Excited to share the SNPstar! preprint! 🌿 SNPstar helps researchers explore how natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana affects protein structure and function by integrating SNP data, AlphaFold3 models, stability predictions, population context, and more. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

SNPstar: A Web Server Linking Allelic Variation to Protein Structure and Function in Arabidopsis thaliana

Understanding how natural genetic variants affect protein structure and function is central to plant biology. The 1001 Genomes Project has catalogued millions of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...

biorxiv.org

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2026: Building proteins and bonds! The SNP2PROT crew did a great job opening up protein designing to the visitors ( the tiny ones being the best protein designers!😉) #SNP2Prot#ldnw Thank you for the pictures! @juliagrimmer.bsky.social

🦉🔬Die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften in Halle findet heute Abend statt und Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler von iDiv sind mit spannenden Mitmachprogrammen dabei! Kommt vorbei ab 17 Uhr im Institut der Geobotanik! @unihalle.bsky.social lndwhalle.de/programm?org...

🌱🔬 SNP2Prot is taking part in the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2026 in Halle! Join us for talks, posters, and hands-on activities exploring plant science, proteins, DNA, and more. #LNdW #SNP2Prot snp2prot.uni-halle.de/event/lange-...

Lila Tomaten 🍅 & mehr Zur Langen Nacht d Wissenschaft lädt @ipbhalle.bsky.social am Fr., 3. Juli in #Halle, Weinberg 3 Es bietet ein Mitmachprogramm für alle Sinne + diskutiert u.a. wie mit der Genschere CRISPR/Cas (#NGT) neue Pflanzensorten 🌱entstehen www.ipb-halle.de/oeffentlichk...

Bunte Bakterien und lila Tomaten zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft

Pressemitteilung des IPB vom 24.6.2026

ipb-halle.de

Last week at #Dinner4Democracy, #SNP2Prot speaker Marcel Quint sparked engaging conversations about the future of agriculture, biotechnology, and protein design. Thanks to all participants!🌱💬 makesciencehalle.science2public.com/aktuelles/ve... Picture credit: © Paul Hoffmann, science2public e.V.

🚀 Turbo für die Forschung: Die Uni Halle hat ein neues hochauflösendes Kryo-Elektronenmikroskop in Betrieb genommen. Mit dem Gerät kann das Team um Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Kastritis noch schnellere und bessere Aufnahmen von Proteinen, Polymermaterialien oder ganzen Zellen anfertigen. mlu.de/7pgrt

Big news for #SNP2Prot! 🎉 The new Krios 5 cryo-EM at @unihalle.bsky.social is online. Led by SNP2Prot PI Panagiotis Kastritis, it will boost protein structure research and open new avenues for studying plant proteoform diversity. 🌱🔬🚀 pressemitteilungen.pr.uni-halle.de/index.php?mo...

‼️Job alert📢🚨 We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."

We are recruiting a Junior PI to join CRC 1664 @snp2prot.bsky.social, funded through the FEM POWER programme supporting women in STEM. own budget, a funded PhD position, outstanding infrastructure + supportive colleagues. More information: snp2prot.uni-halle.de/2026/06/05/j...

Congratulations @aciattoni.bsky.social ! #SNP2Prot #C05

Mariana Schuster@marischuster.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have no words, best poster @adithya1972.bsky.social 🥇and best talk @aciattoni.bsky.social 🥇on #ICPP2026 I am incredibly proud of you guys! Thanks to the organizers for this recognition and for putting together a wonderful meeting. @simonstael.bsky.social @ipbhalle.bsky.social #SNP2Prot

Our own @aciattoni.bsky.social takes the floor and shows our progress on understanding the biochemistry of SAP1-MucD interaction. #ICPP2026 #SNP2Prot @ipbhalle.bsky.social #ProudSupervisor

Now on: our own Christian Wall presenting the nepenthesin work (published) he made with @sinzandrea.bsky.social prior joining #SNP2Prot @unihalle.bsky.social #IPP2026

Johannes Debler from CCDM Perth delivered today a captivating talk on novel and mysterious nucleic acid elements identified in fungal plant pathogens. Cheers to one more "not-yet-known" 🧬🧬 @jwdebler.bsky.social @theccdm.bsky.social @curtinuniversity.bsky.social #GRDC #Transposon #Ascochyta

Oxygen deprivation due to flooding brings many changes in plant physiology. SNP2Prot hosted Dr Romy Schmidt-Schippers from Uni Bielefeld today. Her work demonstrated key proteins and cellular pathways that adapt upon flood induced hypoxia. #Hypoxia #RCD1 #Arabidopsis #O2 #OxygenSensing #Evolution

Devising outdoor evolution experiments with multicellular eukaryotes is always a challenge. Check out the Science article below where SNP2Prot captains M. Quint and C. Delker took part! Congrats to authors across the globe👏 doi.org/10.1126/scie... #Evolution #Arabidopsis @carolindelker.bsky.social

Rapid adaptation and extinction in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis

Climate change forces species to adapt rapidly to avoid extinction. To directly observe rapid adaptation and extinction, we conducted synchronized evolution experiments with Arabidopsis thaliana in 30...

doi.org

Latest publication from SNP2Prot colleagues C. Wall and A. Sinz reveals that the Nepenthesin protease, isolated from 𝘕𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 sp., carries superior proteolytic activity towards IDPs. Kudos to the team 🎉 doi.org/10.1002/cbic... #MassSpec #Protease #IDPs #Proteomics @sinzandrea.bsky.social

A Native Nepenthesin Reactor for Improved Proteolytic Digestion of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Proteomics Workflows

A workflow is presented for the extraction and purification of native nepenthesin (NEP-NAT) from Nepenthes species, followed by the enzyme's immobilization on POROS-AL chromatographic material. The N...

doi.org

Many congrats to SNP2Prot colleagues C. Tüting, G. Künze & P. Kastritis on their latest publication! Read on to find the authors providing resolution to a 50y-old hypothesis, by demonstrating acid-driven protein desolvation. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #CryoEM #MDsimulation #PNAS #ProteinScience

After two inspiring days with @crc1644.bsky.social, it’s clear how complementary our initiatives are. Exited for future collaborations! @dfg.de

The final day of our joint retreat with @crc1644.bsky.social starts with a talk by our invited speaker @alexanderforderer.bsky.social

What a treat to get a master class on XL-MS from the one and only @sinzandrea.bsky.social #SNP2Prot

Kick-off of our joint retreat of CRC1644 & @snp2prot.bsky.social We are excited and look forward to two inspiring days!

What is better than a CRC retreat? A retreat of two CRCs! Welcome @crc1644.bsky.social to Halle! We are exited for two days of getting to know each other and discovering new synergies.

Early kick‑off for the SNP2Prot Spring Retreat. Ready to dive in! 🌱

I love this community! Looking forward to a couple of days with this fantastic bunch and lots of great science.

SNP2Prot@snp2prot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Day one of our spring retreat. The poster session is in full swing! @unihalle.bsky.social

Day one of our spring retreat. The poster session is in full swing! @unihalle.bsky.social

How does life thrive in extreme light conditions? Excited to share recent work from SNP2Prot colleagues Rameez Arshad and Panos Kastritis (along with Roman Kouřil and others) Check out their paper to know what 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘪 was hiding about its PSII supercomplex www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cryo-EM structure of photosystem II supercomplex from a green microalga with extreme phototolerance - Nature Communications

Photosystem II drives photosynthesis, but how desert algae adapt to excess of light remains unclear. Here, authors present a cryo-EM structure of PSII from Chlorella ohadii, revealing structural featu...

nature.com

@cnaumann123.bsky.social invited @degradomics.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de as #SNP2Prot seminar speaker. It is always a pleasure to discuss with a fellow #protease researcher!

Today we welcome Markus Geisler from University of Fribourg to our #SNP2Prot seminar!

Thanks @somssich.bsky.social for a truly fantastic lecture!

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Six months after leaving Academia, I am back giving a lecture on #PlantScience History as Guest Speaker of the @snp2prot.bsky.social Program @unihalle.bsky.social. Thank you @carolindelker.bsky.social for inviting & hosting me. It was a pleasure to talk about Arabidopsis History to the students. 🙂