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ASBMB drives discovery forward in academic, industry and governmental sectors, helping to generate new scientific knowledge today that fuels tomorrow’s biotechnological and medical breakthroughs.
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Teaching is an experiment — share what you’ve learned!

ASBMB Today invites essays on evolving teaching practices:
• Redesigning grading systems
• Bringing cultural context into your curriculum
• Shifting from traditional lectures to flipped or active-learning models

🗓 Jan. 15 | 📧 mlocke@asbmb.org
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November 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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With a program designed to attract top minds across the breadth of the biosciences, #ASBMB26 is your opportunity to connect with the innovators shaping the future of science.
➡️ Explore the program: ow.ly/yGUf50Xoc1n.
☑️Abstracts due Nov. 17: ow.ly/422U50Xoc1o.
#MakeItPossible
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November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#ASBMB26 keynote Wesley Sundquist’s research helped make Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention therapy, possible. Join him & other innovators at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting!

☑️Abstracts are due Nov. 17: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....
#MakeItPossible
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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ASBMB understands that many may face administrative delays due to the federal government shutdown. To ensure everyone can participate in #ASBMB26, we’re offering a deferred payment option for abstract submissions.

➡️ Learn more & access the deferral code: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....
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November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Cool new paper (www.jbc.org/article/S002... from my lab spearheaded by graduate students Sushant @sushantsuresh.bsky.social and Alex @alexlouiseshaw.bsky.social . This was a very cool collaboration with the Scott Hansen, Jennifer Cobb, Tamas Balla labs
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November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Thanks to @alextoker.bsky.social for the motivation to submit this to JBC @asbmbjournals.bsky.social , a great journal, with this being one of the most straightforward and useful manuscript review processes I have gone through in a while
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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🚨Just in press @asbmb.bsky.social JBC!🚨 Alex & Chioma's paper detailing the interaction of Fe(II) with an intact membrane His kinase for the first time! Binding stoichiometry ✅ Fe(II) structure ✅ Direct observation of selectivity ✅ Signal transmission pathway ✅ Read more here: tinyurl.com/49wdkecu
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Membrane Histidine Kinase BqsS/CarS Directly Senses Environmental Ferrous Iron (Fe2+)
Prokaryotic two-component signal transduction systems (TCSs) are widely utilized by bacteria to respond to their environment and are typically compose…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The Deep Dive session on cell communication at #ASBMB26 is organized by Philip Cole (Brigham & Women’s Hospital/ @harvardmed.bsky.social) and Graham T. Johnson (@alleninstitute.org) and will feature a plenary lecture by Eric Betzig (University of California, Berkeley).

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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Is anyone there?
Life is built on communication—from proteins to organisms.

Explore how living systems sense & respond to the world in ASBMB’s new open-access minicollection. Then, continue the conversation at #ASBMB26!
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☑️Abstracts due Nov. 17: l.feathr.co/PNbx3XyW7zpO
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November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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#ASBMB26 fosters cross-disciplinary exchange, creating opportunities to collaborate & advance discovery. Registration is now open!

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation shaping the future. Register by Jan. 15 to get the early rate: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8....
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November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Proteins connect life at every level — and XL-MS is showing how.

Join researcher Lan Huang today at 12:15 p.m. Eastern for an #ASBMBBreakthroughs webinar to explore how this tech maps protein networks in stunning detail.

☑️ Free registration: www.asbmb.org/meetin....
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Advancing cross-linking mass spectrometry to elucidate cellular networks
Nov. 5, 2025 | 12:15 p.m. Eastern
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November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Congratulations to Matthias C. Truttmann of Michigan Medicine for winning the 2025 Ferruccio Ritossa Research Scholar Award from @stresscell.bsky.social.

His lab studies Hsp70 chaperones and how they protect cells from stress, aging and disease.
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Truttmann recognized for cell stress research
He was honored by the Cell Stress Society International for his work on heat shock protein 70.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The science that shapes tomorrow starts here! Registration is open for #ASBMB26. Register by Jan. 15 to get the early rate: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....

Ready to share your discoveries? Submit your abstract by Nov. 17 to be part of the conversations redefining our world: l.feathr.co/eAF5sEPe3fhn.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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ASBMB's work is led by member volunteers, many of whom are nominated and elected by you, the ASBMB members! Read about this year's timeline for elections and nominate a colleague by Wednesday (Nov. 5). Self-nominations are accepted.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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From molecular structure to cellular dynamics—new imaging tools are transforming how scientists uncover life’s inner workings.

Explore “Observing a lot by just watching” at #ASBMB26: asbmb.org/annual-meeti....
#Microscopy #CryoEM #MakeItPossible
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October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Mechanistic insights into the selective targeting of P2X3 receptor by camlipixant antagonist - Journal of Biological Chemistry www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Mechanistic insights into the selective targeting of P2X3 receptor by camlipixant antagonist
ATP-activated P2X3 receptors play a pivotal role in chronic cough, affecting more than 10% of the population. Despite the challenges posed by the highly conserved structure of P2X receptors, efforts t...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Widespread deployment of the human CD38 ADP-ribosyl cyclase fold in antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic polymorphic toxins - Journal of Biological Chemistry www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Widespread deployment of the human CD38 ADP-ribosyl cyclase fold in antibacterial and anti-eukaryotic polymorphic toxins
Bacterial polymorphic toxins are modular weapons that mediate intermicrobial competition and host interactions by delivering diverse cytotoxic domains through specialized secretion systems. Here, we i...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Spend #Halloween with zombie proteins! Originally thought to be dead evolutionary remnants, #pseudokinases have since been revealed to play remarkably diverse noncatalytic roles in biological pathways.

🧟‍♂️ Learn more in this #JBiolChem review: www.jbc.org/article/....
Architecture kinases and pseudokinases.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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🔬 For more, delve into this paper published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ( @asbmbjournals.bsky.social): www.mcponline.org/article/S153....

Congratulations to @tkadava.bsky.social, @hecklab.bsky.social and colleagues on this fascinating work!
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Spend #Halloween with zombie proteins! Originally thought to be dead evolutionary remnants, #pseudokinases have since been revealed to play remarkably diverse noncatalytic roles in biological pathways.

🧟‍♂️ Learn more in this @jbiolchem paper: www.jbc.org/article/....
Architecture kinases and pseudokinases.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#Halloween Trivia 🕸️ Did you know human blood contains spider-shaped proteins that help regulate the innate immune response?
🕷️Discover how C4BP uses its eight “legs” to catch proteins and control inflammation: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-....
#Immunology #MolCellProt #MassSpec
This 3D visualization of C4BP was created by Hecklab (Albert Heck) in collaboration with Sensu.health. C4BP uses its eight “legs” to catch proteins related to inflammation, stopping further immune response. C4BP-C4b complexes visualized by high-speed atomic force microscopy.
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Deadline today (Oct. 31)! Apply for ASBMB’s Science Outreach and Communication Grant, which offers up to $1,000 to support innovative outreach projects that deepen public understanding of science and connect science with the world around us.

➡️ Apply: www.asbmb.org/scienc...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🎃 It’s #Halloween—perfect timing to highlight this #JBiolChem paper!

Explore "An integrated approach to unravel a crucial structural property required for the function of the insect steroidogenic Halloween protein Noppera-bo": www.jbc.org/article/....
#Drosophila #Enzymology
Crystal structures of the Drosophila melanogaster Noppera-bo protein.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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BYI Kim Orth Receives Two Prestigious Awards!
Congratulations to Kim Orth, PhD, (2003 #BYI) awarded the 2026 ASM Award for Basic Research. The #ASM Award recognizes an outstanding scientist whose discoveries have been fundamental to advancing our understanding of the microbial world.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Are you planning to use AI in your research? 🤖🧪 AI gives fast answers, but critical thinking still rules the lab! 🧬💡 Trust, but verify the robot. 😜 #AI #Science #Research
🔗 AI in the lab: The power of smarter questions: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
AI in the lab: The power of smarter questions
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October 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM