Congratulations to Julius Brennecke for securing one of this year’s European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants! Julius will study the arms race between transposons and host genomes. #ERCAdG More here: oeaw.ac.at/imba/research-…

Demis -- I think AlphaFold3 is really exciting. As Reviewer #3, I got great results from the server. I tried hard to get nature to urge you to release the code but was unsuccessful. I did not get it for re-review so I don't know if you responded. So why no code? Google DeepMind

In private conversations, people express widespread and extreme concern for the climate, the planet and our future. Many people are terrified. This is in stark contrast with the mainstream society & politics pretending we can continue business as usual. We need to talk. 🌍🧵

Very excited to see our new paper online nature, where Justus Kleifeld Patricia and myself decipher the molecular choreography for how disassembly of the spliceosome begins. This was a great collaboration between the Plaschka Lab and Luisa Cochella lab IMP.

Congratulations to winning the 2024 Eppendorf Young Investigator award Plaschka Lab! Clemens is not only a brilliant scientist with a clear vision for his lab, he is also an incredibly supportive mentor and great supervisor. Well deserved!

“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis.” academic.oup.com/bioscience/adv…