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Daniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Excited to share that our norovirus NS3 study is now online in Nature Communications! 🎉 These enzymes, found across an entire order of RNA viruses, have long been molecular motors in search of a function. We think we’ve uncovered their role. (🧵) www.nature.com/articles/s41... #virology #cryoEM

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Daniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Why does human coronavirus HKU1 target ciliated airway cells, and do its two serotypes activate their spikes in the same way? Building on our 2023 work, we combined #cryoEM, BLI, molecular dynamics and human nasal epithelial cultures to compare serotypes A and B 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Scientific image showing how human coronavirus HKU1 may attach to cells in the nose. On the left, a microscope image shows the virus-binding part of the spike protein attaching to the hair-like surface of ciliated airway cells. On the right, a computer model shows the spike protein leaning toward the cell membrane to reach a sugar-containing molecule called GT3. This supports a possible link between sugar recognition and the virus’s preference for ciliated airway cells.

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Teja Shyam Kankipati @tejashyamk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Thank you @danielhurdiss.bsky.social Super happy & excited to join the ERC Starting Grant Team as a grad student!! I’m looking forward to jumping into the norovirus replication & assembly work, learning from everyone, and chasing new insights. New chapter, new adventures🔬 #cryoEm

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Teja Shyam Kankipati @tejashyamk.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thank you so much, Saikat garu, for your words and wishes. It's been a wonderful journey in @sc-lab.bsky.social which ignited my interest in structural biology and motivated me to pursue my PhD in this field.

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Saikat's_Lab@CSIR-CCMB @sc-lab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our lab will be represented by @achyutha-kp.bsky.social at #BPS2026 in San Francisco. Please attend the session he is presenting his work in on 24Feb at 10:45 AM in rooms 212-214. Thanks to @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social for providing the opportunity and ANRF India for the travel support.

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/12/2025

Congratulations 🏆 Justus Francis @justusfrancis.bsky.social @sc-lab.bsky.social, winner of the @jcb.org 2025 Alan Hall Travel Award! 📸 Justus with JCB Executive Editor Tim Spencer at #CellBio2025

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Daniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

How can AI and #cryoEM help save some of the biggest babies on the planet? 🐘🔬 Our new preprint identifies Elephant Herpesvirus gH/gL/gO as a receptor-binding complex and a promising vaccine candidate, now being tested in young elephants across European zoos! 💉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 07/12/2025

📢 Justus Francis @justusfrancis.bsky.social @sc-lab.bsky.social, winner of the JCB 2025 Alan Hall Travel Award, is presenting ⏰ TODAY at 10AM - 12PM! Be sure to catch Justus's talk if you're attending #CellBio2025!

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Good visualizations take a talk to the next level. Justus Francis's talk: Beyond Branching: Structural Basis of Arp2/3 Complex Activation for Linear Actin Filament Nucleation by a SPIN90 Dimer- --provided great "movie" visualizations of how this protein can alter the shape of the Arp2/3 complex 1/n

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Saikat's_Lab@CSIR-CCMB @sc-lab.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

For those attending @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 please attend the short talk by our ( @sc-lab.bsky.social ) grad student @justusfrancis.bsky.social in Room #115 TODAY at 10AM - 12PM. He is in the look out for potential postdoc labs and opportunities that can start from Fall 2026.

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Saikat's_Lab@CSIR-CCMB @sc-lab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Congratulations to @justusfrancis.bsky.social for receiving the Alan Hall Travel Award from @jcb.org. This is a great support for him to present at the @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 meeting. #CSIR India #CSIR-CCMB

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Saikat's_Lab@CSIR-CCMB @sc-lab.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Happy to share our lab's recent #cryoEM studies that show how a SPIN90 dimer activates Arp2/3 complex to form either uni or bidirectional actin filaments. Congrats🎉👏 @justusfrancis.bsky.social @achyutha-kp.bsky.social @tejashyamk.bsky.social @sridharskulkarni.bsky.social @kiranvyshnav.bsky.social

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