Great talk by Ben Shen of @wertheimufscripps.bsky.social today at @leidenscience.bsky.social. He talked about his group's amazing work in natural product discovery. Cool insights into mining massive numbers of genomes and the power of making data openly available(1/2) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A recent study presents two clinically viable non-muscle myosin II small molecule inhibitors. The molecules exhibit high brain penetration and demonstrate efficacy in preclinical models of methamphetamine use disorder. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... 🧪 @wertheimufscripps.bsky.social

Dr. Amir Ardeshir and a team in Dr. @mamartins83.bsky.social's lab at @wertheimufscripps.bsky.social used AAV vectors to generate #HIV1 immunity in infant rhesus macaques! Article: https://go.nature.com/4lwHts2 Episode with discussion: https://bit.ly/4mIESvZ

Latest paper out of the Puthanveettil lab! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... congrats team!

Wertheim UF Scripps Institute professor Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., and staff scientist Thomas Vaissiere, Ph.D., discovered that mutations to the Syngap1 gene can alter touch-based sensory perception. / Photo credit: Scott Wiseman wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/2025/03/12/m...

For #WomensHistoryMonth this March, the American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee (WCC) will celebrate ACS president Dorothy Phillips and her impressive career in chemistry and leadership. cen.acs.org/acs-news/com...

Hey, #science BlueSky! You need a vacay. Join us for "RNA: From Biology to Drug Discovery" on April 14-15, 2025. This symposium brings together leading global experts in RNA research for new collabs and inspiration. wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/departments/... #science #RNA #mRNA #biology

Nobel Laureate Thomas C. Südhof, M.D., spoke at the institute today. 🧪Südhof won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2013 for “discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells,” and he's a Howard Huges Medical Institute investigator. 🧵1/2

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Calling all #RNA #Scientists : 🧪 🧬 Register now to attend the free RNAsymposium at Wertheim UF Scripps on April 14-15. Participate in deep discussions about RNA biology and drug discovery. See you in Jupiter, #FL ! 🧪🧬 #science #academicsky Register: wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/departments/...

Our researchers tackle diseases affecting millions. Support for innovation has: 🧬 Helped us expand research on Alzheimer’s, autoimmune disease, inflammatory illnesses, and more. 🧬 Accelerated pursuit of RNA medicines against incurable diseases including ALS, muscular dystrophy, and Parkinson’s. 1/2

This gobstopper molecule holds cells together, helps the heart beat, binds immune cells, and affects cancer metastasis. A recent structural study from Tina Izard, PhD shows dynamic talin. From Nature Communications. Read the study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ufhealthcancer.bsky.social

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