We summarize our findings in an animation made in partnership with @jiwasa.bsky.social detailing the process of coronavirus entry into cells 14/19

Researchers found that treatment of intact HIV capsids with lenacapavir causes capsids to rupture, with ruptures occurring first in areas of the capsid with the highest level of curvature. #ASBMB2026 #ASBMB26 Watch in 3D at PDB-101: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...

I am excited to share with you an amazing video on the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway generated by talented Ann Liu from the Janet Iwasa lab @jiwasa.bsky.social @ann-hl.bsky.social. It shows the real structures of the pathway from #NLRP3, #ASC, #caspase-1, #GSDMD, #IL-1b, to #NINJ1. Enjoy!

Interested in molecular animation and in SF for #BPS2026? Stick around for the evening Structural Biology workshop (Rm 204/205/206) and my talk at 8:45pm (New Tools for Visualizing Dynamic Molecular Models) to learn about ProteinBlender! animation-lab.github.io/ProteinBlend...

This was a really fun and interesting Molecule of the Month to do! Check out the article to see even more elaborate RNA-only structures.

RCSB Protein Data Bank@rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Large and intricate naturally occurring structures composed exclusively of RNA... ROOL! More at Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...

Today, our animation synthesizing decades of research on actin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast was published: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration. @margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...

All #CellBio2025 attendees! Here’s our phenomenal lineup for our session on #SciArt & #SciComm: @ahnaskop.bsky.social, @jiwasa.bsky.social, @mag2art.bsky.social, @nat-prunet.bsky.social, and Julia Licholai. Please come by and spread the word! Huge thanks to @ascbiology.bsky.social and co-organizers!

Thanks, @kutv2news and @utahdhhs for the shout-out in your online story about learning your family's health history! kutv.com/features/hea... Check it out - our activities are FREE, easy and printable: learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basi...

Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧 To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp... To Learn More about Dr. Amy Gladfelter: www.cellbio.duke.edu/amy-gladfelter @gladfelterlab.bsky.social

I'm so honored to receive the 2025 Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. Thank you @ascbiology.bsky.social and I look forward to this year's annual ASCB meeting in Philly!

American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · last yr.

Meet the 2025 ASCB Award Winners—trailblazing scientists honored for research, mentoring, education, and innovation. Celebrate excellence across all career stages in cell biology. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...

“In bone marrow alone ~500 million cells are born every min” says Bruce Stillman. Each must duplicate 2+ meters of DNA to avoid errors that can cause cancer & autism. See more from Stillman, @crick.ac.uk’s John Diffley & @uuhsresearch.bsky.social's @jiwasa.bsky.social www.cshl.edu/licensed-to-...

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The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

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The Animation Lab will be giving an animation workshop and table demos, and the GSLC will have a table all day with demos! Come join us!

SSLC Learn.Genetics@learngenetics.bsky.social · last yr.

Summer Science Day is TOMORROW! Join us at the U of U to talk to scientists, tour labs, see demos, and listen to talks! Over 80 activities for all ages! See our action-packed schedule & directions here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Almost fifty U of U researchers are giving over 80 demos, lab tours, workshops and talks for the public this Saturday, July 12th! Science-curious? We have something for everyone! 10am-4pm @utah.edu. Schedule and directions here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Zoom In. Geek Out. Take a Backstage Pass to the Secret Life of Cells! Take a tour of the HSC Cell Imaging Core at 12, 1 or 2pm during Summer Science Day this Sat July 12th! Find the full Summer Science Day schedule here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

So grateful to be posting happy work-related news. First- I'm now tenured! Thank you @uofubiochem.bsky.social, @utah.edu, and Animation Lab collaborators! Also, 2 of GSLC's (@learngenetics.bsky.social) terminated science education grants were reinstated! AND Summer Science Day is next week!

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ALT: a dog is dancing in a room with the words happy dance written on the bottom .

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One week until Summer Science Day! Everyone is welcome to visit @UofUHealth for lab tours, public-friendly talks, demos, and workshops! Saturday July 12th from 10am-4pm. Check out our action-packed schedule here: gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Artists belong in science! Come to Summer Science Day & learn about: + How to draw dinosaurs! + Animating science w stop-motion animation! + Making a science comic! + Using 3D animation to bring science to life! Sat 7/12, 10am-4pm. Free all-ages open house at the U. gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Check out this new review (with animations, natch) of mechanisms of licensing origins of DNA replication - a wonderful (and continuing!) collaboration with Bruce Stillman @cshlnews.bsky.social and John Diffley @crick.ac.uk! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Working with collaborators at the Crick Institute and the University of Utah, CSHL's President and CEO Bruce Stillman explores how pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs)—even earlier than ORCs—assemble to initiate DNA replication in all plants, animals, and fungi.

The Francis Crick Institute@crick.ac.uk · last yr.

Researchers at the Crick, @cshlnews.bsky.social and the @utah.edu have laid out in detail how the ‘pre-replicative complex’ is assembled at the start of DNA replication. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You're trying to fill the summer days. What do we have that might be interesting for you and your kids? How about electron microscopes? Glowing fish?! Pig lungs??!! Come to Summer Science Day at the U on Saturday, July 12. Free and open to the public! gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

U of U Summer Science Day is less than two weeks away! Come to the U on Saturday July 12th between 10am-4pm for lab tours, science demos, talks, and fun for all ages! Free and open to the public. Schedule will be coming out in the next day or two! gslc.utah.edu/summer-scien...

Paper Published: A new chapter for Molecule of the Month Read how @jiwasa.bsky.social has taken over as the series creator of stories about critically important biological macromolecules pubs.aip.org/aca/sdy...

...and big thanks to @jiwasa.bsky.social for making this amazing video to illustrate the strand-sliding mechanism!

📣New FREE module drop! In Genetic Tech Investigations, students explore what technologies like sequencing, mass spec, and others reveal about the process from genes to proteins. ➡️ teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/gent... #ScienceTeachers #NGSS #Genetics #STEM

Meet Dr. Laura Dassama, an Assistant Professor at Stanford University. This illustration by Rachel Torrez showcases how the Dassama Group uses tools of chemistry and physics to provide molecular insights into complex biological processes.

Had a great time chatting with Flora Lichtman and Tim Lee @nhmu.bsky.social a couple of weekends ago here in SLC, and excited that our Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social piece will be airing today! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sci...

How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible

A cell animator and a museum designer tell us how they translate scientific findings into visual experiences.

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IT ALL STARTS NOW!!! #UGivingDay is underway! donate.utah.edu/giving-day-2... Go here tinyurl.com/482kzszf RIGHT NOW. Be among the first donors to the GSLC in our first-ever Giving Day campaign! Follow #MeettheGSLC to see to some of our most popular activities.

Please consider supporting the Genetic Science Learning Center (gslc.utah.edu) and Learn.Genetics (learn.genetics.utah.edu)! We're raising funds during #UGivingDay to help maintain this free (and fun!) resource that's used by science learners around the world.

SSLC Learn.Genetics@learngenetics.bsky.social · last yr.

#UGivingDay donations are already open, and more than 400 donors have already given to projects across the #UniversityofUtah. Join in today! Support the Genetic Science Learning Center: tinyurl.com/482kzszf Be among the very first to donate! The first $3000 in donations are matched.

We're excited to feature Dr. Shahzad Khan @zadkhan.bsky.social , an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at UNC Chapel Hill, for #SeeingDiversity! This illustration (by @ann-hl.bsky.social ) highlights his studies on the molecular mechanisms of primary cilia loss in neurodegenerative diseases.

6th-8th grade teachers: Join our pilot study to get the first look at a new integrated science/engineering module. Try out “Bioengineering” in your classroom and let us know how we can make it better! Sign up by 2/20 here: utah.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #STEM #TeachersofBluesky #k12