We are actively looking for a NMR facility manager for our growing NMR needs in Syracuse! This facility hosts an 800 with TCI cryoprobe (perfect for disordered protein research) and 600 with Prodigy cryoprobe. Please share with your communities!

Magnetic Resonance News@nmr900.bsky.social · 2w ago

Instructional Support Specialist (NMR Specialist) College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

Instructional Support Specialist (NMR Specialist) College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

Interested in joining a vibrant Syracuse research community? We are looking to hire a NMR facility manager overseeing 600 and 800 MHz Bruker systems (the latter equipped with a TCI cryoprobe). Please share with your networks and apply here!: esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

Make some noise about this 🧪 www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

President Trump seeks control of science funding

The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.

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NIH Grants Management people are truly heroic (as are Program officers)--mine is emailing at 8:50 PM--they are working overtime to keep science in operation in the US.

🌿🧬A conserved proteasome mechanism degrades class B ARFs to balance auxin signaling across land plants, from moss to maize A 500 million year old system for cell fate control @luciastrader.bsky.social @mjprigge.bsky.social @mestelle.bsky.social @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Comparative mutant analyses reveal a novel mechanism of ARF regulation in land plants - Nature Plants

Comparative analysis of maize and moss reveals a 500-million-year-old piece of the auxin-signalling puzzle that controls the protein level of ARFs, key transcriptional regulators.

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It is open comment time for a Project 2025 bill Stand up for Science has a synopsis of it here synopsis of the key points www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a... and also tips for commenting here www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a.... Comment and fight for science!

OMG OMB! A Brief Overview of OMB-2026-0034 — Stand Up for Science Foundation

Our Policy team reviewed the new OMB proposal so you don’t have to read the 412 pages.

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Glad to facilitate tomorrow’s discussion on this critical topic for anyone doing research supported by US federal funding. Please register to join in!

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology@asbmb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How could the OMB's proposed rule affect biomedical research? Join ASBMB and Ellie Dehoney of @researchamerica.bsky.social tomorrow (June 16) at 10 a.m. Eastern for a discussion on the proposal and how you can respond. ➡️ Register: www.asbmb.org/meetings-eve.... #ScienceServesUsAll

Did you know that thermophilic amoeba have been isolated by researchers at Syracuse University from a steam vent at SUNY ESF? artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/biology/news... You can visit this geyser of the built environment when you come to our first fall meeting, held at SUNY ESF this year!

IDPSeminars is back for a final seminar of spring 2026! This week, we welcome Wenwei Zheng and Sigrid Milles! The seminar is at 10 AM PST / 1 pm EST / 7 PM European time on Thursday. Sign up via our website at idpseminars.com!

This is unacceptable. Read below

Laurel Oldach@laureloldach.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thermo Fisher has responded to research integrity activists who spotted apparent manipulation in its antibody catalog: "In ... preparing antibody images for publication on our website, some images may have been adjusted to clarify for presentation purposes." More: cen.acs.org/research-int...

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

🧪 That sourdough starter on your counter? It's a microbial community that's been evolving the whole time you've fed it. @oliverio.bsky.social's lab just won a $2.1M NIH grant to use starters as a model system for studying how microbiomes evolve.

Sourdough Helps Syracuse Scientists Understand Evolution

A new $2.1 million grant from the NIH will support the Oliverio lab’s fermented food research over the next five years.

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Phosphorylation tunes p62 condensates to drive autophagic degradation of ubiquitinated proteins Masaaki Komatsu and collaborators link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Phosphorylation tunes p62 condensates to drive autophagic degradation of ubiquitinated proteins - The EMBO Journal

p62/SQSTM1 self-assembles with polyubiquitin into liquid-like condensates (“p62 bodies”) that function as stress-signaling hubs and selective autophagy cargo. We show that TBK1-dependent phosphorylati...

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#preprint by postdoc Billy Haws reveals the determinants of how UBQLN2 forms puncta under heat stress conditions - using both in vitro and in cell experiments, turns out the substrate-binding / chaperone-binding STI1-I and STI1-II domains are the driving forces! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Happy #BiophysicsWeek! This week is full of free events sponsored by BPS, Subgroups, and Affiliate Event organizers. And don't miss the many biophysics resources created by BPS committees! buff.ly/Yz26hiG

🧬 #Yeast Dsk2 uses its STI1 domain to interact with transient helices, driving phase separation and proteasome condensate formation under stress. This reveals new details about how cells organize protein degradation machinery 🧪 #YeastResearch #SGD #ProteinQuality www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...

Postdocs Nirbhik Acharya and @jessniblo.bsky.social worked awesomely together to show how disordered regions regulate folded domain interactions that affect UBQLN structure, dynamics, and binding. Illustrating the power of experimental (NMR, SAXS) and computational collabs on full-length proteins!!!

Jess Niblo@jessniblo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ever wonder how IDRs and folded domains work together to control function? Using ubiquilins, multidomain proteins involved in protein degradation, we show in our new preprint that IDRs aren’t just linkers, but regulate ensemble and function. Read it here: doi.org/10.64898/202...

Yeast ubiquilin Dsk2 scaffolds proteasome-containing condensates under stress via multivalent interactions – @castanedalab.bsky.social et al show how dynamic interactions among its STI1 domain & transient helices in its disordered region promote its phase-separation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

STI1 domain engages transient helices to mediate Dsk2 phase separation and proteasome condensation - The EMBO Journal

Ubiquitin-binding shuttle proteins are important components of stress-induced biomolecular condensates in cells. Yeast Dsk2 scaffolds proteasome-containing condensates via multivalent interactions wit...

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Postdocs studying IDPs (disordered proteins) and heading to BPS, apply by Dec 15!

IDPSeminars@idpseminars.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social IDP Subgroup Postdoctoral Award honors outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows for their research accomplishments. APPLY by sending your nomination packet to idpsubgroupbps@gmail.com by Dec 15th! Find all information at: www.biophysics.org/awards-fundi...

We just wrapped up the 7th Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology Retreat in the Florida Keys, and the energy was incredible. Under the theme “Colab in the Cays,” scientists from 15+ labs shared 53 talks across two days, with every single participant presenting their work.

We're back for our final seminar of 2025 with talks from @alexholehouse.bsky.social and Birthe Kragelund! 1 pm EST or 7 pm European time. If you're not already signed up, head on over to idpseminars.com to register!

As the Executive Editor of BBA Reviews on Cancer, I am pleased to announce Call for Nominations: *BBA Rising Stars in Biochemistry & Biophysics 2026*!Nominate outstanding scientists within 10 years of their PhD for this prestigious award. Deadline: Dec 1, 2025. lnkd.in/dRzrNbJZ

I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas

This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

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Come work with us at MCW! This position is in the Translational Metabolomics-Preclinical Imaging Shared Resource. This position involves imaging mice, rats and other small animal models with multimodal imaging. careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Medical College of Wisconsin - Research Scientist I - Milwaukee WI 53201

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So thrilled for you! Congratulations, @luciastrader.bsky.social !

Lucia Strader@luciastrader.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The lab is moving to the Salk Institute! We are thrilled to join an inspiring community where we will continue to explore plant growth and development. Deep gratitude for the years of support and collaboration at Duke/NCSU/UNC. www.salk.edu/news-release...

"What does this curved line mean?" Like palm reading for your phase boundary. Plus, when is your condensate actually an oligomer (or vice versa)? A new preprint from the Schmit Group, in collaboration with Jonathon Ditlev, Les Loew, and @ani-chattaraj.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Biomolecular phase boundaries are described by a solubility product that accounts for variable stoichiometry and soluble oligomers

The solubility product is a rigorous description of the phase boundary for salt precipitation and has also been used to qualitatively describe the condensation of biomolecules. Here we present a deriv...

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If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 12mo ago

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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Update on NIH funding through July (August 1 budget start dates) Non-competitive renewal awards by month for fiscal year 2025 1/7