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
Cyclic peptides, such as this one conceived by Yu-Shan Lin’s group at Tufts University, are increasingly being explored for their therapeutic potential. #chemsky 🧪
Cyclic peptides are having a moment
In this Eye on Patents column, we explore the pharmaceutical industry’s embrace of these circular molecules
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Happening tomorrow! If in San Sebastián, do not miss!
DIPC@dipcehu.bsky.social · 2mo agoTomorrow #DIPCcolloquia 👇 📌 Self-Assembly of the Tau Protein: Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Fibrillization 👨🔬 Joan-Emma Shea, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, USA 🗓️ June 4, 16h 🏫 DIPC Josebe Olarra Seminar Room
Hard to believe that 'Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation' is over! With everyone already on their way back, we can't stop thinking about what a brilliant time we've had over the past 4 days. Safe travels and stay tuned for more info on the poster prize winners! #EESPhaseSeparation 🧪
Day 2 of 'Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation' going well so far, with the first poster session behind us! 📊🔍 Looking forward to many interesting talks still ahead of us as well as to more time to socialise this evening 💬 #EESPhaseSeparation @embo.org @embl.org
Atomistic #moleculardynamics simulations of short #peptides can lead to better understanding more complex molecular systems. Join us to hear more from @daviddesancho.bsky.social 🗓️ 12 May 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/dx7m #ComputerSimulation #biophysics #proteins
Webinar: Driving forces in biomolecular condensates from atomistic simulations of model peptides (2026-05-12)
Date: 12 May 2026 Time: 15:00 CET Registration Abstract Short peptides have been instrumental as models for more complex systems. Studying short peptides, we have gained understanding of fundamental ...
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Tomorrow #DIPCcolloquia 👇 📌 Density Functional Theory: Why It Works, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next 👨🔬 Kieron Burke, School of Physical Sciences, @ucirvine.bsky.social 🗓️ April 16, 16h 🏫 DIPC Josebe Olarra Seminar Room
Check out our latest work in collaboration with @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social and @masaashimazoe.bsky.social We show that H1 is a dynamic, multivalent “liquid-like” glue of chromatin in cells: it bridges multiple nucleosomes & exchanges partners frequently to enable both compaction and flexibility
Kazuhiro Maeshima@kazu-maeshima.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur H1 paper is out #ScienceAdvances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @masaashimazoe.bsky.social et al. reveal that linker histone H1 acts as a liquid-like glue to organize chromatin in live cells. 🎉 Fantastic collab with @rcollepardo.bsky.social @janhuemar.bsky.social and others—huge thanks! 🙌 1/
⭐️ Registration and Abstract submission is open for the "3rd BioExcel Conference on Advances in Biomolecular Simulations" 🗓️ 27 - 30 September 2026 📍 Brno, Czechia ℹ️ More info: bioexcel.eu/hzr0 #molecularsimulation #moleculardynamics #AI #compchem #drugdesign #molecule #computing #conference
⏳ 1 day left! The deadline for PS40 Open Talks & Travel Awards is March 17. ✈️ 100+ travel awards available 🔬 Opportunity to present an Open Talk Join us in Boston (July 19–22) for The Protein Society’s 40th Anniversary Symposium. Submit here: www.proteinsociety.org/annual-sympo... #PS40
Don't forget to register! Our #webinar "Peeking into the black box of GROMACS performance" is happening tomorrow 🗓️ 17 March 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/oryy #webinar #moleculardynamics @gromacs.bsky.social
Interested in best practices for creating and maintaining reproducible workflows for biomolecular simulations? Join us for our #webinar 🗓️ 17 February 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/7c2s #molecularsimulations #workflows #FAIR #SoftwareEngineering @coderefinery.org
Are you interested in integrative structural biology, but feel a bit lost? Don't worry, we have you covered with our FEBS Advanced Course, Lost in Integration Vol. 2 — probing biomolecules with AI and experiments probingbiomolecules2026.febsevents.org network.febs.org/posts/integr...
Kresten Lindorff-Larsen@lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 9mo agoI attended a summer school on Spetses 🇬🇷 just as I was beginning my PhD. Looks like I will be going again in 2026 with "Lost in Integration vol. 2". Details to follow.
📣 we are hiring! We are looking for candidates for a fully funded PhD position at EHU to study organic radicals and charge-to-spin conversion mechanisms using computational chemistry methods @ec.europa.eu 👩🔬🧑🔬 📅 Deadline: April 17 👇 Details below, please RT www.danielreta.com/phd-computat...
PhD in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling — Daniel Reta Research Group
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Fresh news! 📷 Registration & Abstract Submission for #DFT2026 Now Open! Register before 15 March 2026 to secure the early bird fee! Abstract submission is open until 31 May 2026. Find all details here: dft2026.com
DFT 2026
21st International Conference on Density Functional Theory and its Applications
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Excited to share a fantastic set of sessions coming up at the MDDB Conference: Day 1: Large-scale MD simulations Day 2: MD kinetics and free energy / Industrial applications of MD Day 3: Innovative applications of MD to biological systems Explore more and register at ➡️ mddbr.eu/conference/ #MDDB
📢 We have a fully funded PhD studentship available for Oct 2026 start on "Training force fields for computer-aided drug design with machine learning", in collaboration with Ioan Magdau and SandboxAQ. Full details and how to apply: www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate... Closing date: 18 Jan 2026 #compchem
Queridos y queridas colegas, es un verdadero honor invitaros al 48º Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular (SEBBM), que celebraremos en la ciudad de Tarragona del 7 al 10 de septiembre de 2026. ¡Reservad vuestras fechas!
¡No te pierdas los próximos #webinariosAEI! ➡️ Ramón y Cajal 2025 (#RYC2025): 12 noviembre, 12:00h → lnkd.in/dgzXYSQF ➡️ #PID2025: 18 noviembre, 10:30h → lnkd.in/dnX4JfSN ➡️ #CPP2025: 11 diciembre, 12:00h → lnkd.in/dW4ZYnqS www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...
Aurkines, an alternative to traditional chemotherapy for cholangiocarcinoma treatment. mappingignorance.org/2025/10/16/a...
Aurkines could spark a new era in fighting resistant cancers
Aurkines cause rampant DNA double-strand breaks, spark apoptosis, and curb growth in both naïve and resistant tumours in mice
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John Gurdon, former Group Leader and Head of @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social has died. Despite calling himself a "total non-intellectual” his work to reprogramme somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells transformed the field of developmental biology. More: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/john-gurdon-... #LMBNews
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪
The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks
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🧑🎓We have a new PhD!!!! 🥳 Congrats to the great Antonio Cebreiro, who today defended his PhD, supervised by David Casanova @dipcehu.bsky.social
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...
May she rest in peace
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 10mo agoBreaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
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...
Last week, we were lucky to have Jorge Reñé 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 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsJ...
Multiscale modelling of liquid-liquid and liquid-solid transitions in biomolecular condensates
YouTube video by Donostia International Physics Center
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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
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 ➡️bioexcel.eu/ion8
Condensate aficionados, this week, do not miss Jorge Reñe 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...
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