Ben Barad
@baradlab.com
Assistant Professor @ OHSU • Structural Biologist • Programmer • Coffee Roaster • he/his/him • Cryo-electron tomography, membranes, infectious bacteria, mitochondria. #teamtomo #cryoET http://tomo.science
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ISTA @istaresearch.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track staff scientist in Computational Structural Biology, to develop tools for cryo-EM, cryo-ET, structural prediction methods and protein interaction analysis!
Please spread the word!
ista.ac.at/en/job/tenur...
Please spread the word!
ista.ac.at/en/job/tenur...
Tenure-based Research Staff Scientist Position in Computational Structural Biology
ISTA (www.ista.ac.at) is seeking a highly skilled Staff Scientist in Computational Structural Biology to support and advance the Institute’s structural biology research through the development and imp...
ista.ac.at
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
ISTA @istaresearch.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track staff scientist in Computational Structural Biology, to develop tools for cryo-EM, cryo-ET, structural prediction methods and protein interaction analysis!
Please spread the word!
ista.ac.at/en/job/tenur...
Please spread the word!
ista.ac.at/en/job/tenur...
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First pre-print from the Lucas Lab led by Matthew Giammar and @joshdcryoem.bsky.social online today! We develop a new, extensible Python implementation of 2DTM and apply it to build pixel size optimization, constrained search and characterize molecular motions in situ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leopard-EM: An extensible 2DTM package to accelerate in situ structural biology
The ability to generate high-resolution views of cells with cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can reveal the molecular mechanisms of biological processes in their native cellular context. The re...
www.biorxiv.org
August 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
First pre-print from the Lucas Lab led by Matthew Giammar and @joshdcryoem.bsky.social online today! We develop a new, extensible Python implementation of 2DTM and apply it to build pixel size optimization, constrained search and characterize molecular motions in situ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very excited to announce that my first, first author paper, is now on BioRxiv! In this paper we unambiguously show #COPII coated vesicles in unperturbed human cells for the very first time!!
Make my day and check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬
Make my day and check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬
July 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Very excited to announce that my first, first author paper, is now on BioRxiv! In this paper we unambiguously show #COPII coated vesicles in unperturbed human cells for the very first time!!
Make my day and check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬
Make my day and check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬
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I'm at the OHSU PREP research symposium and I am so impressed with our trainees, they present and know their project background better then many a graduate student. All the more I'm filled with rage about the cancellation of this wonderful #NIH program 🤬
June 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm at the OHSU PREP research symposium and I am so impressed with our trainees, they present and know their project background better then many a graduate student. All the more I'm filled with rage about the cancellation of this wonderful #NIH program 🤬
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I know print journals aren't exactly on everyone's radar these days, but we’re still geeking out that our latest study—led by the brilliant @attychang.bsky.social—landed the cover of the April issue of JCB! 🤩
@zidlab.bsky.social @tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
@zidlab.bsky.social @tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
Our April issue is here! rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...
The cover shows a segmented model of cytoplasmic #ribosomes associated with mitochondrial membrane in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell. From Ya-Ting Chang, @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social and colleagues (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....)
The cover shows a segmented model of cytoplasmic #ribosomes associated with mitochondrial membrane in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell. From Ya-Ting Chang, @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social and colleagues (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....)
April 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I know print journals aren't exactly on everyone's radar these days, but we’re still geeking out that our latest study—led by the brilliant @attychang.bsky.social—landed the cover of the April issue of JCB! 🤩
@zidlab.bsky.social @tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
@zidlab.bsky.social @tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
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Since @stephanieaw.bsky.social left the lab to start her group at Vanderbilt, we've been talking regularly on the ups and downs of academic science. We started recording...
The Tortured Proteins Department
open.spotify.com/show/10PHVou...
(science with a small dose of running and Taylor Swift)
The Tortured Proteins Department
open.spotify.com/show/10PHVou...
(science with a small dose of running and Taylor Swift)
The Tortured Proteins Department
Podcast · Stephanie Wankowicz · A deep dive into scientific discovery and the process of doing science, hosted by Stephanie Wankowicz and James Fraser.
open.spotify.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Since @stephanieaw.bsky.social left the lab to start her group at Vanderbilt, we've been talking regularly on the ups and downs of academic science. We started recording...
The Tortured Proteins Department
open.spotify.com/show/10PHVou...
(science with a small dose of running and Taylor Swift)
The Tortured Proteins Department
open.spotify.com/show/10PHVou...
(science with a small dose of running and Taylor Swift)
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For #teamtomo, context is everything.
We highlight the power of #surfacemorphometrics in guiding STA and quantitatively assessing the impact of these structures on the local environment.
1st collab paper w/ @zidlab.bsky.social (hopefully many more to come!)
@tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
We highlight the power of #surfacemorphometrics in guiding STA and quantitatively assessing the impact of these structures on the local environment.
1st collab paper w/ @zidlab.bsky.social (hopefully many more to come!)
@tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
Ya-Ting Chang, @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social et al. @scripps.edu present a membrane-guided approach for identifying a subset of cytoplasmic #ribosomes oriented for protein import on the surface of #mitochondria in budding yeast using #cryoET: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
March 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
For #teamtomo, context is everything.
We highlight the power of #surfacemorphometrics in guiding STA and quantitatively assessing the impact of these structures on the local environment.
1st collab paper w/ @zidlab.bsky.social (hopefully many more to come!)
@tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
We highlight the power of #surfacemorphometrics in guiding STA and quantitatively assessing the impact of these structures on the local environment.
1st collab paper w/ @zidlab.bsky.social (hopefully many more to come!)
@tomo.science @hamid13r.bsky.social
Happy to share that the final version of record for our (
@nanigrotjahn.bsky.social) #teamtomo mitochondrial cotranslation story is online at @jcb.org! We combined STA with surface morphometrics to learn how ribosomes bind to and alter mitochondrial membranes in yeast.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
@nanigrotjahn.bsky.social) #teamtomo mitochondrial cotranslation story is online at @jcb.org! We combined STA with surface morphometrics to learn how ribosomes bind to and alter mitochondrial membranes in yeast.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
March 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Happy to share that the final version of record for our (
@nanigrotjahn.bsky.social) #teamtomo mitochondrial cotranslation story is online at @jcb.org! We combined STA with surface morphometrics to learn how ribosomes bind to and alter mitochondrial membranes in yeast.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
@nanigrotjahn.bsky.social) #teamtomo mitochondrial cotranslation story is online at @jcb.org! We combined STA with surface morphometrics to learn how ribosomes bind to and alter mitochondrial membranes in yeast.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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#1 use of barad lab website: looking up my own address/phone number....
February 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
#1 use of barad lab website: looking up my own address/phone number....
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🚨Members of #teamtomo!🚨
We invite you to submit abstracts to our ❄️🔬Cryo-electron Tomography: Progress and Potential session at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2025!
sample prep, data processing, structural biology, cell biology —we want to hear from you!
DEADLINE: February 18
@tomo.science
We invite you to submit abstracts to our ❄️🔬Cryo-electron Tomography: Progress and Potential session at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2025!
sample prep, data processing, structural biology, cell biology —we want to hear from you!
DEADLINE: February 18
@tomo.science
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨Members of #teamtomo!🚨
We invite you to submit abstracts to our ❄️🔬Cryo-electron Tomography: Progress and Potential session at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2025!
sample prep, data processing, structural biology, cell biology —we want to hear from you!
DEADLINE: February 18
@tomo.science
We invite you to submit abstracts to our ❄️🔬Cryo-electron Tomography: Progress and Potential session at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2025!
sample prep, data processing, structural biology, cell biology —we want to hear from you!
DEADLINE: February 18
@tomo.science
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Had the incredible opportunity to present my work at #EMBOinsitu workshop in Heidelberg. It was filled with fantastic science and new friends! #teamtomo
February 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Had the incredible opportunity to present my work at #EMBOinsitu workshop in Heidelberg. It was filled with fantastic science and new friends! #teamtomo
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I am participating in calls today with top law firms and some university leaders to discuss this situation. My amateur take is that Stuart Buck is right that this is clearly illegal based on NIH-related law and also probably from more general admin law
Timing of suits and plaintiffs still questions
Timing of suits and plaintiffs still questions
February 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I am participating in calls today with top law firms and some university leaders to discuss this situation. My amateur take is that Stuart Buck is right that this is clearly illegal based on NIH-related law and also probably from more general admin law
Timing of suits and plaintiffs still questions
Timing of suits and plaintiffs still questions
I am deeply appreciative of the messaging coming out of OHSU leadership about their plans going forward and their commitment to research in the face of changes at NIH and NSF - the best communication we've gotten while I have been here. Still kind of terrified about the future though...
February 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I am deeply appreciative of the messaging coming out of OHSU leadership about their plans going forward and their commitment to research in the face of changes at NIH and NSF - the best communication we've gotten while I have been here. Still kind of terrified about the future though...
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Hey #teamtomo, if you often find yourself using the excellent membrain-seg from @lorenzlamm.bsky.social et al., you might find my napari plugin "napari-segselect" useful. Let's say your tomogram contains the edges of two bacterial cells, each with a membrane and cell wall:
February 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hey #teamtomo, if you often find yourself using the excellent membrain-seg from @lorenzlamm.bsky.social et al., you might find my napari plugin "napari-segselect" useful. Let's say your tomogram contains the edges of two bacterial cells, each with a membrane and cell wall:
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Extremely excited to be joining the vibrant community of the Vienna BioCenter to build up cryo-ET and cryo-FIB milling on campus soon!
We will soon welcome @svenklumpe.bsky.social to the Vienna BioCenter, where he will use cryo-Electron Tomography to study - among other things - how #transposons shape #germlines. Sven's lab will be @imbavienna.bsky.social *AND* the IMP.
Full story: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/s...
Full story: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/s...
Sven Klumpe to start cryo-Electron Tomography lab at IMP and IMBA
The Vienna BioCenter institutes IMP and IMBA will soon host a joint research group headed by Sven Klumpe. The structural biologist will join the two institutes with an innovative double-affiliation to...
www.viennabiocenter.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Extremely excited to be joining the vibrant community of the Vienna BioCenter to build up cryo-ET and cryo-FIB milling on campus soon!
What a great time to be preparing for my labs first NIH proposals...
February 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
What a great time to be preparing for my labs first NIH proposals...
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Portland Thorns and WNBA team unveil plans for joint practice facility www.oregonlive.com/portland-tho... [via @oregonian.com]
Portland Thorns and WNBA team unveil plans for joint practice facility
The first-of-its-kind, 12-acre facility in Hillsboro is billed as an "epicenter of women's sports."
www.oregonlive.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Portland Thorns and WNBA team unveil plans for joint practice facility www.oregonlive.com/portland-tho... [via @oregonian.com]
Starting the week off STRONG with the urge to doomscroll...
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Starting the week off STRONG with the urge to doomscroll...
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Prof. Martin Beck’s group @mpibp.bsky.social publishing some beautiful #cryoET work investigating TRiC, a chaperonin essential for maintenance of cellular homeostasis. This work provides TRiC architecture, conformational dynamics and spatial organization. #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Prof. Martin Beck’s group @mpibp.bsky.social publishing some beautiful #cryoET work investigating TRiC, a chaperonin essential for maintenance of cellular homeostasis. This work provides TRiC architecture, conformational dynamics and spatial organization. #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I really need this to be true
A #NWSL news tip I got:
I'm told Sam Coffey is not leaving Portland in this transfer window.
@emsandersbbc.bsky.social had reported Chelsea were interested, and that much is true, but Coffey will stay with the Thorns for now.
The English transfer window closes tomorrow (Thursday) at 6 p.m. ET.
I'm told Sam Coffey is not leaving Portland in this transfer window.
@emsandersbbc.bsky.social had reported Chelsea were interested, and that much is true, but Coffey will stay with the Thorns for now.
The English transfer window closes tomorrow (Thursday) at 6 p.m. ET.
January 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I really need this to be true
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Portland Thorns FC have announced its 2025 preseason roster as the team begins training camp.
Portland will begin the preseason with 29 players, 18 of which return to the Rose City from last year’s squad
Portland will begin the preseason with 29 players, 18 of which return to the Rose City from last year’s squad
January 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Portland Thorns FC have announced its 2025 preseason roster as the team begins training camp.
Portland will begin the preseason with 29 players, 18 of which return to the Rose City from last year’s squad
Portland will begin the preseason with 29 players, 18 of which return to the Rose City from last year’s squad