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Lucas Tafur

@tafurlab.bsky.social

Structural biologist & biochemist. Group Leader at CNIO, Madrid. #cryoEM #structure

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It took a while but it’s finally published!

The GAP activity of SEAC (GATOR) is a metabolic switch that allows cells to quickly respond to changes in amino acid levels, both for inhibition and reactivation.

13.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Structural basis for TORC2 activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.02.662585v1

03.07.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unbelievable!

28.01.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Predoctoral Research Assistant for the Structural Mechanisms of Cell Growth Group DescriptionThe Structural Mechanisms of Cell Growth Group, within the Structural Biology Programme of the CNIO, is looking for candidates to fill a position as a predoctoral assistant to work on the i...

Interested in how nutrients regulate cellular growth and metabolism?

Join us for your PhD!

Feel free to contact me for any questions!

www.cnio.es/en/empleo/pr...

04.12.2024 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where did she write this?

15.11.2024 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How many of the PDB models that were solved using experimental phasing could have been solved by molecular replacement using models obtained from AlphaFold? #MolecularReplacement #AlphaFold2 #ComputationalMethods t.co/s6EahtcYms

14.11.2024 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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MCR Lab We use biochemistry, structural biology and single-molecule imaging to understand how DNA damage is recognised, signalled and repaired. Starting from September 2024, we are based in the Department...

First post here! βœ¨πŸ¦‹

There is still time to apply! We have a postdoc position open in our lab at Aarhus University πŸ‡©πŸ‡°

We study DNA repair 🧬, combining biochemistry, structural biology, and single-molecule imaging πŸ”¬

Learn more about our research, lab, and Aarhus:
sites.google.com/view/alconla...

13.11.2024 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We report publications that include PDB ids with & without citation.

Here is an example from a πŸ₯ protein structure determined by X-ray crystallography:
www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/entry/p...

Here is an exampe from a virus complex structure impacting πŸ‡ determined by #cryoEM. www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/entry/p...

14.11.2024 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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