My favourite discovery ever has just come online. Can I please tell you about some seriously wacky molecular biology? The story starts with a reverse transcriptase that SOMEHOW defends bacteria from viruses. (👇 I recommend sound ON for the video 🎹) 1/

We’re presenting AlphaProteo: an AI system for designing novel proteins that bind more successfully to target molecules. 🧬 It could help scientists better understand how biological systems function, save time in research, advance drug design and more. 🧵 dpmd.ai/3XuMqbX

I’m thrilled to announce that I will join the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Wien), led by Christoph Bock Lab @ CeMM & MedUni Vienna, as a tenure-track assistant professor starting December 2024! Check out our website and open positions ai4biomedicine.org

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 ☀️

Please us in beautiful Ventura for the 2025 GRC meeting Mammalian DNA Repair: Fundamental Mechanisms to Human Biology grc.org/mammalian-dna-…. We have a great program, including keynotes from David Pellman and Maria Jasin. Talks and poster slots still available. Apply soon!

This is incredible!

Women lose >90% of their #eggs by their mid-30s, with persistent #DNADamage driving this loss. But why isn’t this damage repaired? Our new work in Current Biology, led by Ninadini Sharma, reveals the causes of high DNA damage in aged oocytes.🧬💥 bit.ly/48e35Ee (1/13)

Watch how BAM and SurA fold proteins! Our cryoEM structures brought to life in this awesome animation by Phospho! Read about it in our paper published last month nature.com/articles/s4146… RadfordLab Neil Ranson

📣 Excited to share our latest review on 53BP1’s function in replication stress, its role in fork protection, and the significance of 53BP1 nuclear bodies in this context! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Wu lab group photo for the 2024 academic year 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬. From left to right are: Emma, Rhiannon, Adam, Qian, Will, Lucy and Klaudia. Rhiannon and Adam are our final-year project students. We also welcome back Klaudia, who was our MBiol student 2 years ago and now BBSRC PhD student 🤩

Wu lab Xmas dinner tonight. It is difficult to tell, I was actually a tree 🎄😂

Wish everyone a wonderful 2025 ❤️

Many congratulations! 🤩🥳