Maja Köhn
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Prof. at University of Bonn, Chemical Biology, Phosphatases, views are my own, she/her
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Maja Köhn
Lemke Lab
11 months ago
Save the date! 🧪The EMBO Workshop on Chemical Biology returns to EMBL Heidelberg on 8–11 Sep 2026. Co-organisers: Bryan Dickinson (UChicago), Maja Köhn (Bonn), Edward Lemke (IMB), Xiao Wang (MIT).
#ChemicalBiology
#EMBOChemBio
#EMBO
#EMBL
#SaveTheDate
#Biotech
#Science
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Chemical biology
https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/chb26-01/
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Maja Köhn
Elsässer Lab
21 days ago
We have a research/technical assistant (E7, 100%) opening
uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
! For those not familiar with German university staff, this is a permanent position requiring a technical assistant training (BTA/CTA MTLA) or BSc degree, transparent pay scale:
lbv.landbw.de/documents/d/...
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University of Freiburg
https://uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004907/
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Nilsson lab
about 1 month ago
Happy to see our work on defining a dependency map of short linear motifs out. We use base editing screens to install more than 80000 mutations into SLiMs in more than 4000 proteins to determine their contribution to cell fitness.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A proteome-wide dependency map of protein interaction motifs - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Ambjørn and Meeusen et al. functionally characterize all reported and a comprehensive set of predicted short linear motifs (SLiMs) using base-editing screens, identifying 450 reported and 264 predicte...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-026-01762-2
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Maja Köhn
Center of Medical Biotechnology
about 1 month ago
Kicking off the last session of the symposium, our keynote speaker
@mkoehn.bsky.social
from
@unibonn.bsky.social
spoke about peptide tools used to dissect phosphatase-substrate interactions. Have a look at the human dephosphorylation database (DEPOD) via the link
www.depod.org
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Katrin Paeschke
about 2 months ago
You are interested in immunology and how nucleic acid structures contribute to their function and how this impacts disease development - Rayk Behrendt and myself have open PhD positions for a joint PhD program between Bonn and Osaka.
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about 2 months ago
Our paper on The Lipid Interactome is now published, and the database is open:
lipidinteractome.org
@ohsummi.bsky.social
@ohsunews.bsky.social
@nadlerlab.bsky.social
@jeremybaskin.bsky.social
Please RT to spread the word.
doi.org/10.1093/bioi...
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The Lipid Interactome: an interactive and open access platform for exploring cellular lipid–protein interactions
AbstractSummary. Lipid–protein interactions play essential roles in cellular signaling and membrane dynamics, yet their systematic characterization has lon
https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf651
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Ruben Ragg
2 months ago
We are hiring an Editor‑in‑Chief for our in-house chemistry portfolio to lead journals in the wider field of phytochemistry, medicinal chemistry, and natural products. Please like, share, and apply!
wiley.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/wiley_career...
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Editor-in-Chief - Physical Sciences
Job Description: Editor-in-Chief - Physical Sciences Location: Remote, GBR Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individual...
https://wiley.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/wiley_careers/job/Remote-GBR/Editor-in-Chief---Physical-Sciences_R2600090
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Center of Medical Biotechnology
2 months ago
⏰ Registration is closing soon! Join us at the 17th German
#Peptide
Symposium, 4–6 March 2026 in Essen
@unidue.bsky.social
. 🎤 The full speaker program is now online, featuring
@mbogyo.bsky.social
,
@mkoehn.bsky.social
& more. 🔗
www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS
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Royal Society of Chemistry
4 months ago
Looking for something inspiring to kick off your 2026? 🎉
#RSCPoster
registration is OPEN! Join one of the largest online poster events, uniting researchers from every career stage & every corner of the scientific community. We can’t wait to see what you’ll share ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS
#ChemSky
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Maja Köhn
Sharpe Lab
3 months ago
Pervanadate is more than just a phosphatase inhibitor! Read our paper just published in
#sciencesignaling
showing that pervanadate oxidises and activates SRC kinase too. Link:
tinyurl.com/5ype7e2s
Thanks for the 'focus' by:
@nshahlab.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/54fcjds3
@babrahaminst.bsky.social
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Pervanadate-induced oxidation relieves autoinhibition of the protein tyrosine kinase SRC
A widely used tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor also oxidizes and activates the tyrosine kinase SRC.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.ady9437
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Ben Schumann
3 months ago
#chembio
and
#bioorganic
crowd. Mark your calendars for ESBOC 2026, registration opens soon!
www.esboc.org.uk
⏱️ 27th-30th May 2026 🏰 The beautiful Schlosshotel Pillnitz GmbH in Dresden/Germany
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ESBOC – European Symposium on Biological and Organic Chemistry
https://www.esboc.org.uk
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Pedro Beltrao
3 months ago
This is such hard news to process. Such an amazing scientist and inspiration for so many of us.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
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In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
https://www.embl.org/news/embl-announcements/in-remembrance-of-peer-bork/
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@Westermarcklab
3 months ago
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RSC Chemical Biology
3 months ago
📢 #RSCChemBio is sponsoring two poster prizes at the EMBO-EMBL Chemical Biology Workshop 2026! 📅 8 - 11th September 2026 📍 EMBL Heidelberg, Germany 🔗
www.embl.org/about/i...
Submit your abstract by 2nd June 2026 to a part of the event!
EMBO
#RSCChemBio
#ChemicalBiology
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Coskun Lipid Cellar @ ZML Dresden
4 months ago
Ups we did it again! Please mark your calender. EMBO Workshop “Lipid Code to Life”, taking place September 7–11, 2026, in Dresden, organized by Maria Fedorova,
@lipid.bsky.social
, Valerie O'Donnell,
@holthuislab.bsky.social
and
@molcellbiophys-lab.bsky.social
🥳 Retweets = lipidlove
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Christophe Zimmer
5 months ago
We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany. Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
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Group Leader (f/m/d) at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with University of Würzburg - Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative a...
The Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging (RVZ) ist now inviting applications for the position of Group Leader (f/m/d).
https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12849063
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Division of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry/GU
4 months ago
Please share and spread the word!
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Claire Deo
5 months ago
New preprint 🥳! We made photoclickable HaloTag ligands to precisely control protein labeling on living cells. With it, we can do some cool multicolor stuff. Huge congrats to Franzi and all co-authors! Check it out 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Bryan Dickinson
5 months ago
Registration for THE chemical biology conference of 2026 is now open! EMBO ChemBio 2026 in Heidelberg DeGrado, Arikin, Picotti (Keynotes).
@lmkdassama.bsky.social
@brianliau.bsky.social
@rhodamine110.bsky.social
@benlehner.bsky.social
@alitavassoli.bsky.social
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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Chemical biology 2026
https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/chb26-01/#vf-tabs__section-overview
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Harmit Singh Malik
5 months ago
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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Yamuna Krishnan
5 months ago
I read this book when I was 15 and fell in love with DNA. I re-read it at 32 with lived experience in Science and it filled me with rage. I cannot pick up that book now. It reveals what women were/are up against.
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Wonderful concert Sunday night in Cologne. So happy that I got to see Johnny Marr! Great crowd too!
6 months ago
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Nilsson lab
6 months ago
I have a PhD opening in my lab for an exiting project using base editor screens to find novel drug targets. Please help spread the word.
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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PhD student position in the Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle group at the Danish Cancer Institute.
The Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle group, headed by Prof. Jakob Nilsson, is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic PhD student to establish novel CRISPR
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1572&ProjectId=145533&DepartmentId=18958&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=False
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Carlos Conde
6 months ago
Our latest research in collaboration with
@nilssonlab.bsky.social
,
@andrea-musacchio.bsky.social
and Mathieu Bollen reveals a new regulatory strategy employed by cells to control PP1 in mitosis. Check it out in
@currentbiology.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Polo kinase inhibits protein phosphatase 1 to promote the spindle assembly checkpoint and prevent aneuploidy
Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is essential for spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) silencing and mitotic exit, but its regulation during mitosis remains i…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225012497?dgcid=author
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Rob Klose
6 months ago
Come join us in Geneva for everything epigenetics and gene regulation. It will be a great meeting! Please repost!
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities, March 2026, in Geneva, with field leaders!
https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/C12026
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Sjors Scheres
6 months ago
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/ab52d2c2-0688-48e7-a7d1-77ae54a6aa4b
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Kimberly Beatty
8 months ago
scienceimpacts.org
Please share this link widely-- it allows people to see how the loss of NIH funding will directly impact their county. Includes current impact and future impacts. It is grim. NIH funding benefits us all.
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
https://scienceimpacts.org/
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Maja Köhn
Center of Medical Biotechnology
8 months ago
Join us! Registration is now open for the 17th German
#Peptide
Symposium, 4–6 March 2026, in Essen
@unidue.bsky.social
! An open-topic event on modern peptide chemistry featuring top speakers including
@mbogyo.bsky.social
,
@mkoehn.bsky.social
& more. 🔗
www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS
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From in the historically rich city of Boston, MA. Some lessons don’t get old.
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Eileen Furlong
9 months ago
To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit
Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...
https://embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/job/Group-Leader---Genome-Biology-Unit_JR2069
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Kusterlab
9 months ago
Kusterlab is looking for a new member to join our Bioinformatics team. Apply now if you're interested in working with us!
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Very excited that the EMBO workshop on
#phosphatases
is about to start in the beautiful Juliusspital venue in Würzburg!
9 months ago
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Felix Campelo
9 months ago
Announcing a new
@embo.org
Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at
@icfo.eu
(Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏
#EMBOmechanobio
meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...
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Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology
Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-organelle-mechanobiology
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Evangelia Petsalaki
10 months ago
Do you have experience in mechanistic modelling of biological systems and want to do a postdoc with an interdisciplinary team on developing Digital Twins for rare disease? We have the job for you! Check it out below - deadline July 13th, online interviews 24th July.
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Ylva Ivarsson
10 months ago
We are looking for a PhD student in (mostly )wet-lab biochemistry to work on short linear motifs, intrinsically disordered regions, in the context of the Marie Curie network "IDPro". More info an apply here:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD student in Biochemistry - Uppsala University
PhD student in Biochemistry, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University
https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=836489
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Happy to be at
#APS2025
, great science and community! And an unexpected wonderful reunion after >10 years with two previous postdocs in my group: Jayanta Chatterjee and Yansong Wang!
10 months ago
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Elsässer Lab
10 months ago
also anyone with an apt/house for rent in
#freiburg
, 4+ rooms, preferably Herdern, Güterbahnhof, Wiehre, ANY time, ANY price, SEND IT MY WAY
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I am very sad about the passing of Philippe Bastiaens. My heart goes to his family, his colleagues and his group
www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/news/philipp...
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The Max Planck Institute in Dortmund mourns the loss of Philippe Bastiaens
https://www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/news/philippe-bastiaens-obituary
11 months ago
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Anirban Banerjee
11 months ago
We still have an open postbac position in the intramural program of the NIH for starting sometime this summer. Shares, reposts much appreciated-
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Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)
12 months ago
Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2025 - Last Chance to submit your abstract for a talk!
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
‼️Submit your abstract today via
ptf25.scg.ch/registration
#ptf25
#scs
#medchem
#switzerland
#symposia
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Carolyn Bertozzi
about 1 year ago
SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
chemsymposia.com
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Join Chemsymposia 2026: Research & Innovation | ChemSymposia 2026
Join us at Chemsymposia 2026 to discover groundbreaking research in physics applications. Connect with experts, engage in insightful discussions, and explore our venue, registration details, and speak...
https://chemsymposia.com/
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Jordan Meier
about 1 year ago
Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
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EMBO
about 1 year ago
Join scientists, biotech start-ups and pharmaceutical companies to discuss
#phosphatase
research at the EMBO Workshop "Phosphatases: From basic research to translation" in Würzburg, Germany, 27–31 July Deadline: 11 April
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pho...
#EMBOphosphatases
#EMBOevents
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Phosphatases: from basic research to translation
Phosphatases have been considered undruggable for decades. However, recent breakthroughs with the first small molecule phosphatase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy now in clinical trials have resu…
https://meetings.embo.org/event/25-phosphatases
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Adam Gilbert
about 1 year ago
Clever way to look for new CRBN ubiquitination substrate…
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A method to identify small molecule/protein pairs susceptible to protein ubiquitination by the CRBN E3 ligase
Although using DNA-encoded libraries (DELs) to find small molecule binders of target proteins is well-established, identifying molecules with functions beyond binding remains challenging in pooled scr...
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d5sc01251a
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Don’t forget to register for the EMBO conference on phosphatases, July 27-31 2025 😊
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Stephan Hacker
about 1 year ago
Very excited for the virtual
#RSCPoster
conference by
@rsc.org
over on LinkedIn that is happening on March 4th and 5th and to be a subject chair for
#RSCChemBio
together with Lyn Jones and Ali Tavassoli. (1/2)
www.rsc.org/our-events/r...
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Stephan Hacker
about 1 year ago
Very much looking forward to the 25th anniversary symposium of ChemBioChem and ChemPhysChem
#CBCCPC2025
in Berlin on October 23rd and 24th, 2025. There is an ever growing list of amazing speakers confirmed for this event. (1/2)
#chemsky
#ChemBio
@chemistryeurope.bsky.social
www.cbc-cpc2025.org
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Elena De Vita
about 1 year ago
Did you recently complete a ChemBio/MedChem PhD (non-UK) and are looking for the next challenge? I am seeking a prospective applicant for a Newton Fellowship with an exciting project in targeted protein dephosphorylation! Please reach out to
[email protected]
royalsociety.org/grants/newto..
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Wolfgang Huber
about 1 year ago
Do you love software engineering for exciting biological applications, open science, open source, R, Bioconductor, modern web, cloud & ML technologies? We're looking for a software engineer to work on R/Bioconductor tools for biological data science and AI.
www.huber.embl.de/group/posts/...
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