschmidt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Ever wondered how mammalian cells sense osmotic stress? There's gotta be a signaling pathway, right? We propose a *one-component system*: NFAT5, the transcription factor that executes the osmoprotective response, is also the stress sensor! www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Direct ionic stress sensing and mitigation by the transcription factor NFAT5
Intracellular ionic strength is sensed and regulated by a prion-like domain in a transcription factor.
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
🎉🎉 Kudos to @bornanovak.bsky.social , Jeff, Ryan, and @alexholehouse.bsky.social —this breakthrough work paves the way for exciting new frontiers in disordered protein research! 🌟✨
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Part 2 is starting soon! 🤩
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Part I of BIV subgroup starts in an hour (8:30 am PT) Join us!
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
🚀 Join us at #BPS2025 tomorrow at 8:30 AM for a spectacular lineup of cutting-edge methods & biology in Biopolymers In Vivo! 🧪🔬 🧠 AI & IDP phase behavior | 🌱 Protein thermosensing | ❄️ Cryo-EM 🧬 GTPase activity | 🛠️ Engineered condensates | 🤖 Deep learning | 💧 Phase separation
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Brian Liau @brianliau.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Today in @nature.com we share our back-to-back stories with Ning Zheng’s lab revealing chemical-genetic convergence between a molecular glue degrader & E3 ligase cancer mutations. 1/5
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Shahar Sukenik @shaharsu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🎉🧪New perspective paper! Single-point missense mutations are common in disordered regions but are often overlooked👀. We analyzed thousands of IDR point mutations associated with human congenital diseases to show that many can significantly change local IDR ensemble structure! shorturl.at/iIbLX
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Rosana Collepardo @rcollepardo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Who's going to #BPS2025? Please join us at the MGO Symposium @mgo-bps.bsky.social on Saturday 1:30 pm Room 511ABC Featuring experiments, simulations, and all the scales by @serenasanulli.bsky.social @melikel.bsky.social @maristizabal.bsky.social @janhuemar.bsky.social and more Please repost! 🚀✨
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IDPSeminars @idpseminars.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Announcing the Biophysics Week IDP Trainee Symposium on March 27 at 12pm CT hosted by @idpseminars.bsky.social & The BPS IDP Subgroup! Join via Zoom for talks by talented grad students & postdocs. Abstract submissions are open! See flyer for more details! #BiophysicsWeek @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social
Information flyer for IDPSeminars/Biophysics week event - all details at https://idpseminars.com/
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Your Action Is Needed! Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy www.ascb.org/science-poli...
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Making Sense of It All
Hi! I’m Liz Neeley and I’m glad you’re here. Making Sense of It All is an outlet for my work at Liminal, which focuses on sensemaking in a noisy and complicated world. I built Liminal as an antidote t...
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Alex Holehouse @alexholehouse.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New review / perspective with @albertilab-tud.bsky.social on our thoughts on condensate speciality and recruitment, focusing on interplay between site specific and chemically specific interactions www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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Molecular determinants of condensate composition
Biomolecular condensates are non-stochiometric assemblies that organize cellular matter in space and time. Despite much work, many questions remain regarding what determines the recruitment and exclus...
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Gladfelter Lab @gladfelterlab.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The deadline to apply for the MBL Physiology course is fast approaching, January 27th! Consider applying to this amazing, life-changing research discovery experience in Woods Hole! www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
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Physiology: Modern Cell Biology Using Microscopic, Biochemical and Computational Approaches | Marine Biological Laboratory
This course is at the forefront of new tools — molecular, computational, biophysical — as it prepares students to tackle emerging biological questions.
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Jerelle Joseph @jerelleaj.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
It's about time we have a conversation about the role of structured protein domains in form and function of bimolecular condensates. Proud of graduate student Nate Hess for taking the lead on synthesizing these ideas and identifying important gaps in the field!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Structured protein domains enter the spotlight: modulators of biomolecular condensate form and function
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles that concentrate proteins and nucleic acids. One of the primary components of condensates is mult…
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drheatherini.bsky.social @drheatherini.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Are you interested in the role of protein condensation in plant biology? Come work with me at Syracuse University!
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Magnus Kjærgaard @proteinmagnus.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
PhD opportunities (yes, plural!) We will launch a center of excellence “Plat-PATH” with @bjornppedersen.bsky.social this summer. We have an opening for some PhD students to work on plant hormone transporter mechanism. - Details and application link: tinyurl.com/44hf9zkd Please repost 💚
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Structural and biophysical analysis of plant hormone transmembrane transport
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Gladfelter Lab @gladfelterlab.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Two weeks left to apply for this year's Physiology Course! We are looking forward to another exciting summer 🔬🦑☀️
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Congratulations, Alex, on this truly well-deserved honor! 🌟✨ It’s been an absolute privilege working together and witnessing your incredible creativity and dedication. The future is bright, and I’m thrilled to continue supporting you on this amazing journey. Onward and upward! 🚀👏🔥 #HannaGrayFellows
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
MBoC: An evolving champion of cell biology MBoC's new Editor-in-Chief discusses his thoughts on ASCB's scientific journal and its future. Read to learn more: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads. erictopol.substack.com/p/lotte-bjer...
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Lotte Bjerre Knudsen: The Scientist Who Drove GLP-1 Drugs For Obesity and Alzheimer's
Facts, data, and analytics about biomedical matters.
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Lotte Søgaard-Andersen @lottesogaard.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
1/Interested in biomolecular condensates? If yes, check 10.1073/pnas.2419610121 where we describe the in situ architecture of the PomXYZ co-condensate using cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy & in situ cryo-ET Wonderful coll/w Baumeister lab @madic.bsky.social‬ #teamtomo #cryoET #cryoEM
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Rosana Collepardo @rcollepardo.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Is chromatin ordered or disordered? It all depends on the linker DNA length. Check our latest work with Mike Rosen and Sy Redding. We explore how changes in linker DNA length (as small as 1 bp) fine-tune chromatin structure, between order and disorder, and the properties of chromatin droplets
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Ashok Deniz @ashokdeniz.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Excited to share our preprint, work by Anthony Gurunian, showing that #condensates can induce localized potentials in membranes + an analytical framework, with important biological implications, collaboration with @kerenlasker biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Biomolecular Condensates can Induce Local Membrane Potentials
Biomolecular condensates are a ubiquitous component of cells, known for their ability to selectively partition and compartmentalize biomolecules without the need for a lipid membrane. Nevertheless, co...
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Keren Lasker @kerenlasker.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
1/ 🚨We’re thrilled to share our latest study: "Cellular Function of a Biomolecular Condensate Is Determined by Its Ultrastructure" 🌟 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... How do biomolecular condensates achieve their cellular roles? It comes down to their internal structure. 🧵⬇️
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Cellular Function of a Biomolecular Condensate Is Determined by Its Ultrastructure
Biomolecular condensates play key roles in the spatiotemporal regulation of cellular processes. Yet, the relationship between atomic features and condensate function remains poorly understood. We stud...
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