@mcmurraylab.bsky.social
Official account of Michael McMurray’s lab in the Dept. Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. We study septin proteins, folding/assembly of multi subunit protein complexes, & various aspects of yeast biology
Some molecular machines, like ribosomes, can persist for long periods of time in cells.
Could molecular aging of ribosomes shape how proteins are made?
In our new preprint we track ribosomes as they age in cells and uncover unexpected effects on translation (1/10)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
To study ribosome molecular aging, we developed a bio-orthogonal HaloTag strategy to label ribosomes in living cells.
This enables us to track ribosomes over time and purify defined age populations, allowing us to study how ribosome composition and function change with age. (2/10)
Cytoskeleton?
I second MBoC but also consider that Journal of Cell Science is free…
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!
My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.
We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.
#Postdoc #EcoEvo
Pls RT!
You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science?
The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro....
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I was sad to learn that my postdoctoral mentor, David Botstein, died yesterday. I started with David as a postdoc in 1998, and he had a profound effect on both my life and scientific career. He was a giant in the field of genetics, making seminal contributions in both yeast and human genetics. 1/
Oh no! David had a huge influence on so many of the ways our research has been done 💔
Our department at Genentech is hiring. We're looking for a freshly-minted PhD (0-3 years) protein biochemist / structural biologist to join as a Sr Scientist. A rare opportunity to join our group leader job family at a more junior level than we usually hire.
You still have 3 days to apply to the postdoc positions available in my lab 😀
🔬Come and work with us 🔬
Bit different from our usual work
A PhD applying metagenomics to identify microbial plastic degradation and metabolism, fully funded studentship (UK students only).
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. 🥳
mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
🚨 Please share! My lab is hiring a Research Assistant! This is a great opportunity to gain experience with cutting-edge systems neuroscience techniques in a collaborative research environment. If you're interested, check the link for further details: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Help! NCBI flagged some residual adaptors in new genome assemblies submitted to Genbank, so I ran FCS Adaptor & removed them. I deleted the original file and replaced with cleaned one. Contamination report still flags the same seqs, as if it is still analyzing the old file. Any suggestions welcome!
Septins associate with AP-3 to support trafficking to the vacuole/lysosome in yeast https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705769v1
New preprint from us and our friends in the Odorizzi lab at CU-Boulder – we find an apparent role for septin cytoskeletal filaments and vesicle transport from the Golgi to the vacuolar lysosome in budding yeast.
Welcome!
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We are looking for talented graduate students to join our group for Fall 2026 studying the role and regulation of Hsp70 PTMs! If you are interested please check out www.trumanlab.org
My lab is looking to recruit 1-2 paid summer interns to do wet lab work on learning in a unicellular organism (Stentor coeruleus). You can apply here:
forms.gle/b47WpSobjFjo...
Yes, I’ve seen it and never found a solution. Had to manually remake the axis labels. As I recall even screenshots didn’t solve it!! Truly bizarre and maddening. I wish I had a solution!
Ever wished there was a way to “paste in place” in PowerPoint, so that pasted item is not way offset vertically and horizontally from the original? There is a keyboard shortcut that doesn’t seem to work on a Mac, but what DOES work is to press an arrow key once after copying and before pasting. 💯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
We are also recruiting a Postdoc in cell/molecular biology!
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Very proud of McMurray lab student Alya Hussain for successfully defending her PhD today. It was a privilege to have her in the lab over the last 3 years and we wish her the very best in her next step, a postdoc with @hittingerlab.bsky.social
📣 Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere.
🔗 Apply here 👉 recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...
The multi-year NIH funding of grants tagged to 2025 allows Russell Vought to reduce the number of grants funded this year because he insists that a 5 years of $$$ has to be committed. This is bad. We could see a cut in actual grants by 1/3 or more. Spread the word. www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/n...
The Abreu lab at NYU is hiring another postdoc! We study microbial ecology and evolution, using yeast/bacteria microcosms, DNA barcoding for evolutionary lineage tracking, and simple mathematical modeling. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179949
We are looking for a postdoc to work on mechanisms of #RNA decay in cancer using #cryoEM with #nanobodies and #minibinders! Please RT