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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 14/09/2026

Finally a more intuitaive way to learn pLDDT/pAE? 😎 sokrypton.github.io/protein_figh... (Character idea from @hannes-stark.bsky.social & Alex Waldherr)

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Massive Congrats to @pseudokinase.bsky.social for being named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ! Been great collaborating and enjoying niche 90s live music over the years. Also well done @peterkdearden.bsky.social and the new NZ-based fellows! www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/latest-...

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Latest cohort of Ngā Ahurei Fellows announced

Twenty-one new Ngā Ahurei Fellows have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, including one Honorary Fellow. Fellowship recognises researchers, scholars, and innovators through...

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This looks exciting—can I ask how we might access the hetero-complex predictions?

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Continuing to build your cycling peleton..... :)

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Peter Fineran @peterfineran.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.

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iubmb.bsky.social @iubmb.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Our biannual newsletter is out 📬 Insights, updates, and what’s ahead—read the latest edition here: bit.ly/4pY9jzA

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

50c + Paul Mc is not the combo we deserve in 2025, but it's what we need

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Peter Mabbitt @petermabbitt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We’ve made some new tools to manipulate N-recognins. Check them out in our preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Honour to have our Plenary from Nobel Laureate Sir Richard Roberts at our NZSBMB Conference 2025

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Dr. Natalia Riobo-Del Galdo @thehedgehoglab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

We have a fully funded studentship to start your PhD in October 2026! Work with me, Elton Zeqiraj and Joe Cockburn to find new ways to treat diseases with high levels of Hedgehog signalling. Fantastic training in cell and structural biology, genomic screening and biochemistry at the Uni of Leeds!

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Stopping GLI transcription factors in their tracks: identifying regulators of proteolysis as therapeutic targets. at University of Leeds on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Stopping GLI transcription factors in their tracks: identifying regulators of proteolysis as therapeutic targets. at University of Leeds, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Just confirming what we already knew: Otago Biochemist Associate Professor Lynette Brownfield is an awesome postgrad supervisor! This week awarded the Division of Health Sciences Supervisor of the year. Here she is with her group of young scientists enjoying a well-earned break amongst the rhodies.

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Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Ready for a transformative research journey? 🚀 Join the vibrant, interdisciplinary PhD programmes at NTU College of Science in Singapore! We offer fully funded scholarships. Hear from our students and faculty in the video below 👇 youtu.be/JeZHiXu3fgE

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NTU College of Science PhD opportunities

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Is the alphafold database performing really poorly, and Uniprot alphafold links broken for everyone, or just me? I've tried clearing my cache, but any tips @ebi.embl.org?

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

What if the guy benchmarking the software IS the developer down the hall you have a beer with....? @ppgardne.bsky.social

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Excellent course content for my scientific writing class!

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

You do make more sense to me after several sips of beer..... ;)

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Edward T Eng @edwardteng.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Muyuan Chen has turned structural biology into an immersive experience with his new video game Meowtabolism, now available on Steam. Try the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/4045010/... Give Muyuan feedback: steamcommunity.com/app/4045010 #ScienceGaming #StructuralBiology #CryoEM #STEMOutreach

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Meowtabolism - Examining Feline Behavior within Unicellular Algae on Steam

Explore the interior of an algal cell on your four paws. Built with experimental data and populated with actual protein structures, Meowtabolism offers a glimpse of the vast world inside the basic fun...

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Josh Hardy @joshuamhardy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I am thrilled to release ProteinDJ: a high-performance and modular protein design pipeline. Our open-source workflow incorporates #RFdiffusion, #ProteinMPNN, #FAMPNN, #AlphaFold2 and #Boltz-2. It is a fast, free, and fun way to design proteins (1/5) doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.24.678028 #proteindesign

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Don't get me wrong, it is an excellent department doing diverse research, supportive colleagues, etc etc! But also there is this for the weekends.....

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We're hiring! Come join us as a Lecture/Senior Lecturer in the fantastic supportive Biochemistry Department at the University of Otago. Dunedin is a super-liveable city, which just happens to have some of the best access to nature (and biking) in Aotearoa...... otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.

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Mikhail Spivakov @mspivakov.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Translational research is digging for gold. Basic research is learning where and what to dig. The more funding is diverted to translation, the more we deplete the research ecosystem, driving the supplies of "gold" - immediately translatable findings and innovations - to unsustainably low levels.

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Awesome to have such a bunch of legends down under. Thanks @pseudokinase.bsky.social !!

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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Biochemistry Special Seminar Wed 27 Aug 1pm Rm BIG13 Distinguished Professor Natarajan Kannan, University of Georgia Evolution of regulation in signaling systems: From ancient cores to modern complexity

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Vinnie Tagliabracci kicking off the final morning of #iubmbkinases, post conference dinner crowd still strong (with coffee....)

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James Murphy @pseudokinase.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Onward into metabolism. Kicking off the pm session with Grace Gong (LMB) and John Burke (UVic) #iubmbKinases @iubmb.bsky.social We thank @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BiochemJ for their support of this session. The weather couldn’t even lure us away!

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Welcoming Grace Gong back to NZ to kick off afternoon number 3, lipid kinases at #iubmbkinases

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James Murphy @pseudokinase.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Day 3 of #iubmbKinases @iubmb.bsky.social and many of us sprung up to take this photo through the conference room window - even during talks. Queenstown turning on a stunner of a day, matched only by some terrific science

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James Murphy @pseudokinase.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Flying start to the #iubmbkinases meeting in beautiful Queenstown, NZ. Jubilee Award from IUBMB to Kevan Shokat yesterday, and a kinase masterclass from Susan Taylor this morning

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Troy Baisden @troybaisden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Robust debate in Parliament yesterday, with questions from Scott Willis to Shane Reti MP about cuts, job losses and whether reprioritisation will yield clarity or any benefits. The answers aren't reassuring but it is good to see this getting attention. youtu.be/Vam6UmnvtyY

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The NZSBMB are committed to our meeting as a community event with ample opportunity for ECRs to present, travel awards, education focussed talks, and plenty of chances to connect. @otagobiochemist.bsky.social @pletzerlab.bsky.social

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Four weeks left for abstract submission and early-bird registration for the NZ Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting!! Adele Williamson and William Kelton are putting together an amazing program including outstanding plenary speakers! www.nzsbmb.org/conference-2025-rotorua

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Excited to see this work led by Cameron Reddington and Annabel Walsh out in @febsj.bsky.social — ASXL proteins share a PHD domain that is not a PHD domain, evolved to bind an MBD domain that is not an MBD domain! febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A plant homeodomain (PHD) at the C terminus of additional sex combs-like (ASXL) proteins is recurrently truncated in disease. In the current study, the ASXL PHD was shown not to bind histone modifica...

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Congratulations from Dunedin Thornton! Tagging @adamjmm.bsky.social

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A fantastic oral program is now in place, but you can still register and submit an abstract for the IUBMB Focussed Meeting on (Pseudo)kinases in signal transduction! Outstanding setting, with ample chances to exchange ideas with the top kinase minds in the world! www.ivvy.com.au/event/IUBMB25/

A pseudokinase emerging from Lake Wakatipu at night

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We realise NZ is in the future, relative to many of you, so will consider any abstracts submitted by June 20 locally, wherever you are in the world! @pseudokinase.bsky.social @iubmb.bsky.social

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It's June 20 in New Zealand, which means it's the last day to have your abstract considered for oral presentations at the IUBMB Focussed Meeting on kinases and pseudokinases!

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Peter Mace @petermace.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Check out the view today from the venue—scoping for the IUBMB Focussed meeting on (pseudo)kinases! Abstracts and early bird registrations closes this week! www.ivvy.com.au/event/IUBMB25/ @pseudokinase.bsky.social @iubmb.bsky.social

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Excellent article by Rock Morton in the Saturday Paper this morning, on consultants Nous. These guys are so endemic in university managements I ended up writing a whole paper about them. They're basically vampires www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...

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‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities

Nous Group has slowly taken over the university sector, filling VCs’ offices with ex-staff and buying ‘incredibly sensitive’ data that is sold back for benchmarking.

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