In the context of our @reviewcommons.org revision process, I'm happy to announce Microscopy Nodes v2.2.0! This packs lots of new fun features, including new color management 🌈, clearer transparency handling 🫥, custom default settings 🔧 and more! Preprint at doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Think coronavirus spikes have run out of surprises? Think again. Our latest preprint dives into the highly unusual spikes of marine mammal coronaviruses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... This #cryoEM study was led by @viralfusion.bsky.social, with key contributions from an amazing team.

We're on the cover of @science.org this week. Awesome work by @florentwaltz.bsky.social. #CryoET is reaching crazy resolutions inside cells, and this is just the beginning. Fantastic interpretation of the proton motive force by @verenaresch.bsky.social. Always a pleasure making #SciArt with you!🧪🧶🧬🌾

In a new Science study, cryo–electron tomography captures the in-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, illuminating how the coordinated action of molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3FA3Ygq

Once a virus spreads, stopping it is tough. But what if we could block infection before it starts? Prof. Andrew Ward’s team is uncovering the molecular blueprints of viruses to create better vaccines—work that helped shape Pfizer & Moderna’s COVID-19 shots. 🧵⬇️

The RNA helicase HrpA rescues collided ribosomes in E. coli

Our paper on "Understanding Collaborative Learning of Molecular Structures in AR with Eye Tracking" (with T. Rau, M. Koch, N. Pathmanathan, D. Weiskopf, M. Sedlmair, A. Köhn, K. Kurzhals) was recently published in IEEE CG&A. More info: tobias.isenberg.cc/VideosAndDem...

Poke bacteria with a sharp needle and they poke back in just a few seconds! Congratulations to Mitchell (and others) for this analysis of Pseudomonas #T6SS assembly in response to membrane damage! Collaboration with Rod Lim's lab @biozentrum.unibas.ch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Structural basis for Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly and function regulated by VP24 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ChimeraX can run Foldseek to find similar structures, such as distantly related homologs, and analyze the results, for example, mapping all ligands onto your query structure. Here are ligands mapped onto Nipah virus G protein. www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/dat...