Our second paper explores the mechanism by which fusion-targeting antibodies neutralize the measles virus. It was exciting to integrate structural biology, virology, and biophysics to demonstrate that these F-targeting antibodies can provide complete protection against measles infection.

One of our new manuscripts is now available on bioRxiv! Stay tuned!

Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with #Ebola has begun in the #DRC’s Kasai Province where an outbreak of the disease has been declared: www.afro.who.int/countries/de...

📢 Conduct your PhD thesis research at Janelia. 🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology. 🌐 Collaborate across disciplines 🛠️ Work with tool builders 🤝 Train in a supportive environment ➡️ janelia.org/graduate

Important and timely study Pregnant women face higher risks from Ebola: maternal mortality up to 89%, and nearly all pregnancies lost. Until now, they’ve been excluded from Ebola vaccine trials. A landmark phase 3 RCT in Rwanda changes [email protected] www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Identification of a novel biological role of arenavirus NP exonuclease (exoN) activity in a safe Pichinde virus model https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675144v1

We are hiring-join us!

Ultracold cryogenic TEM with liquid helium and high stability pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40911601/ #cryoem

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Such a great paper using combinations of techniques of cryo-EM, cellular cryo-ET and more. Congratulations to all authors ❤️🎉💐🎊

First pre-print from the Lucas Lab led by Matthew Giammar and @joshdcryoem.bsky.social online today! We develop a new, extensible Python implementation of 2DTM and apply it to build pixel size optimization, constrained search and characterize molecular motions in situ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Researchers from CSSB & @mpi-nat.bsky.social have generated a highly potent nanobody that neutralizes a protein essential for the herpes virus infection. Published in @nature.com, the findings promise new therapies to treat & prevent infections @leibnizliv.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de t1p.de/cxt7a

We're hiring! Join our team at @fau.de ! We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate for a PhD position in our lab specializing in cutting-edge theoretical and computational membrane biophysics. Please send your CV, and a statement of research interests via email. www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de/jobs/

DRC just declared an Ebola outbreak with 13 deaths so far.

Better ML for cryo-ET starts with better benchmarks. We built a phantom cryo-ET dataset (~500 tomograms) + hosted a Kaggle challenge. The result: community models beat expert tools. Read more in the @natmethods.nature.com article that just came out: 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

I'm so glad to see @latimes.com run my story on how the CDC was hampered from doing its most essential role -- emergency response -- as measles exploded in Texas. Public health budget cuts and political meddling has real repercussions on lives. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...

If you are thinking about the future of structural biology, we are too! Our two cents (Jürgen Plitzko and I) just got published online here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098

We’re hosting the @embo.org Practical Course on In-situ structural biology by CryoFIB and CryoET in April 2026! 🧬❄️ You can expect hands-on training, cutting-edge methods, and a chance to work alongside leading experts in structural biology. 🔗 Apply by Dec 8, 2025: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-...

Our #CryoET story on how a top antimalarial drug candidate perturbs the native malarial translation machinery is out @natsmb.nature.com🥳 rdcu.be/eBbrH A massive team effort led by @leonieanton.bsky.social Meseret Haile & Wenjing Cheng in collaboration with Jerzy Dziekan & the Alan Cowman! #TeamTomo

Laboratory technician in the Hall laboratory (100%) www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio... #Biozentrum #Basel #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Laboratory #Technician

Extremely excited for the second version of this workshop at the MPI of Biophysics l, Frankfurt, that will happen 12-20. April 2026. Absolutely amazing lineup of speakers, I am very much looking forward to learning from everyone! Apply here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-...

A small reminder to all structural biologists around working on biomolecular complexes: please consider sharing your complexes as targets for CAPRI - AI has not solved all structure prediction problems and there are still challenges! See www.capri-docking.org/contribute/

Cell-type-directed network-correcting combination therapy for Alzheimer’s disease: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications! We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology. Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community! aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702

ChimeraX daily builds can predict binding affinity of small molecules using Boltz 2 on your Mac, Windows or Linux computer. www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/dat...

Structural insights into Measles virus RNA synthesis: C protein-mediated regulation of replication-transcription switch and allosteric inhibition by ERDRP-0519 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.21.666041v1

Surface morphometrics reveals local membrane thickness variation in organellar subcompartments pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40654968/ #cryoem

Microfluidics combined with electron microscopy for rapid and high-throughput mapping of antibody–viral glycoprotein complexes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I have lots of opinions—but for your sake, I’ve limited them to segmentation in cryo-ET for this article 😉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #teamtomo

I'm pleased to share our new review article on RNA virus replication and in situ cryo-EM! I personally had a Master's student in virology or biophysics in mind as a possible reader, and would be interested in feedback from that kind of crowd. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Happy to say that my Current Opinion in Structural Biology article came out today. I hope it helps to guide to you in using cryo-ET to make new biological discoveries! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

World’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

I was involved in this project as an early stage master’s student in protein engineering and it sparked everything that came after 🙌 I’m incredibly grateful I got to work with the amazing supervisor @juliankompa.bsky.social and the rest of the team on such a cool project. Check it out!

Highly recommended 👇

This is cool. CryoEM showing COPI coat containing GOLPH3, together with functional data suggests the mechanism for cargo retention/transport. The mechanistic basis of cargo selection during Golgi maturation Taylor, Zubkov, Ciazynska et al. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Bedaquiline resistance driven by the MmpS5L5 efflux pump is threatening the drug regimens used to treat MDR-TB. In our new preprint, we used structural and genetic approaches to better understand how MmpS5L5 effluxes bedaquiline and how future resistance may evolve. 🧵🔽 #TBsky #MicroSky #TB

A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)

Interested in research infrastructures career? The #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme might be right for you. MSCA funded, the programme supports STEM researchers in becoming leaders in research infrastructures, driving innovation in life sciences 🧪 🗓️ Call opening: 30 June www.embl.org/training/ari...

Scientists have plenty of other examples

SCHRIER: Have you ever treated measles? RFK JR: No SCHRIER: Well I have. Let me tell you how miserable these kids is. The great thing is there's a vaccine to prevent it ... they only work if you actually give them

Nature awards and Yakult have announced another round of 'Global Grants for Gut Health'. An excellent opportunity for gut microbiota researchers, at any career stage, to win $100,000 for a year to cover their interesting research! #MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky www.nature.com/immersive/gu...

What great work! Congratulations to all authors! You have a brilliant idea for sample preparation, thorough functional assays, elegant image processing, and beautiful movies illuminating the elaborate virus transcription process!

Excited to share our new @science.org paper! Led by postdocs Ruchao Peng and Xin Xu, we used cryo-EM/ET to reveal the influenza ribonucleoprotein complex structure and its strand-sliding mechanism for RNA synthesis, paving the way for new antivirals. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

The LSI is hiring! We are seeking a research specialist in #AI and #MachineLearning to support the labs of @shyamalm.bsky.social and Herman Fung. This individual will help develop advanced computer vision workflows for #cryoET and automated adaptive microscopy. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Hey #TeamTomo, Ever been in need of a tutorial about the fundamentals of cryo-electron tomography? From preprocessing raw frames to high-res subtomogram averaging? That's why @florentwaltz.bsky.social and I made this website! tomoguide.github.io Follow the thread 1 /🧵 #CryoET #CryoEM 🔬🧪