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David De Sancho

@daviddesancho.bsky.social

Protein Folder, father of two, married to @mariacaffarel.bsky.social at UPV-EHU and DIPC https://sites.google.com/view/biokt

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πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“We have a new PhD!!!! πŸ₯³
Congrats to the great Antonio Cebreiro, who today defended his PhD, supervised by David Casanova

@dipcehu.bsky.social

03.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out our latest, where we investigate the molecular origin of differences between Lys and Arg and their roles in biomolecular #condensates

@dipcehu.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

03.10.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May she rest in peace

01.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are transcription factors disordered? Come join us in Oxford as a postdoc and we'll find out together!

Help publish 3 mature projects, AND develop cool new single molecule fluorescence binding assays!

biophysics
transcription
protein:DNA interactions

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

01.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Multiscale modelling of liquid-liquid and liquid-solid transitions in biomolecular condensates
YouTube video by Donostia International Physics Center Multiscale modelling of liquid-liquid and liquid-solid transitions in biomolecular condensates

Last week, we were lucky to have Jorge ReΓ±Γ© Espinosa from
@ucm.es visiting us at UPV-EHU and @dipcehu.bsky.social

If you missed his talk, here is the recording for your delight πŸ‘‡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsJ...

29.09.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happening in ~1 hour πŸ‘‡

26.09.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The YouTube link should in principle be alive forever (meaning a very long time)

23.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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++++ We are hiring ++++

The DFG-funded Research Training Group RTG 3120 – Biomolecular Condensates: From Physics to biological Functions” in Dresden is currently recruiting PhD-candidates.

More Info here: dresdencondensates.org/join-us/

Please apply until October 31,2025

23.09.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last chance to register ❗️

Our special edition webinar featuring talks on #topoisomerase inhibition, transmembrane #signalling and #membrane multilamellarity is this afternoon at 15:00 CEST

Register here ➑️bioexcel.eu/ion8

23.09.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Condensate aficionados, this week, do not miss Jorge ReΓ±e Espinosa's talk at @dipcehu.bsky.social

Friday 26 September: 12:00 PM CET

Zoom: dipc-org.zoom.us/j/97796482927
YouTube: youtube.com/live/ibsJcLv...

22.09.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Eduard Matito and Mario Piris from our lab presenting their recent work at QVEST2025 at Schloss Ringberg
@dipcehu.bsky.social
@ehu.eus

22.09.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Associate - Stott Group - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge Research Associate - Stott Group in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge.

#PostDoc opportunity in molecular #biophysics and structural biology at University of Cambridge (UK) ref: PH47220 | duration: funding to 31-Dec-2028 | closing: 09-Oct-2025 #StructBiol #MolBiol #PostDocJobs #chemsky πŸ§ͺ
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52745/

22.09.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Programa definitivo de Naukas Bilbao 15ΒΊ Aniversario - Naukas Programa definitivo Naukas Bilbao 15 Aniversario (19 al 21 septiembre 2025)

ΒΏAlguien en Bilbao hoy (sΓ‘bado 20 de septiembre)?

No perderse la charla de la maravillosa @elirezabal.bsky.social 😍 (@theochemehu.bsky.social, @dipcehu.bsky.social) en @naukas.bsky.social #NAUKAS2025

⏰11:30 a 11:40 – πŸ’«Elixabete RezabalπŸ’« – ΒΏHueles vibraciones? πŸ‘ƒπŸ“³

naukas.com/2025/09/12/p...

20.09.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It never ends

19.09.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-apocalyptic education What comes after the Homework Apocalypse

In the same way, students could use them to guide whether their understanding of a given concept is accurate. And so much more...

Check below for interesting thoughts
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/post-apoca...

19.09.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I guess that's up for each of us to decide
I've found them to be excellent thinking partners. I'd recommend giving it a try at discussing your hypothesis with them. I've been very positively surprised!

19.09.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think we should help students *use LLMs well* for many of those tasks
Avoiding them is a near impossibility ---other than we should spend more time on the blackboard

19.09.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Resolving Molecular Interactions in Protein Folding Trajectories with NCIPLOT Noncovalent interactions (NCIs) are fundamental to the structure, stability, and function of proteins. These interactions form complex networks that control how different protein regions relate to eac...

Out in its final form
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

17.09.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still on time to apply

15.09.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a terrific recognition of our research field!
Dirk GΓΆrlich (Max Planck Institute GΓΆttingen) and Steven McKnight (UT Southwestern) received the Lasker Award for their work on low-complexity domains and their phase separation.
Read the perspective in PNAS:
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

12.09.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Low-complexity domains: structures & functions
YouTube video by Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Low-complexity domains: structures & functions

The discoveries of D. GΓΆrlich & S. McKnight exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences, revealing new principles of intracellular transport and organization. πŸ§ͺ
#LaskerAward #Lasker2025 #phaseseparation
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=962P...

11.09.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This preprint by @elisedd.bsky.social and @sacquin-mo.bsky.social seems consequential for people performing MD studies of phosphorylated IDPs
#MustRead

11.09.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How does Low Fertility Affect Economic Growth, Worldwide? JesΓΊs FernΓ‘ndez-Villaverde
YouTube video by DrAlice Evans How does Low Fertility Affect Economic Growth, Worldwide? JesΓΊs FernΓ‘ndez-Villaverde

I'd also recommend this fantastic conversation by @draliceevans.bsky.social on this very important topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM82...

11.09.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects Falling fertility rates, migration movements, and China’s population decline.

Why the surprise, doctor? I think there is a reasonable consensus that is emerging about mid-term trends

ourworldindata.org/un-populatio...

11.09.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ @xabierjota.bsky.social and I are looking for candidates for a fully funded PhD position at UPV / EHU to study intrinsically disordered proteins using molecular simulations and computational chemistry calculations
πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬

πŸ“… Deadline: October 1st

πŸ‘‡ Details below, please RT

09.09.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Helmut GrubmΓΌller

πŸ“’ We are hiring #PhD students and #Postdocs at the
@mpi-nat.bsky.social in
in the Department of Theoretical and Computational #Biophysics in GΓΆttingen πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ! πŸ”— check our current job adverts at www.mpinat.mpg.de/grubmueller and find your project. Submit your #application today! #job

02.09.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"standardized test scores help lower-income groups get into the best schools"

24.08.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Predicting heteropolymer phase separation using two-chain contact maps Phase separation in polymer solutions often correlates with single-chain and two-chain properties, such as the single-chain radius of gyration, Rg, and the pair

#MustRead paper for condensate fans (it's all in the contact map)

Predicting heteropolymer phase separation using two-chain contact maps pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/arti...

11.08.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a crime.

I can’t put it any other way.

05.08.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

We are hiring!! πŸ“’ πŸ“’ Looking for a motivated (bio)chemist/biophysicist/biotechnologist to work in an exciting project funded by Ramon Areces Foundation together with the group of MatΓ­as Picchio at POLYMAT.

04.08.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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