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Sarah Piper

@sarahjpiper.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher @MIPS Monash Uni in Melbourne. Interested in GPCR 🧠cryoEM ❄🔬 SciVis🔎💡🎨 Views and Arts are my own. Founder of @PiperProteins | PiperProteinProductions She/her

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Sarah Piper @sarahjpiper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interested in #cryoEM and #GPCRs? 🤔 Our review 'Tools to investigate class B1 GPCR conformational landscapes with cryo-EM and beyond' was recently published and our image selected as issue cover in Biochem Society Transactions!🤩 👇 doi.org/10.1042/BST2... Rendered using Blender #MolecularNodes👏
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🥳The #CCeMMP is hosting a free in-person 2026 Research Symposium to showcase exciting research in #cryoEM and #membrane proteins. We invite the scientific community to participate😊 2-3 Dec in Melbourne, Australia. More info: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c...
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Sarah Piper @sarahjpiper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Have a look at the awesome entries for the 3rd ARC CCeMMP #BenchToArt competition, only a few days left to vote for your favourite image and animation 😀 🗳 link below 👇
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🥳 Our ARC CCeMMP 3rd Annual #BenchToArt Exhibition has now opened 🥳 View the amazing images & animations in the virtual gallery via: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... 🗳️Cast your votes for the People's Choice awards and 👏 support your favourite entries! 👏 #scienceweek #CryoEM #membraneprotein #SciArt
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ARC CCeMMP 3rd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2026 | CCeMMP
The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) is holding their 3rd Annual ‘Bench to Art’ Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural bio...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Seminar alert! We are excited to announce our next CCeMMP Seminar will be with Dr. Rosemary Cater from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ. Title: Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Nutrient Transport at the Blood Brain Barrier. More info & register: ccemmp.org/events/ccemm...
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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Congratulations to the Landsberg lab for a fantastic paper in Nat Comms on the structure of the YenTC toxin. Led by Yu Shang Low and Solace Roche. @dr-berger.bsky.social @sarahjpiper.bsky.social
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Complete structures of the YenTc holotoxin prepore and pore reveal the evolutionary basis for chitinase incorporation into ABC toxins - Nature Communications
ABC toxins are bacterial insecticides with biotechnological potential. Here, Low et al. have deciphered soluble and membrane-inserted structures of YenTc that highlight structural and mechanistic dive...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Happy fairy bread day! 🥳Enjoy some molecular and real sprinkles today :) #Blender render using top view of POPC bilayer as atom spheres in #MolecularNodes, and photo of home-made fairy bread by Cam @camnowell.bsky.social 😊 www.fairybreadday.com
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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Structural basis of modified ligand selectivity from N-terminal PAC1R alternative splicing pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41264251/ #cryoEM
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Seminar alert! ⏰We welcome Dr Sarah Piper, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville. “Structures, dynamics and function of PAC1 receptor variants: staying 'in the loop”. More info and register here: ccemmp.org/events/ccemm... @sarahjpiper.bsky.social
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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🎨 Design the Next Lorne Proteins T-Shirt! Got an eye for design? We’re calling on creative scientists to design the official 2026 conference T-shirt! 📅 Entries close 10 November 2025 👉 Submit your design here: #LorneProteins #TshirtCompetition #CreativeScience
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T-Shirt Competition Entry Form
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Congratulations 👏We have a winner for the 2nd ARC CCeMMP Bench to Art Exhibition🥇Our judges awarded the first prize to Laura Humphrys - 'Too Hot To Chandle'! 👏More info on our website: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Congratulations also to Kenta Ishii and the entry 'One and four GLP-1Rs', which was awarded the second prize at the 2nd ARC CCeMMP Bench to Art Exhibition👏More info on our website: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
And congratulations to Muyuan Chen - "Cat jumping from respiratory complex", awarded the third prize at the 2nd ARC CCeMMP Bench to Art Exhibition👏More info on our website: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
👏We thank the community for their enthusiasm & votes during the 2nd ARC CCeMMP Bench to Art Exhibition! People's choice winners are 🥇 'Mercurio' , 🥈 'Yarnborne Virus' and 🥉'Too Hot To Chandle'!👏 More info on our website: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... @somavallyd.bsky.social
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We also wholeheartedly thank our expert judges for their expertise and time that they spent on judging all entries for the 2nd ARC CCeMMP Bench to art Exhibition🤩 Prof Wai-Hong Tham @thamlab.bsky.social Tamara Tegethoff Rachel Ung
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Somavally Dalvi @somavallyd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thank you for organizing such a creative competition, and a big thanks to everyone who voted for me.
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Sarah Piper @sarahjpiper.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Check out the awesome entries for our "CCeMMP Bench to Art" competition and support the artists by voting for your favourite 😍 You can find the gallery here: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c...
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ARC CCeMMP 2nd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2025 | CCeMMP
The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) is holding their 2nd Annual ‘Bench to Art’ Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural biologists in a virtual exhibition during National Science Week. Our goal is to share stories of exploration and discovery in structural biology with the broader community.
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
🥳Our 2nd CCeMMP Bench to Art gallery is now LIVE! Each submission offers a unique + creative take on research! 🖼️ Explore the gallery here: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... And help us crown the People's Choice winner by casting your vote🗳️ #nationalscienceweek
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Only 48 hours left to submit your image for our ARC CCeMMP 2nd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2025!🤯 ⏲️ Share your stories of exploration and discovery in structural biology with the broader community and win cash prizes 💰 Submit your entry/more info here: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c...
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ARC CCeMMP 2nd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2025 | CCeMMP
The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) is holding their 2nd Annual ‘Bench to Art’ Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural bio...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Less than 2 weeks to go! 🤯Mare sure you prepare your entries for our 2nd @arc_gov_au CCeMMP 'Bench to Art' Exhibition during National Science Week & win cash prizes 💰! Please like & share 👍 More info: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... #CryoEM #CryoET #MembraneProtein #GPCR
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ARC CCeMMP 2nd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2025 | CCeMMP
The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) is holding their 2nd Annual ‘Bench to Art’ Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural bio...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
This image was awarded the 2nd prize in our '2024 Bench to Art' image competition - want to participate this year? 🥳 Check out the link below! ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... 2/2
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ARC CCeMMP 2nd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2025 | CCeMMP
The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) is holding their 2nd Annual ‘Bench to Art’ Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural bio...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Today is #StructureSunday, where we highlight awesome structures by our @arc_gov_au CCeMMP members 🎉 Today we feature the "The structure of h12-LOX in hexameric form" by Mobbs et al. PDB 8GHD. 📷 Rendered using #Blender 📷 🤩1/2
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Big news! 📢CCeMMP is holding the 2nd 'Bench to Art' Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural biology. Share your creations to be displayed in a virtual gallery during National Science Week & for a chance to win cash prizes 💰! More info: ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... #CryoEM #Membranes
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Sarah Piper @sarahjpiper.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Big news indeed 👏 make sure you check out the post&link below 🤩 #cryoEM #cryoET #membraneproteins #GPCRs #scivis #scicomm
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
'In the spotlight' features CCeMMP centre members, and their interesting research and hobbies!🥳This week we introduce Susovan from the WEHI node. Want to find out more about Susovan? Check out our newsletter! 😀 ccemmp.org/newsletter-1...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
'In the spotlight' features CCeMMP centre members, and their interesting research and hobbies!🥳This week we introduce Alok @alokcpradhan.bsky.social from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences node. Want to find out more about Alok? Check out our newsletter! ccemmp.org/newsletter-1...
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James Lingford @jameslingford.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Learning some Blender molecular nodes from @sarahjpiper.bsky.social @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
'In the spotlight' features ARC CCeMMP centre members, and their interesting research and hobbies!🥳This week we introduce Bronte @bjohnstone.bsky.social from the Bio21 node. Want to find out more about Bronte? Check out our newsletter! ccemmp.org/newsletter-1...
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
⏰ 5-day industry-focused workshop - learn the current approaches to rapidly go from electron micrographs to creating a high quality PDB molecular interpretation of your results. 🔍 7-11 July, Monash University, Parkville. See link/flyer for more info. 👏 ccemmp.org/events/moder... #cryoEM #GPCR
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Happy St Patrick's Day - wishing you a lucky day with this faux "four-leaf clover" (A made up composition using protein chains from G proteins and peptide agonists (PDB: 8e3y). #Scivis #scicomm #molecularart #GPCR @sarahjpiper.bsky.social
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thanks to all the awesome women at our Centre who inspire us every day. Happy #IWD to the role models, the advocates, the passionate & exceptional scientists, to those who go over & above and always willing to support 👏 #AccelerateAction
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Today we also feature Sarah Piper from Monash University. 😊 Stay tuned for more in our #CCeMMP #IWD25 series! 🤩 #IWD2025 #WomenInScience #AccelerateAction @monashuniversity.bsky.social @sarahjpiper.bsky.social
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Celebrating Women in Science! 👏 As we prepare for #IWD2025, we're excited to spotlight the brilliant women in our centre!🥳Stay tuned for heartfelt nominations from their colleagues, celebrating their achievements and impact. We’re proud to feature them in this special series! #AccelerateAction
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ChimeraX @chimerax.ucsf.edu · 13/12/2024
ChimeraX 1.9 has been released and is available now on our website
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Download UCSF ChimeraX
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hello world :) #CCeMMP #cryoEM #cryoET #drugdiscovery #membraneproteins ccemmp.org
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Arjen Jakobi @cryotud.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We have an opening for a 4 yr PhD interested in membrane remodelling and cryo-EM/ET of a minimal cell division machinery: edu.nl/bukan You will be part of the EVOLF consortium in which 30 leading biochemists/biophysicists work together to explore if and how we can build autonomous synthetic cells.
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Qi Zhang @qizhang85.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I am recruiting a postdoc with experience in Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology & Chromatin Biology. If you are passionate about the complex world of chromatin modifications, please contact me for more details 🙏. Location: SAiGENCI, Adelaide, Australia 🦘🍷🏄🏖️🇦🇺
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Erik Thiede @erikhthiede.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Something that's come up in a few conversations and I think is underappreciated: the X-ray / cryo-EM structures you download from the PDB are average structures, but not *typical* structures: very few proteins in your sample actually look like that.
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
That is a great idea. Just adjusted my bluesky profile to contain my ORCID and my ORCID profile to contain the link to this bluesky account. So, if you want to verify that it is actually me, now you can. #AcademicSky #ChemSky #ChemBio
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amelie-iska @amelie-iska.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
More comments on Boltz-1 Mmseqs2-GPU integration is super fast. Helped a ton with an enzyme-substrate pair. It’s much better quality software engineering than most academic models and easy to use. Thanks @gcorso.bsky.social, you guys did great. I put some fun logos on OpenBioML you might find fun.
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DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I couldn't find one so I made one. Scientists who blend starter pack! Follow all the coolest #b3d science renders! I don't know everyone (or really anyone) so self-nominate and I'll add you in! (Bonus points if you post a cool render) go.bsky.app/S253qJN
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Daniel Yu @danielsyu.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Excited for more #sciart! Here is a #blender render of a small #fusarium effector I solved during my PhD
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Verena Resch | 🧪🖥️ @verenaresch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Hello Bluesky! I'm looking forward to seeing lots of #sciart and #science in my feed again! 👋
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Martin Vögele @martinvoegele.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The GPCRdb is an an essential resource for all of us in the #GPCR research community. In this article, the authors explain the updates for 2025. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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GPCRdb in 2025: adding odorant receptors, data mapper, structure similarity search and models of physiological ligand complexes
Abstract. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane-spanning transducers mediating the actions of numerous physiological ligands and drugs. The GPCR
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Andrew Ellisdon @drellisdon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We had a great time yesterday at the Children's Tumour Foundation Australia Conquer #NF in Colour event in Melbourne. It was great to join so many others in supporting the important work of #CTFAustralia, who advocate for and support the 1:3000 people who are diagnosed NF.
Here we are at the start before we were covered in green and blue!
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Bird account @dialecticbio.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Any structure biology people know how to achieve these blurred colour boundaries between highlighted residues and the rest of the cartoon? I don't think it's doable in UCSF ChimeraX. PyMol maybe?
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Max Wilkinson @maxewilkinson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
gonna start shamelessly crossposting some of my molecular movies from the Other Place. Starting with my favourite: showing how wacky reverse transcription can defeat viruses. Bonus: some noises 🎹🎻
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you are interested or working in #structuralbiology, as you see any protein (yes, *any*), you should be thinking: is it glycosylated? The answer is likely to be yes! You can predict N-glycosylation sites and rebuild all types of glycans with ReGlyco glycoshape.org 😌 Check out the example ⬇️ 1/2
Left, cry-EM structure of the complex between MIK2 (green), the immunoregulatory peptide SCOOP (yellow) and the LRR of the co-receptor BAK1 (white) with only the most rigid part of the N-glycans resolved (1 or 2 or none) and represented with sticks. Right, reconstruction of the N-glycosylation with plant N-glycans G90477LS,selected to be all the same as glycoproteomics data is not available (as far as I know)
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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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