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John Rubinstein @johnrubinstein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

CryoSPARC workshop in Toronto! Beyond consensus refinements: Advanced cryo-EM data processing with CryoSPARC Sept 24-25, 2026 (part of the Canadian Cryo-EM Nexus) Register here: cvent.me/dL1wem Please see details in the link or the image Alt text @structurabio.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social

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Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🛠️💉It's time for engineering contractile injection systems! @chipericson.bsky.social & @davidschaumann.bsky.social introduce programmable CIS - PROCIS, combining tail length control, non-native cargo loading, and cell retargeting all in one system! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵 1/5

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 29/05/2026

An internal compass: #pigeons use magnetically responsive immune cells in their livers to sense Earth’s magnetic field, helping them navigate without visual cues like the sun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s8i... @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @science.org

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Pigeons navigate using magnetic sensors in their livers

YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Sub-cellular chemical mapping using correlated cryogenic electron and mass spectrometry imaging online @natmethods.nature.com, led by Hannah Ochner, collaboration with @catfranco.bsky.social and @kiranrpatil.bsky.social labs doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A nice piece at @science.org covers the exploding field of bacterial immunity, and how it led to the understanding that components of the human immune system evolved from bacterial defenses against phage www.science.org/content/arti...

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Ancient wars between microbes gave us key immune defenses

A better understanding of battles between bacteria and viruses could inspire new medicines

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Why do influenza viruses make ludicrously long filamentous virions? Probably lots of reasons, but in a new study Lu Liu et al. provide evidence for an appealing hypothesis: filaments are more stable in acidic solutions and hence survive for longer in aerosols www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Electron micrographs showing influenza virions of varying morphologies, from spheres to filaments

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Jonathan Kaufman @jggkaufman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It's finally out! Molecular architecture of mammalian AP3:ARF1 carriers - a mechanism for lysosomal membrane protein trafficking - from a combination of #biochemistry, #cryoET and #cellbiology 📝 Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵 Thread: subsequently #teamtomo #membranetrafficking

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