The fact we can see this machine factory frozen in time (and space), happily making molecular machines, effectively at an atomic level is just jaw dropping.
Every time I see these images I am blown away by it. Great work by Xiaohan and what a way for Christoph Müller to retire from @embl.org
Congratulations 🎉🎊 to Dr. Sandra Rizk for defending her PhD thesis today: Functional Characterization of Isoprenoid Lipids in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1!!! @bcube-tud.bsky.social
The ZMBH welcomes Dr. James Sáenz @jamessaenz.bsky.social as new Professor in Molecular Biology. James previously led a research group at B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering of Dresden University of Technology.
Geoscience teachers, interested in playing my GeoTimeline Game? You can now buy your own copy, these little timescale cards come in a cute mint tin!
www.thegamecrafter.com/games/geotim...
Thrilled to be joining the ZMBH, where my lab will continue to explore the evolution and engineering of living membranes. Farewell @bcube-tud.bsky.social...I couldn't imagine a better place to have started my lab! I'm perpetually grateful to my lab group for making this such a successful adventure!!
Ewan Birney
Some things never change…I put this sign up 15 years ago when I borrowed a few glass vessels from @hymanlab.bsky.social as a postdoc… as of today it’s still there 😅
Did I return the bottles? We may never know! But there’s some bonus unpublished data printed on the back!
James Saenz
And now I’ve found a catchy new slogan for the lab…MEMBRANES: MORE THAN YOU THINK
inpreparation.substack.com/p/biophysica...
Congratulations 🍾 to @anh-nhn.bsky.social on her successful PhD defense today: Deciphering the role of lipidome complexity using Mesoplasma florum!! Time to celebrate 🎉 @bcube-tud.bsky.social
🍾 🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Isaac Justice for defending his PhD thesis, in which he demonstrated that two lipid species are sufficient (but not optimal) for life! @bcube-tud.bsky.social
“Academic science is not only about productivity, it is also about deep understanding, exploring creative solutions and training critical thinkers to be the next generation of researchers.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
ROCKVILLE, MD—The Biophysical Society confirmed Tuesday that it has spent its entire $14,000 annual advertising budget on a single advertisement on the side of a Washington, D.C., Metrobus that reads ...
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James Saenz
Super cool cryo-ET work from my colleague Xiaohan resolving a ton of ribosome assembly intermediates in the nuclei of human cells!
Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained.
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The ZMBH welcomes Dr. James Sáenz @jamessaenz.bsky.social as new Professor in Molecular Biology. James previously led a research group at B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering of Dresden University of Technology.
Carolyn Bertozzi
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joe dobbs
🥳 A tuneable minimal cell membrane reveals that two lipid species suffice for life: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We chemically minimized the membrane of the Minimal Cell...they survived, but with some interesting shapes, like this 'Death Star' phenotype @jcvi.bsky.social @jcv.bsky.social
James Saenz
In-cell structures visualize human pre-ribosome assembly in the nucleolus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.01.729245v1
