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Three scientists at an exhibit table

Great to see Levi McClelland and meet Cindee Yates-Hansen from the University of Montana Center for Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics at Biophysical Society #BPS2026

Storytelling in science communication

Theanne Griffith speaking

@doctheagrif.bsky.social on storytelling in science during the President's Symposium: Communicating the Value of Biophysics in a Changing World at #bps2026

@biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

Love it!

Scientists who have had to do their work in challenging and disruptive times

@holdenthorp.bsky.social speaking next in the symposium.

@biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

Stand up for Science

@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Excited to be at #bps2026 for the 1st time in a long time!

@jeremymberg.bsky.social currently speaking in the President's Symposium: Communicating the Value of Biophysics in a Changing World

Today's President’s Symposium: Communicating the Value of Biophysics in a Changing World features speakers who will discuss perspectives on the current crisis in US investment in science, and approaches for conveying the value of research to human health and prosperity.https://buff.ly/qcRp51M

En route!

Four graphs, showing the response of PA14 and an isogenic pel mutant, and PAO1 and an isogenic pel psl double mutant, to meropenem and colistin. There is no difference between the response of mutants and WTs.

During her PhD, Jenny found something unexpected: biofilm-deficient P. aeruginosa mutants were just as tolerant to antibiotics as the WT when grown in our cystic fibrosis lung model. But why? #MicroSky 1/n

Stand Up for Science Rally - March 7th, 2026
Buffalo NY - Niagara Square
Come one, come all!
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www.facebook.com/events/42518...

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. 🥳

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Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ... TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance

North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/

Round robin on structure analysis from 3D electron diffraction data This blind test uses three known samples to determine the accuracy limits of 3D electron diffraction and to assess various challenges. The study aims to evaluate how well different users with diverse experimental setups can perform tasks such as hydrogen-atom detection, mixed occupancy analysis and absolute structure determination. By comparing results across multiple participants and platforms, we can gauge the reliability of the method and identify potential areas for improvement in 3D electron diffraction techniques.

M​auro Gemmi et al.: Round robin on structure analysis from 3D electron diffraction data @stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@stockholms_univ@uni_mainz@unibasel@uni_mainz...#IUCr https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S205225252600045X

Collage of four photos: Top left shows small tubs with differently colored labels to attach to your badge, while the other three photos show big sign boards with "Welcome to the 2026 AAAS Annual Meeting", "Registration hours" and "Quick Guide to Where Things Are".

Lots of signage and some cool labels to decorate our badges with. Not the usual "speaker", "organizer", or "exhibitor" labels, but "More of a Comment than a Question", "Armchair Astronaut", and "Runs on Coffee".
#AAASMtg

IUCr2026

Co-chairing IUCr 2026 MS-012 “Next-generation validation metrics for macromolecular structures” with Deborah Harrus (@deborah83.bsky.social)! Focus: new validation concepts/methods/best practices across all methods. Submit abstracts by Feb 15; early-bird reg by Mar 31. www.iucr2026.org

Stories from the scientist who changed how we visualize proteins - Nature Reviews Chemistry Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson, Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, discussed her life in science from making her own telescope to developing the ribbon diagrams for the 3D stru...

Stories from #WomenInScience who changed how we visualize #proteins: Ahead of her 85th birthday, Jane Richardson (Duke Univ, @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social president 2012-13) discussed her life from making a telescope to developing ribbon diagrams for 3D protein structure www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One thing I just learned from Bad Bunny is that very careful preparation and attention to every detail, moment by moment, in crafting a presentation can do wonders

Coffee and improved cognition, reduced dementia
>130,000 people followed 37 years
Benefit seen only with caffeinated coffee or tea and most pronounced ~2 cups/day
@jama.com ☕️☕️https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844764

Lastly, this one is for all of my fellow microscopists. Of all realms/modalities. A friend of mine wrote this a decade ago. She's a magnificent microscopist and I love her to pieces.

We are organizing a mini-symposium on "Membrane and Organelle Dynamics" at ASBMB 2026! #ASBMB @asbmb.bsky.social
@aydinlab.bsky.social and I have put together a fantastic lineup of speakers for Day 1 morning. Come learn about some cutting-edge research in the field.

Prohibitins aren’t hanging out just anywhere in the membrane — they prefer the 💁‍♀️💎✨VIP section💅🪩🥂

Lab all-star @mmedina300kv.bsky.social maps these microdomains using cryo-ET + surface morphometrics.

s/o to #teamtomo #cryoET co-authors
@hamid13r.bsky.social
@attychang.bsky.social
@baradlab.com

However, Jeremy Berg, former director of the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, told Research Professional News that Bhattacharya’s comments were “quite misleading”. “The institutes and centres have been nominating members in the way they always have done. However, these nominations are being rejected at the level of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),” claimed Berg, who has heard from people connected to or within the NIH. He added that there were concerns candidates were being vetted based on their alignment or misalignment with the Trump administration, which would be a departure from past practice in which members were selected primarily on expertise, alongside geographic and other diversity considerations required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. “These councils are crucial because of what they do,” Berg said. “Without a functioning advisory council, an institute cannot legally issue any grants.”

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Every American needs to watch this:

Karolin Luger - Vilcek Foundation Karolin Luger's research led to the capture of a high resolution image of chromatin, resulting in the development of innovative drug treatments for diseases like cancer.

Unquestionably the result of combined effort from all current and former lab members, support from colleagues @CSU and @CU, and support from @hhmi-science.bsky.social and NIH over decades. A heartfelt 🙏 to my nominators and of course @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social.
vilcek.org/prizes/prize...

Congrats!! 🎉

#ProtistsOnSky
no 'swimming' by 𝘝𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢, definitively no 'staying still'. just a relaxed walk towards the lunch...

Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.

Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Are you a cell biologist who secretly thinks cellular cryo-electron tomography is just George Palade-era EM, but fancier?

Join this webinar to see how modern #teamtomo has shifted from pretty pictures to quantitative, local membrane biology, and how that changes the questions we can ask.

Bridging Cellular and Structural Biology Through Cryo-electron Tomography - ASCB Cellular cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) holds the grand promise of integrating cellular architecture with molecular structure. Yet, for many cell biologists, this method can seem technically…

Curious about cryo-electron tomography but not sure how it fits into your research? This ASCB webinar with Danielle Grotjahn, Ph.D., breaks down what cryo-ET can do, where it shines, and how it works alongside other imaging methods.

I mean, who among us doesn’t?