Torsten Schwede

@torstenschwede.bsky.social

Computational Structural Biology @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch @sib.swiss | President of the Research Council of the @snsf-ch.bsky.social | Team Science 🧪

Excited that #ECCB26 is about to start! Looking forward to three days filled with exciting talks and poster presentations, interesting discussions and encounters, and, of course, catching up with colleagues from across the community.

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Congratulations Jay! If I could start my career again from the beginning, your group would be my first choice.

Janani Durairaj (Jay)@ninjani.bsky.social · 3w ago

Some exciting news: I'm joining the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social @dbc-unil.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor next month 🎉 My group will work on context-aware deep learning for protein structure, interaction & design. Postdoc and PhD openings coming soon - keep an eye out!

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What is the state-of-the-art in predicting protein and RNA structures, immune and ligand complexes? Find out at the CASP17 Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction conference in Rome, Italy, December 1–5, 2026. EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS SEPTEMBER 10, 2026. events.humanitix.com/casp17 🧪 #AI

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CASP17 - Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction 3D Structure of Proteins, RNA, and Complexes, Immune Complexes, Ligand Binding, Conformational Ensembles

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The Trump Admin’s attack on science hurts American lives directly with public health pseudoscience & climate change denialism. Fighting back against the Trump Admin isn’t just a fight for science - it’s also a fight for every American. Article: zurl.co/VX3UD

With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress

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Europe always chooses science and partnership. Japan too. Japan is now officially associated with Horizon Europe. This means Japanese researchers and organisations can take part in the world's largest public research and innovation programme. Let's break new frontiers together.

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One month left to apply!! 🧪 @biozentrum.unibas.ch seeks a group👩‍🔬 exploring molecular questions relevant to climate 🌍, including biogeochemical cycles (e.g., carbon, nitrogen) ♻️, bioenergetic energy conversion (e.g., photosynthesis, chemosynthesis) ☀️⚗️, and the adaptation to environmental change 🌊🌡️🦠🌾

Ben Engel@cellarchlab.com · 3mo ago

Super excited to launch this search for a new endowed professor at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch! Join us to build a research cluster in Climate Biophysics! 🌍🌊🌾🔬🧪 This is a unique opportunity to create a community in Basel🇨🇭working together on this timely topic! ⏳🌡️ Questions? Please reach out! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

'Google DeepMind has dismantled the team behind AlphaFold, its Nobel Prize-winning AI system for predicting protein structures, as the company overhauls the research strategy that made it one of the world’s leading AI laboratories.' www.ft.com/content/61b2...

Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift

Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build AI systems for scientific discovery

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Japan has officially become Horizon Europe's 23rd associated country, giving its researchers direct access to EU funding in Pillar 2 consortia. It is the most populous nation to join the programme so far, following New Zealand, Canada and South Korea: sciencebusiness.net/news/horizon...

Japan and EU sign off Horizon Europe association

Japan has officially signed off a deal that associates the country to Horizon Europe, allowing Japanese researchers to apply to some of the programme on an equal basis to Europeans. The deal is the la...

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CASP17, the 17th Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction conference, will take place in person in Rome, Italy, December 1–5, 2026. Registration is open now. What is the state-of-the-art in predicting protein and RNA structures, immune complexes, and ligands? events.humanitix.com/casp17 🧪 #AI

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CASP17 - Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction 3D Structure of Proteins, RNA, and Complexes, Immune Complexes, Ligand Binding, Conformational Ensembles

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📣 Call for Nominations: Open Research Europe (ORE) Scientific Advisory Board. As Open Research Europe (ORE) enters its new phase in autumn 2026, we are pleased to launch a call for nominations for membership of the new ORE Scientific Advisory Board. Application deadline: 10 July 2026 ore.eu 🧪🔬📖

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