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Eddie Rollins
@eddierollins.bsky.social
Biomolecular interactions on the nanoscale. Postdoc at the University of Leeds. #AFM 🔬 #Biophysics 🧬 🧪
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We're back in York today for day 2 of @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social and the group are looking at jobs! They've been tasked with finding job vacancies, researching the key information and skills needed for these roles outside of academia.
#postdocs
June 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Squeeze more out of your AFM images with NanoLocz v1.3 💪
Download the updated version here:
github.com/George-R-Hea...
May 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Disappeared from here for a couple of months (social media doesn't come to me naturally) and it seems the wave has dissipated... is anyone who isn't a social media manager still here?
May 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Had the pleasure of chairing our Molecular and Nanoscale Physics group internal seminar at @physicsleedsuni.bsky.social today. Always good to celebrate success within the group and hear about the breadth of research going on. Today's talks covered topics from flow cytometry to polymer chemistry!
May 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Join us TODAY, 2-3 pm BST for our next ECR-led PoL seminar on Zoom.

You can still get the Zoom link by registering here: forms.gle/RLmWdvUT8zsz...

See you there!
May 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Enjoyed a day out of the office last week with this dynamic group of Yorkshire Postdocs. It was good to take some time to reflect on our values and strengths together. Excited for the next @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social day in York next month! #PostdocLife #AcademicNetworking
It was fantastic to meet our second cohort of the @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social programme last week at the beautiful Cloth Hall in Leeds. You can find out more about the cohort on our website: whiterose.ac.uk/what-we-do/w...
May 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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My first post! Hi science community 👋🧬

We have been trying to figure out the mechanistic mysteries about SMC motor proteins. They extrude our genome constantly into loops. We know that that's important. But how it works, is a matter of intense debate! Today, we report a piece of the puzzle:
December 16, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Please share: Still plenty of time to apply for PhD projects in my lab using single-molecule methods to look at disordered regions and condensin complexes!
Contact me at e.cutts@sheffield.ac.uk
For details on how to apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Developing Imaging Solutions to Study the Dynamics of Human Condensin I at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Developing Imaging Solutions to Study the Dynamics of Human Condensin I at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Back in the office after a long weekend in beautiful Bilbao. Had a great time exploring the city, eating Pintxos in the bars and visiting some amazing museums.
December 16, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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We have a #PhD available! I'm really excited about this project, looking at whether and how differences in the #IDRs of paralogous epigenetic enzymes CBP and p300 cause them to behave differently. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Unveiling the Secrets of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Gene Regulation at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Unveiling the Secrets of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Gene Regulation at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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Excited to share our new paper in @PNASNews on mixed, reconstituted neurofilaments (NFs)! This work was led by ChemE PhD student Erika Ding and done in collab w Prof. Rui Wang and ChemE PhD student Takashi Yokokura here at Berkeley pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 2, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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First paper of our lab today @natureportfolio.bsky.social by Nussi!

We provide a real-time movie on how #transcription and #translation cooperate using #single-molecule FM: we find long-range #ribosome/ RNAP communication mediated by #RNA looping!

@embl.org #RNAbiology #RNASky

t.co/a24Xxcxdo0
December 4, 2024 at 8:53 PM
This looks like a cool project with some cool people in a very cool city 🧪 🔬 #Bristol #AFM
Please share this PhD opportunity in my new lab in Bristol, using protein design/ engineering to understand and build molecular motors to control intracellular transport. Working with @markdodding.bsky.social and Prof Dek Woolfson.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.swbio.ac.uk/biomolecular...
November 28, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Interesting to see scientists perceived as a unifying force in society. 🧪
Not sure exactly what to think about this. It seems that several of the hot button issues at the moment have a scientific aspect so we (scientists) need to be aware how our voices are heard.
I genuinely think a lot of journalists have their head in the sand about how they're seen. We are very busy vilifying social media when lots of people think we are even worse!

New data from RISJ found the public think journalists + news media cause more societal division than social media.
November 28, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Super cool DNA nanotech- DNA builidng blocks that can be configured in 3D. 🧪
My inner 6 year old loves the dinosaur!
Shouting out some super cool work by my good friend and Chemistry colleague Shelley Wickham and her amazing team @sydneyuni.bsky.social #chemsky

DNA origami voxels configured into anything 🦕🇦🇺 you name it, even 3D or dynamic, they'll build it

Out in Science Robotics
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reconfigurable nanomaterials folded from multicomponent chains of DNA origami voxels
Custom nanostructures joined into flexible chains rapidly transform into programmable nanorobotic components with high yield.
www.science.org
November 28, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Dropping this on 🧪
Atomic force microscopy, DNA, and parasites! Examining the complex molecular structure of DNA chain mail #KDNA
November 26, 2024 at 8:58 AM
In this paper #AFM is used to image the chain-mail structure of kinetoplast #DNA from parasites and automated analysis unravels the complex molecular topology. 🧪 🔬 🧬
@alicepyne.bsky.social doi.org/10.1039/D4CP...
Multiscale topological analysis of kinetoplast DNA via high-resolution AFM
Kinetoplast DNA is a complex nanoscale network, naturally assembled from thousands of interconnected DNA circles within the mitochondrion of certain parasites. Despite the relevance of this molecule t...
doi.org
November 22, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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AFM starter pack. Sorry if I missed anyone, relatively small numbers at the moment. Please share, nominate others/yourself (any career stage). I will also try to add incoming new users regularly.
go.bsky.app/MSz2t33
November 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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PhD i-case studentship with our lab, use state of the art molecular tweezers to examine how adducts are excised from DNA an exciting new collaboration with Matt Newton and LUMICKS

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding how damaged DNA is excised and repaired to maintain genome integrity and prevent cancer. at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding how damaged DNA is excised and repaired to maintain genome integrity and prevent cancer. at University of Sheffield, listed on Find...
www.findaphd.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Essential reference for anyone presenting image data or derived analysis 🔬📹🔭🧪

A checklist for best practice when publishing light microscopy images but applicable to many other imaging fields including #AFM
"Community-developed checklists for publishing images and image analyses"

Very important resource for #Microscopy coming from Christopher Schmied, Christian Tischer & Helena Klara Jambor et al. 👍 I assume this was edited by @ritastrack.bsky.social?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Community-developed checklists for publishing images and image analyses - Nature Methods
Community-developed checklists offer best-practice guidance for biologists preparing light microscopy images and describing image analyses for publications.
www.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:46 AM
I remember when I was first told about DNA origami as an undergrad, it was introduced as a bit of a novelty that let you make smiley faces. I've since come to see how powerful it can be as a nanotechnology and a platform for nano/bio experiments.
I'm posting a series on classic papers in DNA nanotechnology and DNA computing on the @molpigs.bsky.social account. Ever wondered how DNA origami went from a silly face on the cover of nature to go-to nanoscale construction material? The story actually begins in 1982 with a little theory paper... 🧪
First up, Ned Seeman's 1982 "Nucleic Acid Junctions and Lattices", published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. This was the first paper to propose that through sequence design it might be possible to create precisely-defined crystal lattices out of DNA. 🧬

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 13, 2024 at 10:31 PM
How long until I get comments about how I make my coffee? Hoping to tick off, "Shouldn't that be done in a lab" in the first week.
November 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Delighted to welcome @eddierollins.bsky.social to the group as a new postdoc!

Eddie brings a wealth of expertise in bioAFM and will be applying his skills to develop high-speed AFM methods to better understand protein dynamics and interactions.
November 12, 2024 at 3:46 PM
A new account and a new start! Excited to be begining a postdoc role in Leeds and the School of Physics and Astronomy
November 12, 2024 at 2:44 PM