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Kelly Nguyen

@kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social

Group Leader @MRC_LMB /Structural Biologist/Biochemist. Amateur baker in free time #RNAworld #spliceosome #telomerase #telomeres #cryoEM #Xraycrystallography

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Check out our new preprint on the discovery of a molecular switch in NAC that mediates nascent chain sorting on the ribosome and prevents mitochondrial protein mistargeting by SRP. A great collaboration with the Shan Lab @Caltech and the Qi Lab @UVA: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

01.08.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Congratulations Girish and team! πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰

31.07.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sub-3 Γ… resolution protein structure determination by single-particle cryo-EM at 100 keV Cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) has transformed structural biology by providing high-resolution insights into biological macromolecules. We report s…

Now out in Structure: Paper on high-resolution #cryoEM using the 100 kV Tundra cryo-TEM by Dimple Karia, Adrian Koh, @abhaykot.bsky.social, @lingboyu.bsky.social, @landerlab.bsky.social and many others. Happy to have contributed to this effort. Check it out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

30.07.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸš¨Job alertπŸš¨πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
We're looking for a senior scientist (program head) in the developmental, stem cell, and cancer biology program at the Hospital for Sick Children

25.07.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An inspiring read. Thank you sharing your journey Francesca!

23.07.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ For all HaloTag loversπŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ’›β€οΈπŸ’œπŸ©Ά we are excited to share that our work, in which we developed a new biotin-HaloTag ligand, is now published in @jcb.org! Full link here: rupress.org/jcb/article-...

23.07.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor - Nature Microbiology Sequence and structural analyses reveal a divergent peptidyl transferase centre and a hibernation factor in archaea.

Out now:

Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor

@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co

#microsky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.07.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😍 so much inspiration in one photo

17.07.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc in Structural Biology of RNA processing complexes Postdoctoral positions in structural biology of macromolecular complexes are available in the laboratory of Dr. Eva Kowalinski at the EMBL Grenoble, France. We are looking for highly motivated and amb...

Postdoc positions in structural biology of RNA processing complexes.

An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.

Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...

17.07.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Research Group Leader in Chemical/Synthetic Biology at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

We are looking to recruit a tenure track group leader in the field of Chemical/Synthetic Biology (in the broadest sense) to lead a research program within the Division of Protein & Nucleic Acid Chemistry ( www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW809/r... ) at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).

14.07.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Our entrance into protein design! Inverse folding steered by external sources of information, and for multiple conformations. By the amazing @kaiyi94.bsky.social and @kjamali.bsky.social!
Download our code and try it yourself. πŸ₯³

15.07.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share that our latest story on Restrictor is out now in @genesdev.bsky.social!! Big thank you to my fellow co-first author Hanneke, Karen @adelmanlab.bsky.social and co-authors Nathalie and Allison!

14.07.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Intracellular pathogen effector reprograms host gene expression by inhibiting mRNA decay - Nature Communications Intracellular pathogens hijack host gene expression to subvert cellular processes. Here, the authors show that Legionella pneumophila’s PieF effector inhibits the human CCR4-NOT deadenylation machiner...

Happy to share the latest work on a bacterial protein that inhibits human mRNA decay machinery, in collaboration with @smlea.bsky.social #RNAsky

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Intracellular pathogen effector reprograms host gene expression by inhibiting mRNA decay | Nature Communications

13.07.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Indeed. Serendipitously we found it. Science always brings new surprises.

11.07.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Highly collaborative efforts that involved 6 lab members and the labs of @yiliangding.bsky.social and @rdaslab.bsky.social. We uncovered a telomerase dimer and its potential role in telomere maintenance.

11.07.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cryo-EM structure of human telomerase dimer reveals H/ACA RNP-mediated dimerization Telomerase ribonucleoprotein (RNP) synthesizes telomeric repeats at chromosome ends using a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase RNA (hTR in humans). Previous structural work showe...

Proud to share our work where we resolved a longstanding question regarding the existence of a human telomerase dimer and provided insights into its function. Led by 3 amazing lab members in collaboration with @yiliangding.bsky.social and @rdaslab.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

10.07.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
Sjors Scheres

Sjors Scheres

Excellent opportunity for a postdoc to join @sjorsscheres.bsky.social in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division to work on #cryoEM structure determination of amyloid filaments in a lively, multi-disciplinary group.
Read more: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 03 AUG
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs

07.07.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Structural insights into transcriptional regulation by the helicase RECQL5 - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Florez Ariza and Lue et al. use cryo-electron microscopy to investigate how the RECQL5 helicase regulates transcription. Their structural findings suggest that RECQL5 can modulate RNA polymerase II’s ...


Our work, co-led by @alfredo0712.bsky.social and @nlue8.bsky.social is out in @natsmb.nature.com Shout out to coauthors P.Grob, B. Kaeser, J.Fang, and S. Kassube for their contributions and thanks to the reviewers for the suggestions that led to the final work.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

07.07.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Great opportunity for a Research Support Officer to join @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, supporting @deriverylab.bsky.social in their studies of the molecular mechanisms behind receptor sorting in endosomes.
More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 10 JUL
#ScienceJobs

23.06.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool structures. Congratulations Bettina!

26.06.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our paper on Lymphostatin is now out (rdcu.be/etk2v). It shows #cryoEM structures of this huge virulence factor revealing amazing domain reorganisations.
Very enjoyable collaborating with the Stevens Lab in Edinburgh and the Boersch Lab in Jena to see how it gets into cells.
@uni-wuerzburg.de πŸ§ͺ❄️

25.06.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Joe Greener

Joe Greener

Excellent opportunity for a postdoc to join @jgreener64.bsky.social’s group at the LMB.
You’ll help develop novel molecular simulation methods to optimise sequences for diverse design tasks in computational protein design.
See: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 13 JUL
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs

25.06.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Scientist - Structural Studies - Dr Sjors Scheres - LMB 2640 - Cambridgeshire job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) | 12840844 Postdoctoral Scientist Starting Salary: Β£41,344 Fixed term: 3 years MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK We are looking for a postdoc...

We have a 3-year funded postdoc position to work on structures of #amyloid filaments. If you are an expert in protein biochemistry, structural biology or #cryoEM / #cryoET, this could be for you! Feel free to email me with any questions. Come join us! 🀩

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

25.06.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations Zoe! πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠ

25.06.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deeply touched and honored by the Universidad AutΓ³noma de Madrid, my alma mater, (@uam.es) making me Doctor Honoris Causa. Thank you to the Department of Physical Chemistry for nominating me for this recognition. It was a memorable day for me and my familyπŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“

24.06.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Like a dream, my name next to that of @isabelallende.com, and to be recognized by Universidad Internacional MenΓ©ndez Pelayo UIMP. Soon after, Irene Vallejo @irenevalmore.bsky.social will receive the same honor. I feel proud to be linked to these truly inspiring, talented women! Thank you UIMP!

24.06.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of 3 rows of people on steps at the MRC LMB. From left to right - top row: Akaash, Vic, Lara - Middle row: Kerrie, Manu, Paddy - bottom row: Meg  and Julie

A picture of 3 rows of people on steps at the MRC LMB. From left to right - top row: Akaash, Vic, Lara - Middle row: Kerrie, Manu, Paddy - bottom row: Meg and Julie

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring a Research Assistant – no PhD needed!
Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes.
Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired πŸ§«πŸ”¬
Apply now πŸ‘‰ www.nature.com/naturecareer...

#STEMCareers #ResearchJobs

23.06.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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Structure of the virulence-associated Neisseria meningitidis filamentous bacteriophage MDAphi

Out in @pnas.org

Congrats @janboehning.bsky.social @abultarafder.bsky.social Miles Graham @mathieucoureuil.bsky.social
@mrclmb.bsky.social @hopitalnecker.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

23.06.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you Hana. I hope you are doing well.

23.06.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sad that I can’t be there. I hope it was fun as always.

21.06.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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