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Super excited to share my postdoctoral work at @IMBA_Vienna @viennabiocenter - We discovered that some retrotransposons, or "jumping genes"🧬, are able to spread from cell to cell via a new viral infectivity route. A short thread: 🧵👇 (1/7)

We proudly present our latest paper: “Ligand-induced activation of RyR1 in native membranes” RyR1 is a key protein in the excitation-contraction coupling of skeletal muscle and the largest membrane protein in humans. Paper here, thread below: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

MRS Lab at @EMBO YIP Genome Stability Meeting in Brno! Adela presented a poster, while Michał gave a talk. Great science, inspiring discussions & new connections! Thanks to the organizers Hana Polasek-Sedlackova, Lumir Krejci and @EMBO for a fantastic meeting! 🔬

A big week for the lab! Two new papers on how cells repair DNA double-strand breaks: one on getting NHEJ started in chromatin, one on processing the ends before ligation. Years of work by a fantastic team.

ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/BindCra…

And ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is for everyone: we've teamed up with @adaptyvbio, @AriaxBio & @tamarindbio to host it, so anyone can run it without a GPU. Built by Erik Mäeots, @eliza_chernova , Leonardo Tredese & Jan Dernic. Special thanks to @sokrypton & Lennart Nickel. 🚀

In a recent PNAS QnA, Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks discuss their work supporting research on Parkinson’s disease. Fox’s foundation now surpasses the National Institutes of Health in supporting research on this disease. Read more: ow.ly/ACnu50ZPcoP

Our paper on using adenylyl cyclase 9 as a molecular scaffold to dissect the mechanisms of membrane adenylyl cyclases is out in Protein Science. Great effort by Ilayda Kantarci and Haoriwa! 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Congratulations @AlexZverev on your first @usopen Grand Slam title! Thank you for showing that #diabetes does not have to limit one’s dreams, and for using your platform to inspire others. I call on all countries to invest in diabetes prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and care, so everyone can live a healthy, fulfilling life and pursue their dreams.

For every kid who was told “you can’t.” ❤️

#USOpen Great to see Zverev going to the Shelton Box. Great Sportsmanship

#USOpen What a point Sascha!

This week has been delightful in the AI discourse. AI dudes: Yeah, so, there is, like, a 10% chance this technology could kill us all in less than a decade. Public: WHAT AI dudes: Yeah, but on the plus side, we're making progress on cool things. We just solved a notoriously difficult math problem. Public: Uh... okay? AI dudes: Yeah! Although... we kinda-sorta may have stolen the work of mathematicians to do it and tried to buy off one of them with the condition he throws his colleague under the bus because that colleague works at a rival AI company. Public: Uh... AI dudes: And we actually don't know if it's necessarily a good thing in the long run for these notoriously difficult math problems to be solved before we understand the full implications. Public: Uh... AI dudes: And this is while we've been stopping what may be ongoing attempts by some rogue actors to use our technology to build biological weapons. Public: Uh... AI dudes: But we're getting really rich in the process! We, specifically, I mean. Not you. You may actually be unemployed soon.

Registrations are now open for #Postdoc Appreciation Week 2026 at the University of Geneva! Join us for a week of events designed to support, connect, and celebrate our 800+ #postdoctoral researchers. What's on: 🔹 17.09 – Where Does Research Happen? Exploring Research Careers Beyond Academia 🔹 21-25.09 – Behind the Research: Meet UNIGE's Postdocs (portrait series) 🔹 21.09 - Breakfast Meet-Up for postdocs 🔹 21.09 – Teaching & Research Funding Support for UNIGE Postdocs 🔹 22.09 – Explore Your Professional Horizons After a Postdoc 👉 More information and registration links: unige.ch/doctorat/postdoc-we…. @Research_UNIGE #PAWSwitzerland2026 #ResearchCareers #research

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Are you attending the 2026 New England Cryo-EM Symposium today at MIT? Stop by our MiTeGen table and say hello to Rachel - Ask about our GraVitri 4C Module and how it protects your temperature-sensitive protein samples from unfolding or degrading before vitrification #cryoem

What if we stop asking only how cells build tissues and ask how tissues shape cells? That’s what we’ll explore at Modelling Life from Tissues to Cells 🇨🇭 lakeconferences.org/conf/833…

Europe can choose to become a mosaic of competing nationalisms again — or finally become a true political community capable of acting. The far right wants a Europe of nations, divided by borders, rivalries and competing interests.