Kevin Corbett @kevincorbett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026See the job posting here (apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04607) and feel free to reach out!apol-recruit.ucsd.eduAssistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Transformational Biological TechnologiesUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 000 0
Kevin Corbett @kevincorbett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'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 🌴🏖️ 1810 0
Reposted by Kevin CorbettHajime Murakami @alhajijoker.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Happy to share the first preprint from our lab, led by @arrosan.bsky.social, in collaboration with @ccb-lab.bsky.social. We identify a conserved cohesin-interacting motif in Red1 required for its recruitment, DSB formation, and Mek1 activation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #meiosis #recombinationbiorxiv.orgCohesin–axis interaction via a conserved Red1 motif promotes domain-specific DSB formation and Mek1 activationFaithful chromosome segregation during meiosis I requires tight control of interhomolog recombination. In budding yeast, the meiotic chromosome axis, built on Rec8-containing cohesin together with Red... 02012 0
Kevin Corbett @kevincorbett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Congrats to Chase Morgan @phagemorgan.bsky.social and the phage team! 084 0
Kevin Corbett @kevincorbett.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Congratulations 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...authors.elsevier.com 3136 0
Reposted by Kevin CorbettBiswajit Pradhan @bislightyear.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Happy 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. 🧬🔬🧪 68221 0
Reposted by Kevin CorbettbioRxiv Biochemistry @biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Structural diversity and oligomerization of bacterial ubiquitin-like proteins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… biorxiv.orgStructural diversity and oligomerization of bacterial ubiquitin-like proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623966v1 Bacteria possess a variety of operons with homology to eukaryotic ubiquitination pathways that encod 074 0
Reposted by Kevin CorbettbioRxiv Biochemistry @biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Mechanistic basis for protein conjugation in a diverged bacterial ubiquitination pathway www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… biorxiv.orgMechanistic basis for protein conjugation in a diverged bacterial ubiquitination pathway https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623953v1 Ubiquitination is a fundamental and highly conserved protein post-translational modification pathway 0149 0
