Alex Dickson
@dicksonlab.bsky.social
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Developing new methods for molecular simulation. Likes: Data vis; ML; drug discovery; semicolons.
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The moment that brought Rogers Centre to its feet 🇨🇦
YouTube video by MLB
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Today I asked someone "what shape is your loss?" and I think that could really be a question for everybody
7 days ago
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BatchNorm is evil. Pure Satan spawn sent to destroy us and our projects 👿
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about 2 months ago
🚨 PLEASE RT 🚨 Are you a comp chem trainee attending Fall ACS in Washington DC? Would you like to expand your network with mentors in industry & academia at the COMP Mentor Lunch? Fill out this form if you are interested in attending!
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ACS Fall 2025 COMP Mentor Lunch
Please fill out this form if you are a student that would like to come to the COMP Mentor Lunch on Tuesday August 19th at 12:30pm. You will hear back from us with confirmation of your attendance by en...
https://forms.gle/dkozpTx3RyK8qaa59
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A watched model never trains
2 months ago
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Guillem Simeon
2 months ago
Hi network, I am looking for a job in London! Can anyone help me? 😊
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Heidi Klem
3 months ago
The Klem Lab at LSU is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in computational biochemistry! Application info:
klem-research-group.github.io/join/
♻️ Please share with anyone who might be interested!
#chemjobs
#postdoc
#compchem
#biochemistry
#enzymes
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Ed Sherer
4 months ago
Very excited to be recruiting for an Associate Principal Scientist: Molecular Modeling, Analytical Research & Develop. Our Digital Sciences team is seeing many requests related to influencing formulation design, especially for biologics.
#chemjobs
#compchem
#chemsky
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Associate Principal Scientist: Molecular Modeling, Analytical Research & Development job in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America | jobs at Merck migration
Apply for Associate Principal Scientist: Molecular Modeling, Analytical Research & Development job with Merck migration in Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America. Browse and apply for the jobs a...
https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R351275/Associate-Principal-Scientist-Molecular-Modeling-Analytical-Research-Development
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This band has a bright future I can sense it
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Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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4 months ago
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Christoph Dellago
4 months ago
Lyapunov instability of a system of WCA disks. Initially, the two systems (blue and red) differ only by 10^-12 in the x-velocities of two particles. The exponential divergence of the trajectories, probed by the configuration space distance, is shown on the right.
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Our Flexible topology pocket explorer paper is up on ChemRxiv!
doi.org/10.26434/che...
We run simulations in the B2AR receptor and show that the Flexible Topology particles capture aspects of known B2AR ligands. We also show how FT frames can be used for screening to find new hits!
5 months ago
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I asked my kids to sing the Canadian national anthem, and they started off to the tune of "O Christmas Tree" 😬
5 months ago
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Ceren Kilinc
6 months ago
The latest work from Dickson Lab (
@dicksonlab.bsky.social
) in collaboration with Pioszak Lab is out! Check it out for novel insights into the characterization of the two-domain binding mechanism of CGRP and a high-affinity variant ssCGRP to the CGRP receptor:
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Characterization of the Two-Domain Peptide Binding Mechanism of the Human CGRP Receptor for CGRP and the Ultrahigh Affinity ssCGRP Variant
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37-amino acid neuropeptide that functions in pain signaling and neuroimmune communication. The CGRP receptor, CGRPR, is a class B GPCR that is a drug target...
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00812
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Flexing some old vector geometry muscles 😅
6 months ago
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When you find the perfect photo..
7 months ago
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Had a really great time presenting our Flexible Topology work to the folks at Qubit!
@qubit-pharma.bsky.social
vimeo.com/992123602
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Flexible Topology pocket explorer
A group of ghost particles explore the binding pocket of the beta-2 adrenergic receptor, revealing key features that can be used for virtual screening. Flexible…
https://vimeo.com/992123602
7 months ago
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Jeremy Berg
7 months ago
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia. This is quite damaging to research and to individuals. This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
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I finally did it! 10k unread emails! Wow. What can I say?.. I couldn't have done this alone. It's been a long road. There's so many people I'd like to thank...
7 months ago
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I must be growing as a person, since I just managed to register for the ACS COMP social more than two hours ahead of time. Hope to see you there!
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Spring 2025 ACS Comp Social
Join us for our Saturday Social at City Tacos with your fellow ACS COMP members. Don't miss out on this chance to network and socialize with some great food and great company! You must be a registered...
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7 months ago
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If you're looking for a socially responsible (and stable!) investment, check out $BGRN. It is a green bond ETF that funds environmental sustainability projects around the globe. Yields 4% per year which isn't bad!
7 months ago
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David De Sancho
7 months ago
Now available as a Reviewed Preprint in
@elife.bsky.social
, our work on aromatic "stickers" in biomolecular phase separation
@dipcehu.bsky.social
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What's easier to learn: cryo-EM or MD simulations? Ben Orlando and I couldn't decide, so we are accepting post-doc applications from both fields! Come work with us to explore the intersection between cryo-EM and MD at Michigan State!
careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) at Michigan State University. The fellow will work at the interface ...
https://careers.msu.edu/jobs/research-associate-fixed-term-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-802257f3-6627-4924-93f0-5e30400f9922
8 months ago
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We've embedded a diffusion model inside an MD simulation 🤓! Very happy to share this as it has been a long road to get here. More to come!
vimeo.com/1055522578
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Flexible Topology + Diffusion!
Diffusion models and molecular dynamics, together at last! Here we show an inference trajectory of alanine dipeptide in an explicit water box. The atoms are colored…
https://vimeo.com/1055522578
8 months ago
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Paulo C. T. Souza
8 months ago
🎉 Big news! 🎉 Together with Jianing Li (Purdue Univ.) & John Shelley (
@schrodingerinc.bsky.social
), I’m organizing a symposium on
#CG
#Modeling
for Molecular & Formulation Design at ACS Fall 2025 (Aug 17-21, Washington, DC)! 🔬✨ For my part, I am grateful for the support of
@ensdelyon.bsky.social
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Open Free Energy
8 months ago
We're changing the field of
#compchem
by creating free and open-source software for performing alchemical free energy calculations. Our flagship protocol calculates relative binding free energies of protein-ligand systems. Try it out in your browser:
colab.research.google.com/github/OpenF...
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Random chemistry question 🧪: what is a small organic molecule that exhibits a well-documented conformational change in two different solvents?
8 months ago
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Derek Lowe
8 months ago
I’m putting together a post on what’s going on in the trenches in various parts of the NIH. Anyone who would like to share experiences (anonymously!) can reach me at Dblowe.18 on Signal
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Alex Karner
8 months ago
Have you been a victim of cancel culture?? DM/email me if you’ve had a transportation research project canceled in the past week. Affected work seems mostly to be XCRP but we’re interested in all funders. Goal is to quantify the collective impact on the field and chronicle the undone science.
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Any millennials out there listening to new music? Whaddyagot?
8 months ago
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A non-confrontationalist's guide to dealing with administrative overreach: 1) smile 2) "yes, we're exploring that" 3) "well, there are a lot of moving parts.." 4) go back to work
8 months ago
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Monica Gerber
10 months ago
I wrote up my thoughts on the lonely data scientist problem. I'd love to hear other people's experience with solving this, please comment! Thanks to
@openscapes.bsky.social
for helping me frame this.
www.monicagerber.com/blog/2024-12...
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Solving the lonely data scientist problem | Monica Gerber
Monica Gerber's personal website.
https://www.monicagerber.com/blog/2024-12-17-solving-the-lonely-data-scientist-problem/
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Not sure what my grad students are trying to tell me...
10 months ago
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Open-rank tenure track positions in computational biology! Come work with a gaggle of great colleagues in the CMSE department at Michigan State!
#msu
#cmse
#compbio
#bioinformatics
#genomics
#BioSky
careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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MSU Careers Details - Ast/Asc/Full Professor - Tenure System
https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/521127/astascfull-professor-tenure-system
11 months ago
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Anyone have recommendations for good books or other resources for learning C++?
11 months ago
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Nice paper from the Dror lab on alternate activation mechanisms for GPCRs:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A non-canonical mechanism of GPCR activation - Nature Communications
Ligands that activate GPCRs generally do so by stabilizing a particular conformation of the transmembrane helices. Here, the authors reveal a distinct activation mechanism where a ligand instead stabi...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54103-6
11 months ago
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Maybe this is just the Canada in me, but I think Bluesky rhymes with "brewski" and I'm not taking questions at this time...
11 months ago
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Hey academics, who out there has experience starting a company? Any general advice or pros/cons you can share?
11 months ago
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