Very pleased to share our recent work on sialic acid uptake in pneumococcus- a great team effort across @diamondlightsource.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and RCaH @instruct-eric.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42... #glycotime

Streptococcus pneumoniae substrate binding protein SatA specifically recognises the α-anomer of N-acetylneuraminic acid - Communications Biology

The respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae uses the substrate binding protein SatA of the ABC transporter SatBC–MsmK to specifically bind the α-anomer of N-acetylneuraminic acid, the immediate ...

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Social media isn’t what it used to be but isn’t this a cracking photo … so many questions to be answered ?!

Martin Walsh@walshdls.bsky.social · last yr.

krios 1 @diamondlightsource.bsky.social celebrated 10 years of user operations last week - many people thought we were mad to plonk it down in this spot in the synchrotron …but its still there as we ended up with a lot more in a very small space of time !

Jeepers!

Nigella Lawson@nigella.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RecipeOfTheDay is a bit of a mouthful – Beer-Braised Pork Knuckles with Caraway, Garlic, Apples and Potatoes – but a delicious one! www.nigella.com/recipes/beer...

That went well …

European Movement UK@europeanmovement.co.uk · 5mo ago

Today marks a decade since then-Prime Minister David Cameron announced in the House of Commons the date of the referendum that would change Britain.

FOR THE RECORD: one year on, I lay out clearly how Elon Musk FRS has breached the @royalsociety.org’s code of conduct, why the Society’s failure to defend its values has been so damaging, & what they need do to recover their standing in the scientific community. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/...

Although vaguely remembering this fact from school I was not aware of the CBS connection … or the fenian ram! but it seems the Irish navy still don’t have a sub;-) … a horrible history episode is a must

Martin Walsh@walshdls.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Oh and some new fiction see the thread!

Oh and some new fiction see the thread!

Martin Walsh@walshdls.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Interesting history

Interesting history

Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 6mo ago

John Philip Holland was born in Clare and taught in schools in Limerick, Cork, Portlaoise, Drogheda and Dundalk, before moving to the United States and creating the prototype for what would become the most powerful war machines ever built. #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ph...

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Not a good start for hotel carpets 2026 @scurry.bsky.social

Jammed packed visit to HH for DESY and euXFel user meetings and the SPB/SFX consortium meeting!

🚨New job opportunity! We're looking for a new Research Programme Manager for our Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Development team to join us at the IOI ⏳Deadline to apply: Friday 5th January at midday Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers

See our latest science highlight, as researchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the CNR in Italy accessed @igbmc.bsky.social through Instruct, utilising crystallisation sample preparation techniques to obtain structures of Antifungal Drug Targets! instruct-eric.org/scientifichi...

Identifying Antifungal Drug Targets by Solving TRL1 ATP-Ligase Binding Domain Structure

Instruct-ERIC is a pan-European research infrastructure in structural biology, making high-end technologies and methods available to all European researchers.

instruct-eric.org

MISO: microfluidic protein isolation enables single-particle cryo-EM structure determination from a single cell colony. Or from a single dish of HEK cell culture in the case of two membrane proteins. Out in Nature Methods now! lnkd.in/gpyBSceg Wonderful collaboration with the Efremov lab.

Goodday Bluesky The Day of the Dead (1924) by Diego Rivera

Really interesting interview. @timcoulson.bsky.social and I were also fortunate to chat with David Baker on our podcast which you can catch here: Science Of The Times EP7 Pt2 - Interview with 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry David Baker youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA

Science Of The Times EP7 Pt2 - Interview with 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry David Baker

YouTube video by Science Of The Times Podcast

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RCSB Protein Data Bank@rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 9mo ago

AI in Protein Design: Hype vs. Reality Explained by David Baker In this GEN interview, he emphasizes that designing new proteins from scratch is now a reality. Whether AI transforms medicine will require improving our understanding of biology's complexity

AI in Protein Design: Hype vs. Reality Explained by David Baker In this GEN interview, he emphasizes that designing new proteins from scratch is now a reality. Whether AI transforms medicine will require improving our understanding of biology's complexity

AI in Protein Design: Hype vs. Reality Explained by David Baker

In this GEN interview, Nobel Laureate David Baker, PhD, emphasizes that designing proteins from scratch is reality and unpacks what's needed for AI to transform medicine.

genengnews.com

Watching us open on sky sport’s … paying for the day for the first time EVER ;-) …there are adverts and the commentary is uht milk level … bbc Wimbledon coverage superb and value for money and impeccable…just saying …

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... …bill and tes meets sam

Behind the Scenes of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves' 'Waiting for Godot'

Jamie Lloyd's production of 'Waiting for Godot' stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves of 'Bill and Ted' — and is soon opening on Broadway.

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Awesome work!

Oxford Biochemistry @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Read the full story here: 📣Breakthrough discovery reveals new gene linked to chronic pain ➡️ bit.ly/202508_newst...

The boys are back in town ;-)

Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 12mo ago

www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Carol Robinson on Desert Island Discs - have a listen friends: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... An inspirational scientist & friend. An example of combining scientific excellence, courage, hard work and really importantly; kindness. (Yes I’m biased, but it’s true nevertheless) @kavlioxford.bsky.social

Desert Island Discs - Professor Dame Carol Robinson, scientist - BBC Sounds

Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

bbc.co.uk

Continuing the theme of venue ceilings (admittedly its had poor uptake and i think no one else has succumb to this potentially riveting trend) but as the hotel carpet at this event is not going to impress @scurry.bsky.social i submit this interesting (if i do say so myself) ceiling venue …

Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’

Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’

Elders group urge targeted sanctions on Israeli prime minister and security cabinet

irishtimes.com

krios 1 @diamondlightsource.bsky.social celebrated 10 years of user operations last week - many people thought we were mad to plonk it down in this spot in the synchrotron …but its still there as we ended up with a lot more in a very small space of time !

🚀 Macromolecule structures have been front & center at #ISMBECCB2025 in Liverpool -- the world’s largest #bioinformatics meeting! 🗝️ Keynotes: www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025... 🧬More strucurtal bionformatics / computational biology talks, #3DSIG stream: www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025... @3dsig.bsky.social

A tribute parade for the late Eddie Jordan will take place at Silverstone today. Many of his team's cars are here, from the first to one of the last (looking particularly odd here due to its absence of nose, Pirelli tyres and lumpy engine cover to accommodate a change of motor). #F1

Looking forward to a day of science from our Wellcome Phd programme coordinated by @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social @diamondlightsource.bsky.social and the Rosalind Franklin Institute

This is exciting! www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/News/La... @instruct-eric.bsky.social @fragment-screen.bsky.social @ukri.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org