The MeChaNiSM Doctoral Network students’ kick-off meeting (October 6-10) is starting today at the University of Cologne, Germany. It provides a great opportunity for students to catch up and network with others.

Fredrik Westerlund is a Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, working with single-molecule biophysics for nucleic acid analysis. Within MeChaNiSM he will host 2 students working on mechanical characterization of nucleic acids and nucleic acid-drug interactions. @westerlundlab.bsky.social

When B DNA is overstretched, it converts to melted DNA or S-DNA. Overstretching has been controversial because the transitions are similar for the two states. With the Westerlund and Wilhelmsson labs, we show in NAR the B-to-S transition is much faster than melting academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Delighted to share our @NAR_Open paper on a click chemistry-derived DNA damaging agent 🧬✂️👏 Congrats to @westerlundlab.bsky.social @alicepyne.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @sspc.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/nar/...