Applications are invited for a Research Assistant position in the group of Dr Sarah Robinson at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University. The successful applicant will be part of a group that inv...www.cam.ac.uk
If life builds order from heterogeneity while never completely eliminating it, is heterogeneity merely a byproduct or could it be part of the means by which biological order is generated? Check out Lanxi Hu's review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Won best thesis award with this video! 4 years of research and play in 3 minutes :')
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Supercoiling not only brings DNA to life (and makes it dance) but also changes how key proteins such as #CRISPR interact with it. Thanks @qmsmith.bsky.social for the brilliant collaboration, Sylvia for developing an amazing new #imageanalysis pipeline & @eddierollins.bsky.social for beautiful #AFM.
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Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience
Very excited to share our paper "Nitrate modulates pectin metabolism and cell wall mechanics during cell expansion in Arabidopsis" 🌱
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Plant Systems Biology Lab (PUC) collaboration with UNAB and @slcuplants.bsky.social 🔬
Now published in @theplantjournal.bsky.social!
Mechanical forces & cell shape guide how plant stomata form🥬👄
@leoserra.bsky.social & Euan Smithers from @robinsonsci.bsky.social's team uncover how the interplay between cell shape & mechanical stress influences the orientation of stomata
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#SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium | 22-24 Sept 2026 | Cambridge, UK
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Registrations now open for #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 in Cambridge, UK — Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis!
Join us explore how cellular, genetic & mechanical forces sculpt plant form
📅 22–24 Sept 2026
In-person + livestream
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Nitrate increases HG abundance and reduces PME activity via NRT1.1- and NLP7-dependent pathways. Enhanced pectin methylesterification softens the cell wall, facilitating cotyledon cell expansion. Thi...
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1/11 In our story out today in @nature.com , we showcase the molecular mechanisms that enable Cas9 to bind and cleave negatively supercoiled ((-)SC) off-targets! 🧬🧵
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#CRISPR #Cas9 #DNATopology #AFM #CryoEM #SingleMolecule #Biophysics
Quentin Smith
Cas9 structures explain topology sensing and off-target activation.
