Interested in intrinsically disordered regions of proteins? There is an IDR meeting at the University of Leeds on the 10th of June. Please come and join us to discuss exciting IDR research! Register here: spidr-slola.com/early-career-r… Spidr Idp

AF3 somehow forces some IDRs into helical bundles. For examples, a mostly IDR protein CEP170 becomes a globular helical protein, though this might be true..., while the model confidence is low. I saw a similar example in different proteins, though they may be rare cases...

The release of a new version of AlphaFold this week is a big science news story - Charlotte Dodson and I have written a short piece for non-specialists to explain why it’s an exciting development for bioscience.  theconversation.com/ai-system-can-…

The rise of a centrosome over the mountains ⛰️

Thanks to my lab members for hiding 60 tiny ducks to be found as my birthday activity. I cannot find the last 6!

We're recruiting! Please RT!📢 Looking for a biophysics postdoc to come and help us explore the secret lives of unicellular organisms and origins of LECA! (assorted #protists incl. #excavates) Apply here jobs.ac.uk/job/DIE842/pos…… by Aug 1st! (Funded by European Research Council (ERC) and HFSP)

Interested in being introduced single particle cryoEM? Check out this Wellcome/MRC course and come visit us in Leeds!

Fantastic opportunity to join @ScienceLeeds The Astbury Centre as a Lecturer, and take advantage of significant investment in cryo-EM and cryo-ET, to build an ambitious research programme! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Join us for a cryo-ET lecturer position in Leeds! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Why should the new government spend money on science? bbc.in/4bNbgHT

Two postdoctoral positions available in my group to investigate centromere structure, function and evolution - please get in touch if you are interested! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47525/ jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47569/

A feature in Nature Biotechnology discusses the rise in team size in academic science and how it has generated an unintended side effect: junior scientists are less likely to secure research funding or obtain tenure and are more likely to leave academia. 🔒 go.nature.com/4dtPTx1

I'm doing a Webinar on the 24th. Come join, it will be fun.

Had a fantastic weekend of hiking with lab members during our lab retreat in Matlock Bath. We were accompanied by lovely hats 🩷, a lab flag 💚, delicious food 🍽️, and sunny weather ☀️

Amazing team effort to uncover the mystery of Aurora A CEP192 interaction !

I am super excited to show our work, now published in NAR Nucleic Acids Res, on the structural function of SLF1 at the stalled replication fork. The Astbury Centre @ScienceLeeds academic.oup.com/nar/article/do…

We are still receiving applications for our PhD program Benitez-Alfonso lab . A great chance to be involved in the research on plant cell signalling in response to climate. Apply by Oct 25th 2024. OPEN to internationals! findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

1 x Postdoc and 1 x PhD position available in my group to study the mechanisms of meiotic recombination in plants: jic.ac.uk/vacancies/post… biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/disse… Email me for more info

Don't miss this fantastic conference that brings together different scientific communities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Company of Biologists! It will include the annual BSCB British Society for Developmental Biology meeting so an absolute must 🤩 Can't wait!

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