THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM EXCEPT IT IS UNDERFUNDED. Breaking it, redesigning it, etc, cannot fix this.
John Rubinstein
@johnrubinstein.bsky.social
CryoEM, Bioenergetics, V-ATPases, and OxPhos - increasingly in TB drug discovery. Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children Professor, U of Toronto 👨👩👧🔬🚲 rubinsteinlab.org COI: structura.bio
29(!) years ago I visited Richard Henderson at LMB to ask about doing a PhD. Richard asked Sarah, a senior student, to take me for a (truly terrible, this was England in the 90s) coffee at Addenbrooks hospital to talk about grad student life at LMB. Amazing what Sarah has accomplished since then!
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology@mrclmb.ac.uk · 2d agoCollaborators and colleagues of Sarah Teichmann gathered at the LMB to mark 25 years since she established her research group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division. Read more here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... 📷: JET Photographic #LMBNews #LMBalumni @scicambridge.bsky.social @teichlab.bsky.social
New preprint from our lab! Generating Structural Ensembles of Disordered Proteins with Diffusion Models Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... Code: github.com/rauscher-lab... #MachineLearning #MolecularDynamics #ComputationalBiophysics #IntrinsicallyDisorderedProteins
Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic, on why he never gave up. Big Pharma scoffed, but he persevered, by Dan Bilefsky www.begiant.ca/stories/peop... via @be-giant.bsky.social @sinaihealthtoronto.bsky.social
Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist behind Ozempic on why he never gave up
Big Pharma scoffed. But Daniel Drucker’s dogged pursuit of a secret buried in lizard genes propelled a mega medical breakthrough
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We're in turbulent times in health research with unprecedented advances coupled with funding challenges. CIHR is at the cross-roads of this and is looking for a special advisor to the President (2 days a week, secondment). Be part of the solution. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54823.html
Special Advisor to the President - CIHR
Canada has exceptional health research talent and a strong record of scientific discovery. The challenge—and the opportunity—is to ensure more discoveries lead to better health, stronger health systems, new therapies and technologies, and a globally competitive life sciences sector.
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Yet another opportunity @dunnschool.bsky.social! We are looking for an Associate Professor If you have exciting research plans, @dunnschool.bsky.social is a great place: excellent science (and lovely people, obvs) www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...
Associate Professorship of Cancer Biology - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in association with the Queen’s College. - Dunn School
We are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor working in the area of the cellular and/or molecular biology of cancer, to be based in Oxford University’s Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. The ro...
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A new PhD is formed. Congratulations @zestytoast.bsky.social on a spectacular defense! And thanks to Christina Stallings for serving as external examiner (and guest speaker)
Molecular & Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Molecular & Cellular Biotechnology through the Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders program. Please share widely! careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Assistant Professor (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader)
Assistant Professor (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader)
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🇨🇦 Today we kicked off our hands-on workshop, “Beyond Consensus Refinements: Advanced Cryo-EM Data Processing with CryoSPARC,” in collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children @sickkidsto.bsky.social! Excited for two days of diving deeper into advanced #cryoEM data processing with #CryoSPARC. 🔬
🔎 A classic #cryoEM particle curation conundrum: 2D or 3D classification? "Decoy Classification" using Heterogeneous Refinement in #CryoSPARC curates particles directly in 3D, helping remove junk particles while preserving valuable views. Read more in the CryoSPARC Blog 👉 bit.ly/3SXfwS0
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics
Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology...
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This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social · last mo.For the first time in over 30 years, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern cod stock has been deemed “healthy” by Ottawa. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/09/05/i...
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Professor Bonnie Bassler is awarded the Copley Medal for her discovery of the universality of chemical communication in bacteria and for her idea that interfering with this communication could form the basis of novel anti-bacterials. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/copley-medal/
Professor Dame Janet M Thornton DBE FMedSci FRS is awarded the Croonian Medal and Lecture 2027 for her pioneering work in protein structural and functional bioinformatics. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/croonian-lecture/
The Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2027 is awarded to Dr Thi Hoang Duong (Kelly) Nguyen for her ground-breaking discoveries into the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/francis-crick-lecture/
Professor Lewis E Kay FRS is awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2026 for his remarkable contribution to understand and quantify protein dynamics and their relevance to protein function. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/
📣📣📣 The University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is recruiting 25 (yes, 25!) Assistant Professors in a wide range of disciplines (from arts to education to geology to maths), two of these at our Faculty. Happy to talk to anyone interested in knowing more about Sweden, Gothenburg or GU!
Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative
The University of Gothenburg is launching the Global Scholars Initiative – a coordinated international recruitment effort comprising 25 research positions across a broad range of disciplines and facul...
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I met Ada when I was a new PI before her Nobel Prize. She spotted a copy of F.A. Cotton's "Chemical Applications of Group Theory" on my shelf and proceeded to tell me some of the most interesting stories about science and scientists I've ever heard. She was one of a kind. Rest in Peace.
Weizmann Institute of Science@weizmann.ac.il · last mo.We, the Weizmann Institute of Science community, deeply mourn the passing of Prof. Ada Yonath - Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance. May her memory be a blessing. bit.ly/ada-yonath-eng
Today 🇨🇦 announced the 64 scholars recruited from top US universities for the Canada Global Impact+ Chairs. They sounds like great scientists. But the enormous level of funding funnelled to this program is jaw-dropping when compared to the pitiful success rates at CIHR.
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
Such an honor to receive the Francis Crick Medal from the Royal Society. As I always say, I am just very lucky to have worked with amazing people. Big shoutout to all past and present lab members, mentors, colleagues and collaborators for continuing inspiring me!
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology@mrclmb.ac.uk · last mo.Kelly Nguyen, Group Leader in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been awarded the 2027 Francis Crick Medal and Lecture from @royalsociety.org. Read more about @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s research on telomerase here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBNews
In April this year at a medical conference (ASCO 2026), results of a drug improving overall survival in patients with #PancreaticCancer received a standing ovation - almost unheard of. Exciting to see the RAS inhibitor #daraxonrasib now approved by the FDA for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 🧪
MedChemExpress@medchemexpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe FDA has approved Rasonque (#daraxonrasib), a first-in-class, once-daily oral #RAS(ON) inhibitor, for previously treated metastatic #PDAC. In the Phase 3 RASolute 302 trial (500 patients): 🔹Overall survival: 13.2 vs. 6.7 months 🔹Risk of death reduced by ~60%
So many important contributions. The story of the development of abberation-corrected electron microscopy, in which Prof. Rose player a central role, is one of the most remarkable in science. Arguably should have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Lars-Anders Carlson@lacarlson.bsky.social · 2mo agoHarald Rose, the giant of electron microscopy theory, passed away this summer aged 91. Thankful to his contributions to our field! Ruhe in Frieden, Prof. Rose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_...
Harald Rose, the giant of electron microscopy theory, passed away this summer aged 91. Thankful to his contributions to our field! Ruhe in Frieden, Prof. Rose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_...
Harald Rose - Wikipedia
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BREAKING: The U.S. is imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products after last-ditch negotiations failed. Canada promises to match the tax.
US is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products
The United States is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.
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