Amir Bitran
@amirbitran.bsky.social
Jane Coffin Childs fellow, Marqusee/ Bustamante Labs, UC Berkeley Prev. PhD Shakhnovich Lab, Harvard
Protein folder, classical composer
http://amirbitran.com
Protein folder, classical composer
http://amirbitran.com
Thrilled to be part of the Everyday Scientist project run by the awesome JCC fellowship--a community I'm honored to be a part of. Check out this short video on my research and spread the word about how awesome science can be!
Proteins are the best, and so is Amir! Check out his video to learn more about protein folding, misfolding, and the implications:
www.youtube.com/shorts/K9At4...
www.youtube.com/shorts/K9At4...
Amir - Protein Folding
YouTube video by Everyday Scientists
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November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thrilled to be part of the Everyday Scientist project run by the awesome JCC fellowship--a community I'm honored to be a part of. Check out this short video on my research and spread the word about how awesome science can be!
Really thrilled to share my latest co-first author publication in Science Advances, the culmination of a project from my PhD with Eugene Shakhnovich and a wonderful collaboration with the lab of Marina Rodnina
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Cotranslational protein folding through non-native structural intermediates
Early folding intermediates form via non-native contacts and are reshaped by chaperones during protein synthesis on the ribosome.
www.science.org
September 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Really thrilled to share my latest co-first author publication in Science Advances, the culmination of a project from my PhD with Eugene Shakhnovich and a wonderful collaboration with the lab of Marina Rodnina
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
July 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
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Lovely article from our colleague Kseniia Petrova, who has been wrongfully imprisoned for months: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Lovely article from our colleague Kseniia Petrova, who has been wrongfully imprisoned for months: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Such an honor to give a talk at the annual @jcchildsfund.bsky.social retreat as a third year (!!) fellow. Thank you to the JCC for the fantastic support and lifelong community
Dr. Amir Bitran @amirbitran.bsky.social from Dr. Susan Marqusee and Dr. Carlos Bustamante labs at UC Berkeley is telling us about his research on cotranslational protein folding. Dr. Bitran is developing a sensitive technique to probe the dynamic states of proteins during the earliest folding 9/
May 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Such an honor to give a talk at the annual @jcchildsfund.bsky.social retreat as a third year (!!) fellow. Thank you to the JCC for the fantastic support and lifelong community
At the Stand up for science march, San Francisco
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
At the Stand up for science march, San Francisco
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Dear all , Here is a call of more than 80 Israeli musicians re the situation in Israel and Palestine.
We will be grateful for sharing over social media widley.
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We will be grateful for sharing over social media widley.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dear all , Here is a call of more than 80 Israeli musicians re the situation in Israel and Palestine.
We will be grateful for sharing over social media widley.
www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
We will be grateful for sharing over social media widley.
www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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Here's a very important update from the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) on the proposed cuts to NIH Indirect costs: "Every year since 2017, the annual spending bill that funds NIH has included language prohibiting the Administration from making changes to F&A cost rates" 1/2 🧪
February 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Here's a very important update from the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) on the proposed cuts to NIH Indirect costs: "Every year since 2017, the annual spending bill that funds NIH has included language prohibiting the Administration from making changes to F&A cost rates" 1/2 🧪
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Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.