Thomas A. Steitz Lecture Series by @yalembb.bsky.social
Dr. Rachel Green, “ZAK activation on the colliding ribosome”, hosted by Dr. Yong Xiong
Monday, April 20 | 4:00 PM
📍O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall, Yale Science Building
Open to Yale and affiliated institutions. Details in the flyer below
In a paper recently published in @actacrystd.iucr.org, MB&B's Jimin Wang presents two methods for detecting hydrogen atoms in high-resolution cryo-EM — visualizing what was once invisible. 🔬
Check out the article on our website: bit.ly/47Rra57
#CryoEM #StructuralBiology
Congratulations to Raymond Adkins, postdoc in the Howard Lab, on being selected as a 2026 @rescorp.org Fellow!
The RCSA Fellows initiative supports outstanding early-career scientists as they prepare to launch independent academic careers.
bit.ly/4cfoako
Congrats to MB&B's own Julien Berro, PhD, named a @biohub.org Investigator! 🎉
His work will focus on programmable mechano-transducers for precision diagnostics & therapeutics.
Yale MB&B's Karla Neugebauer and Guillermina Kubaczka have been featured in a new @natmethods.nature.com piece 🌍🔬
The article spotlights researchers bridging the molecular and planetary scales to address global health challenges.
@karlaneugebauer.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Susan Baserga, William H. Fleming Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, on being named a Fellow of the AAAS!
Learn more about her recognition and the other Yale affiliates named to the latest class of @aaas.org Fellows:
MB&B's Dr. Christian Schlieker is featured in the Spring 2026 issue of Dystonia Dialogue from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation. His lab has been dissecting the genetic networks underlying dystonia, a severe movement disorder.
Check out the article for a look at where his work is heading.
From a Wisconsin dairy farm to Sterling Professor & HHMI Investigator at Yale 🧬
MB&B Chair Ron Breaker's discovery of riboswitches is now connecting to human health, with new findings on guanidine-sensing RNAs and spinocerebellar ataxia.
Read more here: mbb.yale.edu/news/feature...
Read Lily Kabeche's interview in the Journal of Cell Science about her career path and mentoring philosophy: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Congrats to MB&B senior Isabel Rancu on her Marshall Scholarship! She'll pursue a Master of Research in bioinformatics and theoretical systems biology at Imperial College and a Master of Science in applied infectious disease epidemiology at University College London. More here: tinyurl.com/2p9mdazj.
We are excited to announce a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Computational Biophysics and Biochemistry, exploring the intricate molecular and cellular processes and the complex interactions of their macromolecular components!
apply.interfolio.com/177120
🧠Pain sensors need to switch on fast—and off just as quickly.
In our new tour de force Nat Comms paper - led by the first Paulsen lab grad student - we show that calmodulin plays a key role in shutting down the TRPA1 pain receptor - a finding that could guide new pain therapies.
📰 rdcu.be/eJcMK
Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s retreat at the Heritage Hotel. A special thank you to retreat coordinators Enrique De La Cruz, Rachel Agosto, and Liz Vellali!
Malvankar lab publishes pioneer research delving into the quantum mechanics underlying bacterial respiration
mbb.yale.edu/news/malvank...
Ailong Ke Leads Study Revealing Hidden RNA‑Editing Activity in CRISPR‑Cas9
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Heffler and @LammerdingLab.bsky.social discuss recent studies from the @schliekerlab.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....) and @hennelab.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...) that identify two proteins serving as crucial mechanical elements in the endoplasmic reticulum. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Congratulations to Enrique M. De La Cruz for his election as President of the Biophysics Society! mbb.yale.edu/news/congrat...
🔬 Join us LIVE on Zoom this Wednesday, June 11, at 4 PM ET!
We’re excited to co-host the RNA Collaborative Seminar Series featuring
🎙️ Dr. @siggyn5.bsky.social (Yale RNA Center)
🎙️ Dr. Alex Wesselhoeft (HMS Initiative for RNA Medicine)
Registration 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Huhzd
🧬 June RNA Club at Yale
📅 Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
📍 Location: Bass Center 305, Yale Science Building (Science Hill)
This month’s speakers:
🔹 Dr. Chengtao Xu (Ke Lab)
🔹 Dr. Jyotsna Kumar (Garg Lab)
📣 Come for the science—stay for the conversations!
We’ve pioneered a disease-agnostic screening platform for aberrant biomolecular condensates—cellular structures linked to incurable neurological diseases. We screened genes and FDA-approved drugs that modulate disease-relevant nuclear condensates: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Join us next week for MB&B's Computational Biophysics & Biochemistry Symposium on 6/17 in Bass 305!
we are beyond proud that our @yalembb.bsky.social @schliekerlab.bsky.social undergraduate researcher Sophia graduated as the sole @Yale Colleague '25 graduate with an exceptional distinction in the major! Congrats Sophia for this richly deserved honor!
Join our department as a Lecturer!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/163609.
📣 New work from MB&B graduate student Max Paul, published in PNAS, reveals how a conserved region of the RasGAP C2 domain enhances enzymatic activity via allosteric interaction with Ras. Structural & functional data suggest a key role in Ras regulation! 🧫🔬 mbb.yale.edu/news/mbb-gra...
We are excited to announce a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Computational Biophysics and Biochemistry, exploring the intricate molecular and cellular processes and the complex interactions of their macromolecular components. Join us in MB&B!
Apply now at apply.interfolio.com/162132
