The call for the new CECAM Flagship program is open! Help us shape the 2027 - 2028 program by proposing exciting events in the broad area of computational science! Submit your proposal here by July 17: cecam.org/submit-flags... Get in touch at [email protected] for any questions

Our rescheduled webinar "DynaPIN: a tool for characterising dynamic protein interfaces" is happening tomorrow! 🗓️ 28 April 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/lgmq @ezgikaraca.bsky.social #webinar #ComputerSimulation #protein #molecularmodeling

We are inviting applications for a research scientist/postdoctoral associate position in the broad field of computational chemistry/biophysics/AI-driven drug discovery. Please DM your CV and 2 reference names

So it is out! 🎉 I am so excited to share our preprint with Fabio Sterpne and @baam93.bsky.social on the development of a force field for oligourea foldamers, new self-assembling polymers of unnatural amino acids, designed for water desalination membranes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

When Einstein developed general relativity the closest thing to a practical application that could even be imagined at the time was a slightly more precise description of where to look for the planet Mercury in the sky, and yet now we’d all be literally lost without it. Anyway: fund basic research.

L'occasion de rappeler que Cordelia Fine dans Testosterone Rex démontre que "LA" prise de risque dont parle ces gens est un pur mythe : chez l'homme c'est celle valorisée socialement (sports extrêmes, finance) et chez les femmes c'est ce qui est invisibilisé (quitter un conjoint violent, accoucher).

Truly happy to be in Lyon for this @cecamevents.bsky.social workshop on accessibility, inclusivity and visibility in Computational Chemistry. Sometimes it's important to take a break from the rat race and reflect on how we want to do science, and the community we want to build.

This is the thing, if "academia" wanted to stop this, we could easily tomorrow. Over 3 incorrect references? Rejected and forbidden to submit next year. The purpose of a system is what it does!

I love boardgames, but sometimes I feel like I miss the boring type. xkcd.com/3235/

Congratulations @scicadm.bsky.social on your 2026 CNRS Bronze Medal ! 🎉🏅

I was truly heartbroken to hear about Richard's passing. He was a great mentor and the one who introduced me to the amazing world of proteins. Richard would see the beauty in science, and science in daily life objects, and his vision really shaped my own approach of biomolecular modeling.

En ce lundi de Pâques, sur #TOTProts, on vous raconte l'histoire du lapin qui ne sautait pas : #Protéines #FunScience #Vulgarisation topoftheprots.com/2021/04/05/_...

Only a couple of days left to introduce our brand new tool, DynaPIN that @aysebercinb.bsky.social developed (in collaboration with @sacquin-mo.bsky.social & co.) to analyze dynamic/ensemble protein interfaces!

Les panneaux d'une exposition sur Sophie Germain viennent d'être installés sur les grilles du campus Curie par l'IHP. (probablement pour le 250ème anniversaire de naissance de la mathématicienne) www.ihp.fr/fr/actualite...

🚨Come work with us! 🚨 I2BC is recruiting new team leaders in molecular and cellular biology, with special attention to multidisciplinary approaches and computational biology. 🧬🧪🔬👩‍🔬🧑‍💻 We provide a great environment with top-notch technological facilities. 🗓️ Apply by April 22, 2026!

We are hiring a postdoc in computational biophysics and machine learning studies of intrinsically disordered proteins We aim to study the function of IDPs by combining CG MD, ML and bioinformatics in collaboration with @tanjamittag.bsky.social & @rhp-lab.bsky.social tinyurl.com/REWIRE-PD

On allait faire un tour rue Mouffetard et sur le chemin du retour vers l'école on passait rue Broca, devant la buvette de Papa Saïd, qui existait pour de vrai !

I wonder... 🤔🤔🧪 #chemsky a) what program did the authors use to make the original (left) figure in the paper? Wild guess, ChatGPT b) how such high school science level of disgrace pass peer review in @nature.com? Note this was Fig.4.a NOT in SI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

L'évènement #ReCombinaisons est de retour à @pasteur.fr en 2026 avec un programme alléchant ! (On y retrouvera notamment @jeanneadebats.bsky.social et @audreypleynet.bsky.social !)

🟣 In the framework of the #InternationalWomensDay #8March, we highlight the talented women involved in our MultiXscale CoE. We kick off with: Céline Merlet, Researcher in MultiXscale CNRS - U. de Toulouse (France) #VoicesOfMultiXscale: Women Driving Innovation #WomenAtMultiXscaleCoE

Chances are you have not heard her name, but Marcelle Lapicque may have been the first Black woman neuroscientist in Europe. By @avaskham.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/history-of-n...

J'avais dit qu'en 2026, #TOTProts serait au repos, mais en fait non. Et donc aujourd'hui on va parler de perforines (la vérité, regardez-moi la beauté de ces assemblages !) #Vulgarisation #FunScience topoftheprots.com/2026/02/23/d...

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Four women whose pioneering contributions to science have been largely overlooked @elife.bsky.social #womeninSTEM elifesciences.org/articles/110...

#BlackHistoryMonth is a great time to celebrate #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🧪🐡👩🏿‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the 🧵

Hier soir, j'ai vu le spectacle d'Élodie Arnould, ça faisait longtemps que j'avais pas ri de si non cœur. Vraiment ça fait du bien de voir que l'humour, c'est pas que des mecs blancs problématiques. lascala-paris.fr/programmatio...

By 2028, all 4-character PDB IDs will be exhausted. After that, all new entries will receive extended IDs: 12 characters total, formatted as pdb_ + 8 alphanumeric characters (pdb_1000axyz) Test it from PDB Beta Archive Read more: www.wwpdb.org/news/news?ye...

Thursday February 12th at 11h00  ENS Chemistry Dpt, Salle R 24, Rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris  Understanding biomolecular condensates using simulations at multiple resolutions Dr. Alessandro Barducci  Centre de Biologie Structurale, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM,  Montpellier, France

Apply!!! @embl.org rocks!

Et donc, si j'en crois l'illu générée pas IA de l'ENS, on peut faire de la science en étant une femme, mais le brushing et le port du rouge à lèvre restent obligatoires (exception faite de la schtroumpfette, qui a le droit à un chignon)

🧐 You are a physicist or chemist who wants to reveal how life works at the molecular level? 🤓 You know how to combine computer power and theory to solve biological problems? ❤️ You just love doing science? 👉 Send us your application! 🔗 Current job adverts www.mpinat.mpg.de/grubmueller

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

No, DeepMind has not solved the protein folding problem. #Alphafold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination.

Février, c'est le mois des amoureux, et si vous déclariez votre flamme avec des protéines ? #TOTProts #FunScience #Vulgarisation #UnAnDeProtéines topoftheprots.com/2023/02/20/q...

Excited to share the upcoming CECAM workshop: “Accessibility, Inclusivity & Visibility in Computational Chemistry”! 📅 Apr 22–24, 2026 📍 Lyon (hybrid) 💸 Free registratration: deadline Mar 31 Join us to discuss how to make #Compchem more inclusive & accessible. Contributed talks welcome!

DynaPIN: A Tool for Characterizing Dynamic Protein Interfaces https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.28.702288v1

Please share!!! I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join us. Focus will be on exciting collaborative projects on lipids and membrane biology, pushing the boundaries of in silico "reconstitutions". Previous experience with molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems a strong plus!

Et parmi les 72 femmes dont le nom sera bientôt inscrit sur la Tour Eiffel, deux grandes figures historiques de l'IBPC : Marianne Manago et Alberte Pullman ! 🎉

Jane Richardson was born #OTD in 1941 + Developed the Richardson (ribbon) diagram to represent proteins' 3D structure (becoming a standard representation for protein structures) + MacArthur Fellow, 1985 + Elected, Nat'l Academy of Sciences, 1991 + President, Biophysical Society, 2012 #WomenInSTEM

We are happy to announce CAPRI Round 62, featuring a total of nine antigen/antibody targets. Registration opens tomorrow, Jan 23rd. The targets will be offered in two prediction periods, with prediction of the first five targets starting Feb 16th, and of the last four targets starting Mar 16th.

Have you ever heard that women have more chances than men of getting grants or positions in academia? Of course you have, and here are my personal views on this. With the shocking revelation that no, it is NOT TRUE ! (1/n)

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

Fresh news on de novo genes! Happy to present our latest work published in Nature communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Keywords not in specific order: intergenic ORFs, de novo genes, GC content, foldability, genetic code, ancestral sequence reconstruction and more :)

Une publication professionnelle qui met en couverture les pires pratiques du domaine, super. À lire et à faire lire : 🔗 “Illustrators call out journals and news sites for using AI art” www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🔗 ”AI-generated images threaten science“ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Après des années de chroniques climatosceptiques, l'Actualité Chimique nous offre une couverture full IAgen qui fera saigner les yeux des collègues bossant sur les acides nucléiques. Une publication décidément à la pointe sur les enjeux de société...

In 2026 more than ever.

En 2026 le blog #TOTProts fera une petite pause, mais il y aura quelques rediffusions avec les plus belles cartes postales vintage de ma collection. Et en janvier, on commence l'année avec une famille de protéines dans la lune : #FunScience #Vulgarisation topoftheprots.com/2023/09/04/l...

France Info réalise encore un article sans recul sur la sélection d'embryons par "la génétique du QI". 90% de l'article reprend l'argumentaire d'une entreprise technofasciste et à la fin il y a juste une petite mise en garde d'un scientifique. C'est irresponsable. www.franceinfo.fr/sciences/qi-...

Volé mercredi, retrouvé par la police jeudi (qui a contacté la délégation de Villejuif grâce au petit sticker CNRS sous le clavier), récupéré ce matin, mon précieux est de retour à la maison ! #EtJoyeuxNoëlToutLeMonde 🎅

💻 Carola Doerr, informaticienne au CNRS, s’intéresse à la conception d’algorithmes capables d’aider à la prise de décision lorsque plusieurs paramètres sont en jeu et que la qualité d’une solution ne peut être prédite à l’avance.

It's Christmas time at my institute and I'm happy to see they kept the protein and DNA paper toys I made with the middle school interns two years ago to decorate the tree.