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Kevin Corbett @kevincorbett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm thrilled to share that UCSD Biological Sciences has launched an open-rank search for a transformational researcher, with a particular focus on structural biology/cryoelectron microscopy! Come to UCSD and enjoy our fantastic research community, world-class facilities 🔬, and pretty good weather 🌴🏖️

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Kevin Corbett @kevincorbett.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Congratulations to Doi Basu @dwaipayanbasu.bsky.social for publishing his first first-author paper from the lab! The cryoEM structure of a tubulin-like protein from bacteriophage Goslar forms "microtubules" with nine protofilaments! authors.elsevier.com/a/1mM253SNvc...

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Biswajit Pradhan @bislightyear.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Happy to see our research on SMC Wadjet published in Molecular Cell. We showed DNA loop extrusion (LE) by a bacterial SMC, confirming LE is conserved across all life forms. Wadjet's LE activity is crucial for recognizing and restricting foreign plasmids, serving as a defense mechanism. 🧬🔬🧪

Graphical abstract showing the loop extrusion mechanism of the Wadjet complex, which selectively cleaves circular DNA while leaving linear DNA unaffected.

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