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I like big scopes + I cannot lie. Struct bio + mat sci. Boricua. Pastafarian. Opinions = my own. #cryoeming since 2004. She/Her

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Time for a thread!๐Ÿงต How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in โ€œhigherโ€ plants๐ŸŒฑ? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฌ. Curious? ..Read on!

#TeamTomo #PlantScience ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿงฌ ๐ŸŒพ
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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25.09.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

gorgeous!!!

25.09.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Structural Analysis of Membrane Proteins in Cell-Derived Microvesicles

We have a preprint of a book chapter for you: Structural Analysis of Membrane Proteins in Cell-Derived Microvesicles.

We describe how to image membrane proteins in mid-sized vesicles using cryo-electron tomography

zenodo.org/records/1717...

22.09.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dose-efficient cryo-electron microscopy for thick samples using tilt- corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy - Nature Methods Tilt-corrected bright-field scanning transmission electron microscopy offers enhanced cryogenic electron microscopy contrast and substantial improvement in dose efficiency for thick samples such as bacterial cells and large organelles, while still being able to perform single-particle analysis.

Congratulations to this fantastic group of people: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#sheliveson #tcbf

23.09.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Boltz v2.2.1 out. A few improvements including support for .pdb templates, better treatment of stereochemistry in guidance potentials, and improved documentation. As always a great thank you to all those in the community who contributed via PR, raising issues or directly reporting issues to us.

09.09.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Caltech Mourns the Passing of President Emeritus and Nobel Laureate David Baltimore David Baltimore, President Emeritus and the Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Biology, Emeritus at Caltech and a co-recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, passed away on Sept...

Mourning the loss of David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate and President Emeritus of Caltech. His groundbreaking work on reverse transcriptase reshaped our understanding of genetics and paved the way for advances in cancer and HIV research. A true giant in science. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

09.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi CryoEM Researchers - Here is a grid box for your 6mm HPF samples - The grid box has 2 pockets, each of which can hold a sandwich of 2 6mm HPF planchets or a single 6mm planchet - Offered in a variety of colors/pack sizes - A choice of lid types too - zurl.co/a5V2n

07.08.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that is awesome!!! Many congrats ๐ŸŽ‰

07.08.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I arrived to NYC as a postdoc, NYSBDG was my first local meeting, and I was blown way by the world-class quality of the science.

It's a great opportunity to meet the local #structbio & #cryoem community, and it's coming up in two weeks, so register now at the eventbrite link below!

07.07.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sr Scientist I/II Informatics - Peptide Design Company Description: AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to ...

Opportunity for computational chemist for cyclic peptide design at AbbVie (North Chicago USA) #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #AI #ML #ChemJobs #chemsky ๐Ÿงช
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AbbVie/37439...

04.07.2025 06:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Density animation generated using ChimeraX, using "cootmode" display settings from chimerax-trimmings.

Movie recorded thusly:

cofr showpivot false; movie record; rock y 30; wait 600; movie encode ~/Desktop/rock_movie_more.mp4 framerate 40; stop

13.06.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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George M. Sheldrick (1942โ€“2025) In memory of George Sheldrick.

A tribute to George Sheldrick and SHELX and the impact on macromolecular and small-molecule crystallography

journals.iucr.org/a/issues/202...

06.05.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Graduate Field Coordinator-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Field Coordinator-Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology The Opportunity The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Graduate Field Coord...

Hello BlueSky ๐Ÿฆ‹ I'm the Director of Graduate Studies in Cornell Chemistry. We're hiring a new Graduate Field Coordinator to help support our graduate program. Please apply or repost if you know someone great! tinyurl.com/3znxx4bh

10.06.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So the crazy thing here is the company this is supposed to be about is Corning. The company famous for its glass research. And the across the board metric is a measure of how similar individual atom positions are in their CRYSTAL structures. So much is nuts here, but that should have been a red flag

17.05.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Guuuurl, same. Good to know re: forearms. And I'm so sorry for the scrapes and pain ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

09.06.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wherever your atoms are, whatever form your energy took .... happy birthday to you and your sis. I miss you so much.

06.06.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We honor the bravery of those who risked everything on D-Dayโ€”and remember why they did.

Freedom demands vigilance, then and now.

โ€œI have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory.โ€โ€จโ€” Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

06.06.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1136    ๐Ÿ” 402    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

NSF budget would close down one of LIGO's sites. This would be, to put it lightly, a catastrophe for gravitational wave astronomy.

"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
bsky.app/profile/hast...

30.05.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 379    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

Thank you, my friend!

30.05.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm seeing them too. Bonkers.

30.05.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you, my lovely friend! It's been a hellish 6 months. We're also working on our separation agreement and I'm a bit sad.

30.05.2025 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And even viruses to pieces if the Eiffel Tower!

29.05.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Danielle was one of Lenaโ€™s students ๐Ÿงช

28.05.2025 05:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey friends, sorry I've been MIA. I was in hospital for about a week due to a bad reaction between two meds I was taking. I'm OK, but taking some time off to recover.

29.05.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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21yrs ago I survived, we all did. I still remember the sounds, the sights. Some years are harder than others, this one has been quite terrible. The PTSD is real, rearing its head. The nightmares aren't as common these days, thankfully. My seat was 5B, aisle. 5th window, starting from that gate/door.

10.05.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Much needed

10.05.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not long after I started my lab, a prominent scientist told me it was โ€œimpossibleโ€ to be a successful PI and a mother

Donโ€™t ever let the naysayers tell you it canโ€™t be done - of course it can!

#HappyMothersDay this weekend to all the amazing scientist mamas raising their wonderful kids ๐Ÿฅฐ

09.05.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 266    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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there's no stopping the Latin American meme machine

08.05.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2235    ๐Ÿ” 658    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

I'll keep that in mind. With the news about NSF today, yeah ... it's getting harder and harder to ignore the signs ๐Ÿฅบ. Thank you tons!!

08.05.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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