Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · 16/08/2026📣📣 The CSMB Virtual Seminar Series is back!! Sign up to give a talk using the QR code or via this form: forms.gle/AZpWKX4gTeXS... 022
Reposted by Matthew BergMaitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Registration is open for the 2026 PNW Yeast Club meeting, July 31 at WWU in Bellingham. Researchers in any yeast/fungal systems welcome. Register by July 10 for talks, or July 24 for posters & other attendees. Thanks @dan-pollard.bsky.social and @kinasequeen.bsky.social for hosting! www.pnwyc.netpnwyc.netPNWYCPNWYC 2026 Meeting A day for yeast labs in the Pacific Northwest to get together and share research, outreach, teaching, and more! July 31, 2026, in Bellingham, WA, USA Western Washington University ... 093
Reposted by Matthew BergGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026🌟 🔆 Postdoc researcher spotlight Meet our #postdoc authors who recently published their papers in #GENETICS and #G3journal 📖 Read more about their research interests and career trajectories 🧵 (1/5) 132
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) is launching a new national seminar series focused on teaching and learning in the molecular biosciences! 🔬 April 23 – 10am PDT via Zoom May 21 - 10am PDT via Zoom June 25 - 10am PDT via Zoom ✍️April 23: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...ubc.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CSMB - Undergraduate Education Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CSMB - Undergraduate Education Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 021
Reposted by Matthew BergGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The February issue of #G3journal features research from @matthewberg22.bsky.social and colleagues showing how mistranslating tRNAs in #yeast can alter the abundance and phosphorylation of proteins involved in proteostasis, cell cycle, and translation. buff.ly/LKhFZFy 011
Matthew Berg @matthewberg22.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Check out our new work now published in G3! We use proteomics and phosphoproteomics to study how cells cope with tRNA variants that mis-insert amino acids. 1115
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026One week left! Nominations for CSMB Fellows and 2026 CSMB Awards close January 15. Do you know someone whose research, leadership, or service deserves recognition? Nominating is simple! Don't miss the chance to highlight outstanding colleagues. Learn more and submit nominations: csmb-scbm.ca 011
Reposted by Matthew BergTrushar Patel, PhD, DSc, FRSC @trushar7.bsky.social · 30/10/2025🙏🏽 @matthewberg22.bsky.social & @csmb-scbm.bsky.social for capturing my thoughts on mentorship so thoughtfully. Grateful to have @biochemcellbio.bsky.social publish them and to be part of an important conversation on supporting the next generation of scientists. blog.cdnsciencepub.com/trushar-patel/blog.cdnsciencepub.comCracking the Code: Dr. Trushar Patel’s Mentorship Philosophy | Canadian Science Publishing 031
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025We invite you to read the article “The unsung guardians of Canadian dominion, innovation, and prosperity” by Thomas Pulnilkunnil, Ecaterina Cozma and Walid Houry, published in the Hill Times last week: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...hilltimes.comThe unsung guardians of Canadian dominion, innovation, and prosperityTo fully leverage the capabilities of academic institutions, Canada must adopt a future-oriented research approach by aligning research priorities with national interests. 021
Reposted by Matthew BergbioRxiv SysBio @biorxiv-sysbio.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Mistranslating tRNA variants impact the proteome and phosphoproteome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 011
Reposted by Matthew BergMaitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Announcing the yEvo Mutation Browser, a Shiny app for visualizing and exploring sequencing data from experimental evolution and genetic screens. This is the latest from our @yevolab.bsky.social high school teaching & research project and led by my grad student Leah. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgThe yEvo Mutation Browser: Enhancing student understanding of experimental evolution and genomics through interactive data visualizationExperimental evolution is a powerful method for studying the relationship between genotype and phenotype by observing how populations genetically adapt to controlled selective pressures. In educationa... 2178
Reposted by Matthew BergDoug Fowler @dougfowler.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Interested in using functional data to understand clinical variants? Been hunting for a good review of the topic? We just wrote one! rdcu.be/exaEUnature.comMultiplexed assays of variant effect for clinical variant interpretationNature Reviews Genetics - Multiplexed assays of variant effect (MAVEs) are highly scalable experimental approaches used to generate functional data for genetic variants. In this Review, McEwen et... 06932
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 09/07/2025We're hiring! Job Posting: Part-Time Administrative Assistant (Bilingual English/French) Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB) csmb-scbm.ca/job-posting-... 043
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · 13/06/2025🤔 Are you unsure what jobs you can get with your molecular biosciences degree, other than research? Then join the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social next Thursday, June 19, for our next webinar where we'll hear from three scientists with jobs in scientific writing! Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/regi... 089
Reposted by Matthew Bergwah-canada.bsky.social @wah-canada.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Congratulations to our 2025 CSMB Fellows! 021
Matthew Berg @matthewberg22.bsky.social · 27/05/2025A great start to day 1 of the @csmb-scbm.bsky.social 2025 conference in Ottawa! If you're around, make sure to come out to my talk on Wednesday morning in the "Protein Folding and Aggregation" session. I'll be talking about the cool stuff I've been doing in the @jvillen.bsky.social lab. 021
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The inaugural CSMB Fellows were also recognized tonight. Congratulations to Dr. Imogen Coe, Dr. Jan Rainey and Dr. John Orlowski! @csmb-scbm.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Matthew BergbioRxiv SysBio @biorxiv-sysbio.bsky.social · 18/05/2025R2HaPpY: Rapid-robust phosphotyrosine peptide enrichment using HaloTag-Src SH2 pY superbinder www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 031
Matthew Berg @matthewberg22.bsky.social · 18/05/2025The latest work from the @jvillen.bsky.social lab @uwgenome.bsky.social is out now on bioRxiv! Do you want to study phosphotyrosine signaling easily, cheaply and reproducibly? Then check out Alexis' work developing a method for systems-level pY signaling studies! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgR2HaPpY: Rapid-robust phosphotyrosine peptide enrichment using HaloTag-Src SH2 pY superbinderPhosphotyrosine signaling plays a critical role in many biological processes, from cell proliferation to immune response. Despite its importance, systems-level analysis of phosphotyrosine signaling re... 110
Matthew Berg @matthewberg22.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I'm really excited for this month's @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar! It should be a great set of talks 🧪 000
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Our next @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar is coming up on Tuesday May 13th at 9am ET! Make sure you tune in to hear about exciting Canadian research 🍁 This month, we'll hear about retro-evolution of the ribosome and Akt signalling in breast cancer. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw 032
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Reminders: March 31 is the deadline for early-bird meeting registration and CSMB Fellows program applications. April 2 is the deadline for the CSMB Mentorship initiative applications. Details on our website:csmb-scbm.caUpcoming deadlines – Canadian Society for Molecular BiosciencesPromoting and advancing molecular understanding of biology 054
Matthew Berg @matthewberg22.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Don't miss out on these seminars! They've been awesome so far and these talks tomorrow sound like they will be equally as great! 010
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmbtrainees.bsky.social @csmbtrainees.bsky.social · 07/02/2025📢REMINDER: Don't miss out on our @csmb-scbm.bsky.social seminar next week. Come here about the exciting science happening in Canada! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/5n9xtrmw 032
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 09/01/2025The CSMB is excited to launch of the CSMB Fellows program. The deadline for applications is set for March 31, 2025. Learn more about this new initiative on our websitebuff.lyLaunch of the CSMB Fellows Program – Application deadline March 31, 2025 – Canadian Society for Molecular BiosciencesPromoting and advancing molecular understanding of biology 045
Reposted by Matthew Bergcsmb-scbm.bsky.social @csmb-scbm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Nominations now accepted for the 2025 CSMB Awards, updated deadline for submissions on Jan 15, 2025: -CSP Senior Investigator Award -Jeanne Manery Fisher Memorial Lecture -CSMB New Investigator Award -Frances Sharom Science Communication Award Details: buff.ly/419Ymlt 052