Protein jockey at University of Cambridge, CSO at Qkine, Professor Visitante at USP.
Cyclist.
https://hyvonen.bioc.cam.ac.uk
Marko Hyvönen
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Here is the paper itself if you want to take a peak.
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Congratulations to the @markohyvonen.bsky.social Group on its celebration of 25 years this week by 40 alumni! Since 2001, it has welcomed 21 Postdocs, 8 RAs, 15 PhDs, 6 Visiting PhDs, 9 MScs and 46 Undergrads and contributed over 90 publications. 🎂🎉👏 Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/hyvonen...
Just out is a little cautionary tale by @emmabelcher96.bsky.social
Turns out StrepTactin pulls down biotinylated proteins from mammalian cells and anti-FLAG antibody likes its own specific contaminants. Both of which can end up dominating your precious cryo-EM images.
You've been warned!
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes:
🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting
🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
Here is the paper in @biochemsoc.bsky.social Bioscience Reports:
portlandpress.com/bioscirep/ar...
