Pereda Lab

@peredalab.bsky.social

Structural Molecular Biology | Cell Adhesion and Signaling Also @peredalab@mstdn.science

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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21627 applications. Nothing to celebrate here. Impossible to evaluate fairly & safely. Neither the science (too diverse & possibly LLM generated) nor the soft criteria (likely LLM generated). Without an interview stage - a security risk! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 receives record number of applications

The 2026 call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 21,627 applications submitted.

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ColabFold 1.6.3 is out! 2.5x faster, pip-installable, ipSAE+pDockQ2 scores. Thanks Choonghwan Lee, Marielle Russo, Gyuri Kim 🐍pip install colabfold[alphafold] CF2 Sneak Peak with AF3/Boltz/Protenix/ESMFold2… 🐍pip install "colabfold[alphafold3]@git+https://github.com/sokrypton/ColabFold@af3-preview"

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The summer is (almost) over and, as promised, a postdoc position to join our lab is now officially open! Please apply on our website via the link below, or share with your fellow biochemists / structural biologists / DNA repair aficionados! (deadline 30 September) mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...

Position as postdoc in biochemistry and structural biology of DNA repair - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science, Aarhus University

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Pablo Alcón@palconh.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us! Postdoc position (2-3 years) in our lab @molbiolau.bsky.social Looking for candidates with experience in cell culture, genome editing, biochemistry, and/or structural biology. Application opens in August via AU's system but informal enquiries by email are welcome from now. (1/2)

New paper out today in Blood In this work led by Serena Lee, we show that alternative splicing of FERMT3 creates a kindlin-3 isoform with enhanced membrane recruitment, leading to stronger β2 integrin activation and neutrophil adhesion during stress myelopoiesis. DOI: doi.org/10.1182/bloo...

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How does an adenovirus transform from an immature particle into an infectious virus? See our new preprint for a closer look at how protease activity orchestrates structural changes that enable adenovirus maturation and infectivity. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Protease-driven remodeling of stabilization networks during adenovirus assembly https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.04.740336v1

Some questions for our structural biology community: What protocols do you think would be useful to have? Do you prefer to watch step-by-step videos, or follow written instructions? Of course, not everything has to be a video, but certain workflows are simply best documented on video #protocols

Structural Biology Communications@actacrystf.iucr.org · 2mo ago

A new type of article for Acta F: Protocols The purpose of this new category is to provide to the reader procedures that are sufficiently detailed so other researchers can reproduce the described workflow. Find out more in 'Show me how it's done: introducing Protocols': doi.org/10.1107/S205...

Congratulations to German Rivas and Irene Otero-Muras on this great initiative. Our group is proud to be part of SYNMAC and looks forward to contributing to its success @cib-csic.bsky.social @i2sysbio.es @csic.es @irnasa.bsky.social #SYNMAC

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CSIC)@cib-csic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SYNMAC (CSIC Hub in Engineering Synthetic Biological Matter) is a multidisciplinary strategic initiative in research, advanced training, and innovation funded by @csic.es under the 2025 CONEXIONES-CSIC. Our researcher, German Rivas, coordinates the project together with Irene Otero-Muras (I2sys2bio)