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Makaía Papasergi-Scott

@mpapasergiscott.bsky.social
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Structural Biology. Cell Biology. G protein signaling. GPCRs. Protein structure & biochemistry. Membrane proteins. CryoEM/CryoET. Microscopes. Asst Prof at University of Rochester.

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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
You want to build an apparatus for time-resolved cryo-EM? Easy: bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...
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Matt Howard @matthewkhoward.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy New Year! (and first post here 😀) Excited to share the final version of our work where we combine deep mutational scanning, cryo-EM, and molecular dynamics to further resolve the mechanisms of pH sensing in GPCRs. 🧵(1/n) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Elucidating the dynamics of Integrin αIIb[beta]3 from native platelet membranes by cryo-EM with build and retrieve method www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Elucidating the dynamics of Integrin αIIb[beta]3 from native platelet membranes by cryo-EM with build and retrieve method https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.27.625729v1
Platelets fulfill their essential physiological roles sensing the extracellular environment through
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Kaitlyn Kiernan @kaitlynakiernan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Very excited to share the first story from my postdoc where we uncover the structural basis for slow Cas9 turnover! We use kinetics-guided cryo-EM to capture 25 conformational states of SpCas9 from a single dataset - including the first look at Cas9 releasing product. biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Willow Coyote-Maestas @willowcoyote.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We will be hosting 3rd Full Circle Symposium for Native Biologists hosted at UCSF in April 2025! We aim to build community and provide meaningful opportunities for Native scientists. If you are a Native biologist who is interested plz fill this out to stay up to date: forms.gle/AN7nfkhdB3Fv...
Full Circle Native symposium flyer. It includes a Logo, the date of the event (April 3-4 2025), and confirmed speakers: Casey Dorr (Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute), Rebecca Pollet (Vassar College), Kat MIlligan-McClellan (University of Conneticut), Krystal Tosie (Arizona State University), Lauren W Yowelunh McLester-Davis (UW Madison).
 
It also includes that text: The goal of the “Full Circle” symposium is to create an opportunity for North American Native and Indigenous, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native scientists to share their research, meet other scientists, and build community. The symposium will take place over two days at the UCSF Mission Bay campus in San Francisco. We will have talks from students, postdocs, and faculty and panel discussions on Native and Indigenous topics in the context of research.

It also contains a QR code that links to: https://forms.gle/AN7nfkhdB3Fvdkkm7
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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Improved automated model building for cryo-EM maps using CryFold www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Improved automated model building for cryo-EM maps using CryFold https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.13.623164v1
Constructing atomic models from cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) density maps is essential fo
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Anne Schechner @aeschech.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
Brass microscope in mendel‘s bedroom with a silly little fur hat on it Mendel’s other brass microscope with a silly little hat on it, this one has a tassel
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
Do you know who Douglas Prasher is? Many don't, even though he is the person who cloned the original #GFP gene in the late 1980s. In my short history of plant light #microscopy I also cover a bit of his story - & why he is relatively unknown today, despite the importance of his work. See this 🧵👇
A profile picture of Douglas Prasher from Martin Chalfie's Nobel Lecture
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Kelvin Lau @klausenhauser on 🙅‍♂️🐘🪡 @klausenhauser.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
A certain researcher has had 3 papers retracted due to obvious manipulation as in this example below. Saying that scientists cannot push for retraction because a paper is already peer reviewed or should shut up as they never tried to republish something completely wrong is not a good look
Cryo em density where there are clear signs of manipulation Slices of density clearly showing certain artificial manipulations Text that reads : to repeat the point our published work has gained full acceptance by credible, academic peers and major journals. He has not proven any major inaccuracies in our work that has made sufficient noise that few journals have erroneously responded by retracting a small number of publications.Highlighted text : the junior researcher who set off this fire storm is making vicious accusations, but he has never published. Peer reviewed findings that contradict my labs work. He is simply and repeatedly attacked us while ranting his opinions.
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Cornelius Gati @gati.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A first attempt to assemble GPCR aficionados here on 🦋 Let me know who I missed by replying below! go.bsky.app/75ukb81
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Guenter Resch @nexperion.net · 14/11/2024
I am already running a service to notify about new #SerialEM releases by email at nexperion.net/serialemupdatenotices, but considering to make this a Bluesky bot as well ... is this something the #teamtomo #cryoEM #cryoET community would be interested in?
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Nexperion - SerialEM Update Notices
Register here for a Nexperion Service to receive automatic email notifications once a SerialEM version is published.
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Chris Caffalette @caffalette.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I kind of forgot how to announce Feeds, but here goes For an all-in-one CryoEM Feed: #CryoEM, #CryoET, #TeamTomo all-in-one feed that curates posts from the last 7 days containing the various cryoEM and cryoET related hashtags and keywords. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 20/04/2024
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Promiscuous G-protein activation by the calcium-sensing receptor - Nature
Structures of the human calcium-sensing receptor can be bound into complex with G proteins from three different Gα subtypes while maintaining G-protein-binding specificity.
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
"Time-resolved cryo-EM of G protein activation by a GPCR" #CryoEM #membrane #protein #structure #GPCR www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Time-resolved cryo-EM of G-protein activation by a GPCR - Nature
Time-resolved cryo-EM is used to capture structural transitions during G-protein activation stimulated by a G-protein-coupled receptor.
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Alexis Rohou @alexisrohou.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
This one is for the #cryoEM afficionados. Ten years ago tomorrow (March 14th, 2014), I was at the Tahoe symposium on cryoEM 3D image analysis (taking place again this year, starting today!) and attended a talk by Alberto Bartesaghi, then from NCI-NIH now Duke.
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Interplay between Mg2+ and Ca2+ at multiple sites of the ryanodine receptor www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Interplay between Mg2+ and Ca2+ at multiple sites of the ryanodine receptor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.16.580716v1
RyR1 is an intracellular Ca2+ channel important in excitable cells. Ca2+ activates it at low concent
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
Super cool study on the nicotinic receptor using time-resolved cryoEM! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Structural mechanisms of α7 nicotinic receptor allosteric modulation and activation
Structural interrogation of α7 nicotinic receptor positive modulation clarifies class-specific differences, reveals unique properties of the α7 subtype, and supports a conserved potentiation mechanism...
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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
Some rings for #FluorescenceFriday: spectrin labeling of the axonal periodic scaffold seen by 3D-STORM. Did you know that rings are synchronized between axons when bundle together? Now you do!
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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
Here's an exciting job for the right person. Chance to join the senior staff at EMBO. Based in Heidelberg at the EMBO headquarters, it's a great organisation and a great place to work. www.embl.org/jobs/positio...
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Martin Vögele @martinvoegele.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Enlightening interview with David Gloriam about how to properly measure GPCR ligand bias. youtube.com/watch?v=g5PX...
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Community guidelines for GPCR ligand bias: IUPHAR review 32 - interview with Prof David Gloriam
Read the Community guidelines for GPCR ligand bias: IUPHAR review 32: https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.15811Browse the British Journal...
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Joachim Frank @joachim123.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Our Cell paper appeared today: "Time resolution in cryo-EM using a PDMS-based microfluidic chip assembly and its application to the study of HflX-mediated ribosome recycling" -- New chip, described in detail + biol. application: intermediates at 10, 25, 140 ms.
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
In the first issue of the year, we announce we are using the program Proofig to analyze papers for images that may be been inappropriately altered. In our testing, most authors were very grateful to get the reports. More in my column: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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National Association of Science Writers (NASW) @sciencewriters.org · 02/01/2024
Science Writers: NASW is transitioning from Twitter to Bluesky as its short-form social media platform for community building. To facilitate Bluesky signups for our member network, we've created a code donation and receiving tool. See you all here soon! www.nasw.org/article/nasw... 💚
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Transitioning from tweets, NASW migrates across to Bluesky
NASW is transitioning to Bluesky as its short-form social media platform for community building. Find out how NASW members can join the conversation.
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chris macdonald @ccmm.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
brunch with your boss
a children’s book called “PIs for Pancakes”
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Molecular determinants of ligand efficacy and potency in GPCR signaling www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Molecular determinants of ligand efficacy and potency in GPCR signaling
Systematic mutagenesis reveals the structural basis of adrenaline’s effects on its receptor.
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Sonja Welsch @sonjawelsch.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Not sure how many SerialEM users in #cryoEM and #cryoET are already here, but: SerialEM 4.1 was just released. It comes with many useful new features and script commands, thanks to the tireless work of David Mastronarde bio3d.colorado.edu/ftp/SerialEM...
About: SerialEM version 4.1.0
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
This is great work and is written very clearly. Making cryoEM more accessible/affordable ❤️❤️❤️
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
Stanford is looking for a new CryoEM Facilities Manager #cryoEM #cryoET #structure #microscopy careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/cryo-el...
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Cryo-Electron Microscopy Scientific Manager in School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United Stat...
Stanford University is seeking a CryoEM Scientific Manager for the operations of the Stanford CryoEM Center (cEMc; https://med.stanford.edu/cemc)....
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Selective activation of Golgi-localized β1AR www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Selective activation of intracellular β1AR using a spatially restricted antagonist
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Lewis MacKenzie @lemackz.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
A beautiful selection of near-infrared fluorescent dyes that our M.Chem. project student, Iain, is investigating! 🤩 #chemistry
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
"We asked students several questions about the scheduling structure, frequency, and helpfulness of their individual meetings with their advisors. Frequent meetings were a positive predictor of nearly every aspect of well-being and productivity measured in the survey."
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Mentoring practices predictive of doctoral student outcomes in a biological sciences cohort
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
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Bronwyn Lucas @bronwynalucas.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
I will be giving a virtual talk about our latest work on baited 🎣 reconstruction for in situ structure determination next Wednesday the 1st of November. Use the following link to find the abstract and info on how to tune in! #cryoem
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One World Cryo-EM – Algorithms and Computational Methods for Cryo-EM
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Cyclic peptide inhibitors stabilize Gq/11 heterotrimers www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Cyclic peptide inhibitors stabilize Gq/11 heterotrimers https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.24.563737v1
Heterotrimeric G proteins play a central role in cellular signaling, acting as switchable molecular
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Michael J. Robertson @biophysicsguy.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
I am delighted to announce I will be joining Baylor College of Medicine Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology as an Assistant Professor in January 2024! Huge thanks to CPRIT and NICHD for generous additional startup funding; I’ll be hiring at all levels soon!
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: Dari Kimanius' paper on #Blush regularisation, a machine-learning based prior in #RELION5 trained on EMDB #cryoEM half-maps, which he uses to solve a #cryoEM data set of a 40 kDa protein:RNA complex that was previously intractable! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
New preprint on EMMIVox, an approach and software for accurate model and ensemble refinement using cryoEM maps and Bayesian inference 🧶 🧬 🧪 ❄️ 🔬 Work led by Samuel Hoff from Max Bonomi’s lab and with contributions also from Emil Thomasen doi.org/10.1101/2023...
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Accurate model and ensemble refinement using cryo-electron microscopy maps and Bayesian inference
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
DynaMight: estimating molecular motions with improved reconstruction from cryo-EM images www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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DynaMight: estimating molecular motions with improved reconstruction from cryo-EM images https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.18.562877v1
How to deal with continuously flexing molecules is one of the biggest outstanding challenges in sing
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Membrane Mimetic-Dependence of GPCR Energy Landscapes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Membrane Mimetic-Dependence of GPCR Energy Landscapes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.16.562552v1
Protein function strongly depends on temperature, which is related to temperature-dependent changes
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Sjors Scheres @sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Next up in our preparation for #RELION5 will be a @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social to describe #DynaMight: our solution for ’exploring protein *Dyna*mics that *Might* improve your map’ by the amazing Johannes Schwab. #staytuned #cryoEM
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Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
come work with us in beautiful Boulder. Job opening in the CU Boulder Center for CryoET. Do you like tomography? and bears in your yard? and marmots in the mountains? check it out jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Makaía Papasergi-Scott @mpapasergiscott.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Rules and mechanisms governing G protein coupling selectivity of GPCRs
Masuho et al. measured the kinetics of GPCR enzymatic activity, revealing ranks of G protein selectivity for 124 GPCRs. This led to development of GPCRs’ functional classification, identification o...
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Justin English @justingenglish.bsky.social · 13/09/2023
I'll be looking to hire another research associate (>$100k/year + benefits & retirement) shortly. Experience in molecular biology and pharmacology would be ideal, but not essential. Job ad will go up in a bit, but if anyone knows anyone looking I would be happy to chat with them.
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 10/09/2023
Hungry for science? 😋 Have a feed! 🍴 Here's a searchable list of over 50 science-related feeds on BlueSky. Find the stuff you're interested in and tag your own posts to get them included. #AcademicSky 🧪
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BlueSky Science-Related Feeds - Google Drive
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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
Fantastic work by Merritt Maduke's group, using CryoEM to resolve the structure of my good old friend from grad school, the chloride channel ClC-2. Confirming the ball-and-chain gating model we postulated based on deletion/chimeric studies 1992/97. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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CryoEM structures of the human CLC-2 voltage gated chloride channel reveal a ball and chain gating m...
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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
So proud to share our first paper examining the role of #xylazine in the drug supply! This work is the definition of a team effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Xylazine is an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and exhibits sex-specific responses to naloxone adm...
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
My thread from yesterday may not sufficiently convey the variability PIs experience when contacting POs. Yes, it runs a gamut from being ignored to…funding your middlin’ score grant. When you get ghosted, well, sometimes POs change ICs, retire or die. Plenty of reason to contact another one.
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