Our study on Bacteroides iron piracy is now out in @pnas.org. We show how surface-exposed lipoproteins bind xenosiderophores with different iron-chelating chemistries and propose a mechanism for xenosiderophore import across the outer membrane. Lots of structures (mostly X-ray this time)!

Unbelievably proud of the work that everyone has put into this paper. Really grateful for such fab colleagues! Mycobacteria continue to be (subjectively) the most interesting bacteria 🤭

The Protein Data Bank (#PDB) has reached a new milestone: 250,441 entries in the archive, a record since its founding in 1971, all thanks to the efforts and contributions of the structural biology community. ⬇️ more ⬇️ www.wwpdb.org/news/news?ye... #StructuralBiology

Great getting to chat with legendary Fred Anston before his talk at @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social! Lovely seminar with beautiful structures & fascinating stories about how DNA packs into capsid heads 🧬🧬 #StructuralBiology #bacteriophages #NewcastleUni

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Two Postdoctoral Research Associates in the Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Outer Membrane Protein Biogenesis BEN BERKS lab 🤩

Fully funded four-year PhD position available in my lab! Combining structural and synthetic biology to understand iron transport. Deadline 27th of Feb, get in touch for more details! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

BBSSRC (NEEDL) funded PhD studentship in my lab co-supervised by @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social If you're interested in structural biology and membrane transport processes, check out www.findaphd.com/phds/project... deadline 27th of Feb! Get in touch for more info

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!

Happy to see work I contributed to during my MSc at @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social with Jennifer Tomlinson’s lab out in @pnas.org! Everyone Bluesky-less except @antoncalabrese.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AMR #MRSA #NMR

Want to find ways to combat TB? Check out this PhD position 👇

The CCP4 Northern Structural Biology Meeting is back again in Newcastle 6-7th November 2025. If you are a structural biologist/biochemist in the North of the UK please register and submit abstracts by this Friday 17th. nusbf.ncl.ac.uk/ccp4-norther...

Big thank you to Dr. @cecile-exertier.bsky.social and Dr. Francesca Troilo for SPR training at ITACA-SB CNR in the beautiful Rome. 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Grateful for the opportunity to learn a lot in a couple of days & connect with fellow students! #ITACA.SB #CNR