Portrait of Professor César de la Fuente, recipient of the Biochemical Society Award for Significant Achievement in 2027.
A huge congratulations to César de la Fuente who receives the Biochemical Society Award for Significant Breakthrough or Achievement for his pioneering research into AI-driven antibiotic discovery! With AMR an increasing threat, Cesar's work paves the way for new treatments.
Dr Tom Deegan from University of Edinburgh awarded The Colworth Medal by The Biochemical Society 2027 Awards.
Congratulations to Tom Deegan who receives the Colworth Medal in 2027! Pioneering work from the Deegan Lab has redefined our understanding of eukaryotic DNA replication and provided conceptual and technical frameworks that continue to drive new discoveries across molecular biology.
We open with @sheinerlab.bsky.social introducing a scientist who needs no introduction - Dominique Soldati-Favre. Dominique was awarded lifetime membership to the @bspparasitology.bsky.social for her immeasurable contributions to the field. #bsp #parasites #peoplemakeglasgow
Blender Rendering of vitrified HA trimer with DM at the air-water interface
We identified the maltoside detergent DM as an effective and easy solution to address preferred orientation in cryo-EM. Helped me switch from graphene grids. Special congrats to Maria Rafiq! @landerlab.bsky.social @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social @wisemanlab.bsky.social #cryoEM doi.org/10.64898/202...
Thanks!
No way! My search functions must be glorious! Is there a link to the meeting?
We have been keeping an eye out for this! Any details on dates or link?
Host cell remodeling via cyclin dependent kinases drives Ebola virus replication and transcription.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Check out our latest preprint.
Great work by @tshamorkina.bsky.social. Thanks to co-authors Danni Snikkers and @hecklab.bsky.social
This image illustrates how combining perennial genes with prostrate growth genes allows cultivated rice to mimic wild rice.
Wild rice is a perennial, creeping plant. The secret to its perennial growth habit lies in a developmental reversal directed by small RNAs. This image illustrates how combining perennial genes with prostrate growth genes allows cultivated rice to mimic wild rice.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/40GOjDb
Very excited that the first publication from my lab is now online! Thanks to @actacrystd.iucr.org editors and reviewers for the smooth publication process. And congratulations to first author, Jiayi Pan, who completed this work in her Master’s year! @biologyanu.bsky.social
"bioRxiv is exactly the type of living experiment we all should be striving for, to achieve our shared goals of optimizing how research evidence is shared and used.”
via @chrisnsimms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
These HTA proteases from archaea work great for mass spec-based antibody sequencing. Paper out now in final form at Cell Systems. Congrats to @tshamorkina.bsky.social @tkadava.bsky.social @lperezpaneda.bsky.social and @hecklab.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to @jaisondsa.bsky.social who was awarded the JBC Herbert Tabor Early Career Investigator award from @asbmb.bsky.social 🎉
Awarded for Jaison’s PhD work on stabilized PvRBP2b variants using computational design for a better P. Vivax serological biomarker @wehi-research.bsky.social
Health and medical research is the only hope for so many health conditions, yet is chronically underfunded. Amazingly, a big part of the solution already exists. The money is literally in the bank, earmarked for health & medical research. It just has to be released.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
IWD: somehow her name is less familiar, and yet, she actually received the Nobel: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
The image shows a sketch of Dr Katharine Collins, the co-inventor of the R21 malaria vaccine. Dr Collins is wearing a lab coat on one side and holding a falcon tube and on the other side typing on a laptop. Surrounding Katharine are icons representing her contribution in the development of the R21 vaccine.
International Women's Day 2026 Women in Malaria encourages everyone to take a moment today to celebrate and acknowledge International Women's Day (IWD). This day celebrates the achievements of women around the globe and aims to increase support for gender equality. Since its origin in 1911, IWD has helped bring awareness to gender biases in critical areas such as policy, education, pay, and representation, and has supported the development of gender-equality-focused legislation and practices worldwide. The conversations and actions inspired by this day have had (and can continue to have) a monumental impact. In honor of IWD, we would like to recognize Dr. Katharine Collins, who was nominated for the WiM Sketches. Dr. Collins is the co-inventor of the R21 malaria vaccine, which helps prevent malaria in children. R21 is the second malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organisation. This work was the focus of her PhD at Oxford University under Professor Adrian Hill. She later worked with James McCarthy at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research on transmission models of infection, and with Teun Bousema at Radboud University on controlled human malaria infection models. She has also served on the WHO malaria vaccine advisory committee and has actively been in involved with WiM for several years. Dr. Collins currently works inon Global Health R&D at Coefficient Giving (previously Open Philanthropy) where she helps support research with the greatest potential to improve global health and save lives. To learn more about IWD and how to get involved, please check out: https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/international-womens-day -the WiM team
Happy International Women’s Day #IWD2026 🤩🎉
To celebrate the day we present the first WiM sketch of the year, featuring Dr Katharine Collins, the co-inventor of the R21 malaria vaccine 👩🏻🔬💉
Introducing our new blood-stage malaria vaccine immunogen based on the essential invasion protein PfCyRPA. By understanding where on PfCyRPA the best antibodies bind, we used structure guided design to generate PfCyRPA-EM, which contains only the epitopes of the best antibodies.
Image on the screen is a beaut
Legit, they are walking onions!
In new study led by Brendan Larsen, we map functional constraint across the Nipah virus F protein to define constrained epitopes for antibody targeting and identify mutations that stabilize the prefusion conformation for vaccine immunogens.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Moments like this I visit my walking onions 😞🧫🧅
We're hiring - looking for folks with experience designing and training foundation models from scratch, particularly biomolecular language models, GNNs, or vision models. Lots of room for creativity in this role. Contact me if you have any interest
Pretty reasonable summary of the state of COVID origin debate: what most experts think (zoonosis), where information is missing (some virology lab activities), what's clearly nonsense (cold chain), what's unsupported (deliberately made) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Come do a PhD with me and @trevor-lithgow.bsky.social at @monashuniversity.bsky.social ! We’re at the leading edge of pathogen biology using cutting edge Cryo-EM and AI-driven genetic screens to uncover the mysteries of outer membrane biology. Reach out to me for a chat!
macsys.org/phd-scholars...
QR code that links to a webform to express interest in participating in a Consumer Workshop
Do you or do you know someone impacted by bacterial #StrepA ?
We are looking to hear from you!
Use the QR code (or link) to register your interest in our Consumer Workshop to Help Shape the Future of a Breakthrough Vaccine to Eliminate Childhood Strep A Diseases.
forms.office.com/r/7wjTxedG5G
In 2025, GISAID cut off access to many critical SARS-CoV-2 resources, incl. our outbreak.info.
A month ago, GISAID leveled accusations against us, Cov-Spectrum, Nextstrain, and members of COG-UK, which are false and misrepresent known facts.
Our joint response:
blog.outbreak.info/joint-respon...
Screenshot of LinkedIn post from ARC saying that DP27 EOI outcomes will be released on RMS on the 26th Feb 2026.
The ARC have said (on LinkedIn) they will release outcomes for Discovery Projects Expressions of Interest (2027) tomorrow👇
The inaugural Sir Gustav Nossal Professor of Immunology, Professor Laura Mackay.
We’re proud to welcome Prof Laura Mackay as our first Sir Gustav Nossal Professor of Immunology – advancing Sir Gus’ remarkable legacy, thanks to the generosity and vision of the Nossal family.
More: www.wehi.edu.au/news/world-r...
Join us on campus & online on Friday, 6 March 2026 at 1pm for a seminar by Kate O'Hara, PhD Candidate from the Moritz Group! Details: rb.gy/u9aqza
