That is golden 😁: "Previously, ruining a scientist’s day required a dedicated editor, three reviewers, and six to eighteen months,” said a spokesperson for the study. “We’ve reduced that to six seconds per scientist with no human involvement"

We are on air! Congratulations to everyone behind the story ❤️‍🔥 and thanks to @embojournal.org for providing the stage! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Online Now: Pairwise transmembrane domain insertion during multipass protein biogenesis Online now:

Biologiestudium an der HHU Düsseldorf: moderne Forschung, individuelle Schwerpunkte und starke Praxisnähe. Jetzt informieren und bewerben: biologiestudium.hhu.de

Pairwise insertion of the TMHs - the classical biopysics-based model from 80ties is back, with the bang! 🤩 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "contrary to long-held Sec61-based models, the fundamental biosynthetic unit of nearly all multipass membrane proteins uses the Oxa1 family for insertion"

Ab heute wird die HHU zum Spielort der Ukrainischen Filmtage NRW. Freut euch auf fünf Filmvorführungen mit anschließenden Gesprächen und Einblicken in das zeitgenössische ukrainische Kino. 1/3

How does a cell remodel the ER membrane into a lipid droplet? Excited to share our new bioRxiv preprint, where we find that regulated opening of the seipin ring defines a functional ER–lipid droplet interface — and identify SMLR1 as a regulator of this transition. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

#microsky More Tat!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Summer is here, and we're all heading outdoors to enjoy the sun. But remember to take your sunscreen, since too much sunlight can damage your cells. Ultraviolet light damages our DNA, but our cells have ways to correct the damage.

Meet AbpX, a biomatrix protein from the hyperthermophile Pyrodictium abyssi. It forms Ca²⁺-triggered fibrils via donor strand complementation. Using cryo-EM + X-ray, we built a full lattice model and place AbpX in a new TasA superfamily clade. A very nice collaborative project! tinyurl.com/mryzcz4n

A [Cu-4Fe-4S] cluster? Yep, you read that right! We report a new bioinorganic motif in an acetol dehydrogenase and characterized it with our wonderful collaborators from @ribesresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @cutsail-lab.bsky.social @ksgchem.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social @hhu.de 🧪 #chemsky

New online: A single-vesicle fluorescence microscopy platform to quantify phospholipid scrambling

🎉 #smFRET has been transforming how we study molecular interactions and dynamics for 30 years! Join us on 13th July as we celebrate past discoveries, current capabilities, and future frontiers. Featuring Prof. Taekjip Ha, who made the first-ever smFRET measurement. Register: buff.ly/riRgb6b

Philipp Rieche, Marten Exterkate, Arnold Driessen et al show that the #lipid divide between #bacteria and #archaea is not as strict as previously thought as bacterial lipid synthesizing enzymes can use both stereo-forms of glycerol-phosphate. #MembraneBiology -> link.springer.com/article/10.1...

It's finally out now in @natcomms.nature.com! We used cryo-EM + simulations to watch the Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter NhaA in action across a wide range of pH—and uncover how pH, Na⁺ binding, and structural changes are coupled. Read here 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Together with the Hurt lab and @beckmannlab.bsky.social , we uncovered that Rrp12 coordinates ordered decoding center assembly. Wrongly assembled DC triggers premature recruitment of Rio1 in the nucleoplasm most likely for quality control. #ribosome #cryo-EM

As promised: We have an open 2-year postdoc position in my lab at HHU Düsseldorf, starting September 2026. Come join us and help pioneering structural biology of fungal GPCRs! More about the lab: altegoerlab.de Apply here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac... Please share with interested candidates!

New paper alert!! We just discovered a new filament system that is widespread exclusively within CPR bacteria! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... Short thread below. 🦠🔬🚀

As part of @sfb1638.bsky.social in 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, we are committed to developing computational tools that make complex membrane simulations more accessible, reproducible, and scalable for the scientific community. Today, we are happy to share the public release of 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 v1.2.1

Very sad to learn that Steve White has passed away.

Congrats Prof Alain Filloux, SCELSE Research Director, on his appointment as President’s Chair in Molecular Microbiology at NTU. One of the University's highest academic honours, this recognises his scientific achievements, leadership, and contributions to microbiology. @fillouxlab.bsky.social

Interesting! Deserves a careful reading, for sure. But still, the level of self-citations (nearly 25% of the whole reference list) is remarkable ... 😏

A fantastic opportunity here! If you are a skilled AND devoted person - apply fast! Florian @faltegoer.bsky.social is a great person to work with, the campus @hhu.de is lovely, and you have a Botanical garden just in front of the Institute🤩

Hiring: Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science — CRC 1664 SNP2Prot, MLU Halle. Lead your own group + budget, funded PhD, world-class protein-structure facilities. 5 yrs, E14. Apply by 7 July 2026. snp2prot.uni-halle.de #ProteinScience #SNP2Prot #AcademicJobs

While the SecYEG-YidC manuscript is progressing towards publishing (on paper, for real!), the model of the active complex is already accessible (more to come): www.rcsb.org/structure/9RBF

Friday, 10 pm: "I am pleased to inform you that I intend to accept the above-referenced manuscript for publication..." Really?! 🤩🍷 Best wishes for the weekend!

#Plastids appear to make use of the same protein as mitochondria to resolve #ribosome stalling by proline motifs. A fun project with great colleagues from @helsinki.fi Mitochondria and plastids really are best buddies that share everything.

That celebration has waited for a long time... One year ago we uploaded the preprint and started the endeavor through the peer-reviewing. Lots of emotions on the way 🎭, lots of work, and quite some learning on "friend or foe"... Probably, deserves another post 🤫 But now - the paper is accepted!

Please take a look at our CRC’s current job openings! We are seeking doctoral students, postdocs, and a scientific coordinator for our IRTG. Link to PhD job posting: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Please take a look at our CRC’s current job openings! We are seeking doctoral students, postdocs, and a scientific coordinator for our IRTG. Link to Post-Doc job posting: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Please take a look at our CRC’s current job openings! We are seeking doctoral students, postdocs, and a scientific coordinator for our IRTG. Link to Scientific Coordinator job posting: www.jobvector.de/jobs/biochem...

Three PhD positions available to work on yeast lysosome biogenesis and reconstitution of membrane fusion as of July or September 2026. Details can be found here: myshare.uni-osnabrueck.de/f/76c16d1fcc...

This has been a long journey and it's exiting to see our story about the Atg2-18 lipid transfer complex, headed by Sabrina Chumpen, published in @embojournal.org! Great teamwork of the labs @arnemoeller.bsky.social, Stefano Vanni, Fulvio Reggiori and Christian Ungermann! #cryoEM #autophagy #membrane

Die #DFG fördert zur weiteren Stärkung der #Spitzenforschung an den Hochschulen 13 neue #Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB). Die Themen reichen von der Erforschung extraterrestrischen Lebens bis zu Papieranwendungen der Zukunft. Einzelheiten 👉 www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/…

It's out! 🥳 In situ architecture of #plasmodesmata - plant cytoplasmic bridges - by #cryoET. 📝 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 Thread: bsky.app/profile/madi... #teamtomo #proteomics #AlphaFold

Delighted to welcome our new PI, Daxiao Sun who is starting her lab at SMART after a postdoc with @hymanlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de and Alf Honigmann @biotec-tud.bsky.social Daxiao’s group will investigate how biomolecular condensates regulate cell junctions and tissue morphogenesis. Welcome!

Grad student and an undergrad watching the PI and post doc reading a Decision on Manuscript email

How do mitochondrial ribosomes keep pace with membrane insertion? Now out in NSMB: We show that mitoribosomes slow down at defined positions linked to membrane insertion and protein topology: rdcu.be/fhqIT #Mitochondria #Ribosome #CryoEM

We’re hiring! 🇸🇪🔬
 Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Prokaryotic Microbiology (molecular focus) at Stockholm University. Supportive environment + strong molecular research 👉https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:921526/type:job/where:125/apply:1 Please share!!

Please register ! We are looking to seing you in Marseille !

Important announcement!!! 💫 Would you have a tooth pulled if it helped your chances to get an important grant funded? Absurd question, but the funding situation is so bad, that I bet some of you actually considered it for a second… keep your teeth! we created something that might help! 👇 (1/16)

We built an AI that will tell you what will get your grant rejected. It’s a tough critique, but it’s better to know when you can still do something about it 👇 @qedscience.bsky.social

🤔 Still wondering how smFRET works in practice - and how it complements your current techniques? Our handbook shows when and why to use it alongside existing methods to add dynamic, single-molecule insight. Download: buff.ly/CxuqL1A #smFRET #biophysics #biochemistry

📢 We are #hiring! ▫️Group Leader in Chemical Biology ▫️Group Leader in Structural Biology ▫️ Public Procurement Officer (Maternity Leave) ▫️#Postdoc fellows @batllelab.bsky.social, @swculek.bsky.social  & more!  ➡️ https://bit.ly/irbjobs #IRBJobs #ScienceJobs #JobOffer #OncoSky #AcademicSky #ChemBio

🚨 #JobAlert We're looking for a junior group leader interested in #SyntheticBiology, #BiologicalMaterials, or similar. More info ➡️ tud.link/3tn7bb Application deadline: May 21 #WeAreHiring #PI #GroupLeader #Academia #AcademicJobs #ScienceJobs #Germany

It's already back ???? #Maythe4thBeWithYou #MayThe4th #MayTheFourthBeWithYou Well, somebody has to do it @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social 🫣 poke @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Did you know that the nucleosome inspires the Millennium Falcon design and made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs ?