Congratulations to the 12 MB&B-affiliated students recognized in this year's NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program — one of the nation's top honors for emerging STEM researchers — including 4 fellows and 8 honorable mentions! View the full list: bit.ly/4dWB7kT

MB&B is excited to announce that Christian Schlieker (@schliekerlab.bsky.social) will serve as MB&B’s next chair! A member of the department since 2009 and current Director of Undergraduate Studies, he will begin a three-year term on July 1, succeeding Ronald Breaker.

Last week, MB&B hosted Dr. Ryan Feathers (Princeton) for a hands-on workshop on AI for cryo-EM—showcasing cryoDRGN to reveal molecular heterogeneity in challenging datasets. Read more here: bit.ly/3QoEOqq #CryoEM #StructuralBiology @ryanfeathers.bsky.social

Thomas A. Steitz Lecture Series by @yalembb.bsky.social Dr. Rachel Green, “ZAK activation on the colliding ribosome”, hosted by Dr. Yong Xiong Monday, April 20 | 4:00 PM 📍O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall, Yale Science Building Open to Yale and affiliated institutions. Details in the flyer below

In a paper recently published in @actacrystd.iucr.org, MB&B's Jimin Wang presents two methods for detecting hydrogen atoms in high-resolution cryo-EM — visualizing what was once invisible. 🔬 Check out the article on our website: bit.ly/47Rra57 #CryoEM #StructuralBiology

Congratulations to Raymond Adkins, postdoc in the Howard Lab, on being selected as a 2026 @rescorp.org Fellow! The RCSA Fellows initiative supports outstanding early-career scientists as they prepare to launch independent academic careers. bit.ly/4cfoako

Congrats to MB&B's own Julien Berro, PhD, named a @biohub.org Investigator! 🎉 His work will focus on programmable mechano-transducers for precision diagnostics & therapeutics.

Yale MB&B's Karla Neugebauer and Guillermina Kubaczka have been featured in a new @natmethods.nature.com piece 🌍🔬 The article spotlights researchers bridging the molecular and planetary scales to address global health challenges. @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to Susan Baserga, William H. Fleming Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, on being named a Fellow of the AAAS! Learn more about her recognition and the other Yale affiliates named to the latest class of @aaas.org Fellows:

MB&B's Dr. Christian Schlieker is featured in the Spring 2026 issue of Dystonia Dialogue from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation. His lab has been dissecting the genetic networks underlying dystonia, a severe movement disorder. Check out the article for a look at where his work is heading.

From a Wisconsin dairy farm to Sterling Professor & HHMI Investigator at Yale 🧬 MB&B Chair Ron Breaker's discovery of riboswitches is now connecting to human health, with new findings on guanidine-sensing RNAs and spinocerebellar ataxia. Read more here: mbb.yale.edu/news/feature...

Read Lily Kabeche's interview in the Journal of Cell Science about her career path and mentoring philosophy: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Congrats to MB&B senior Isabel Rancu on her Marshall Scholarship! She'll pursue a Master of Research in bioinformatics and theoretical systems biology at Imperial College and a Master of Science in applied infectious disease epidemiology at University College London. More here: tinyurl.com/2p9mdazj.

We are excited to announce a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Computational Biophysics and Biochemistry, exploring the intricate molecular and cellular processes and the complex interactions of their macromolecular components! apply.interfolio.com/177120

🧠Pain sensors need to switch on fast—and off just as quickly. In our new tour de force Nat Comms paper - led by the first Paulsen lab grad student - we show that calmodulin plays a key role in shutting down the TRPA1 pain receptor - a finding that could guide new pain therapies. 📰 rdcu.be/eJcMK

Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s retreat at the Heritage Hotel. A special thank you to retreat coordinators Enrique De La Cruz, Rachel Agosto, and Liz Vellali!

Malvankar lab publishes pioneer research delving into the quantum mechanics underlying bacterial respiration mbb.yale.edu/news/malvank...

Ailong Ke Leads Study Revealing Hidden RNA‑Editing Activity in CRISPR‑Cas9 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Heffler and @LammerdingLab.bsky.social discuss recent studies from the @schliekerlab.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....) and @hennelab.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...) that identify two proteins serving as crucial mechanical elements in the endoplasmic reticulum. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Congratulations to Enrique M. De La Cruz for his election as President of the Biophysics Society! mbb.yale.edu/news/congrat...

🔬 Join us LIVE on Zoom this Wednesday, June 11, at 4 PM ET! We’re excited to co-host the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series featuring 🎙️ Dr. @siggyn5.bsky.social (Yale RNA Center) 🎙️ Dr. Alex Wesselhoeft (HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine) Registration 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Huhzd

🧬 June RNA Club at Yale 📅 Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 📍 Location: Bass Center 305, Yale Science Building (Science Hill) This month’s speakers: 🔹 Dr. Chengtao Xu (Ke Lab) 🔹 Dr. Jyotsna Kumar (Garg Lab) 📣 Come for the science—stay for the conversations!

We’ve pioneered a disease-agnostic screening platform for aberrant biomolecular condensates—cellular structures linked to incurable neurological diseases. We screened genes and FDA-approved drugs that modulate disease-relevant nuclear condensates: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Join us next week for MB&B's Computational Biophysics & Biochemistry Symposium on 6/17 in Bass 305!

we are beyond proud that our @yalembb.bsky.social @schliekerlab.bsky.social undergraduate researcher Sophia graduated as the sole @Yale Colleague '25 graduate with an exceptional distinction in the major! Congrats Sophia for this richly deserved honor!

Join our department as a Lecturer! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/163609.

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📣 New work from MB&B graduate student Max Paul, published in PNAS, reveals how a conserved region of the RasGAP C2 domain enhances enzymatic activity via allosteric interaction with Ras. Structural & functional data suggest a key role in Ras regulation! 🧫🔬 mbb.yale.edu/news/mbb-gra...

We are excited to announce a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Computational Biophysics and Biochemistry, exploring the intricate molecular and cellular processes and the complex interactions of their macromolecular components. Join us in MB&B! Apply now at apply.interfolio.com/162132