Erin E. Cutts
@eecutts.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary biochemist/structural biologist. Works with SMC complexes and their friends. Here for science.
I’ve been offline for a while for the reason below. But I’m back in the lab, with more motivation and joy than ever before! The last year has been a wild ride, but everything has worked out brilliantly!
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I’ve been offline for a while for the reason below. But I’m back in the lab, with more motivation and joy than ever before! The last year has been a wild ride, but everything has worked out brilliantly!
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Nominations for the June Almeida award for Mid/Senior-Career Women in Cryo-EM are now open! Submit your nomination via this link www.biophysics.org/awards-fundi... by November 14th to recognize an exceptional woman in our community.
Subgroup Awards - The Biophysical Society
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October 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Nominations for the June Almeida award for Mid/Senior-Career Women in Cryo-EM are now open! Submit your nomination via this link www.biophysics.org/awards-fundi... by November 14th to recognize an exceptional woman in our community.
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I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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We are looking for a senior technician (can undertake PhD) at Uni of Birmingham (UK) to study chromatin replication and ubiquitylation using Xenopus egg extract. Deadline 28/10/25. Get in touch with me or @m-saponaro.bsky.social for informal inquiries. Please share.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW912/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW912/s...
Senior Research Technician at University of Birmingham
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October 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We are looking for a senior technician (can undertake PhD) at Uni of Birmingham (UK) to study chromatin replication and ubiquitylation using Xenopus egg extract. Deadline 28/10/25. Get in touch with me or @m-saponaro.bsky.social for informal inquiries. Please share.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW912/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW912/s...
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New preprint with @gfudenberg.bsky.social
We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding.
This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding.
This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
NIPBL dosage shapes genome folding by tuning the rate of cohesin loop extrusion
Cohesin loop extrusion is a major driver of chromosome folding, but how its dynamics are controlled to shape the genome remains elusive. Here we disentangle the contributions of the cohesin cofactors ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New preprint with @gfudenberg.bsky.social
We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding.
This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find the rate of cohesin loop extrusion in cells is set by NIPBL dosage and tunes many aspects of chromosome folding.
This provides a molecular basis for NIPBL haploinsufficiency in humans. 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My PhD student @leonielorenz.bsky.social (with Eva Geissen) has made this nice (free) online course to introduce mathematical modelling for biology:
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
Mathematical modelling for biologists - Modelling concepts in biological research
Mathematical modelling for biologists - Modelling concepts in biological research
www.ebi.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My PhD student @leonielorenz.bsky.social (with Eva Geissen) has made this nice (free) online course to introduce mathematical modelling for biology:
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
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It's more important than ever for students and educators to stay informed and proactive. That's why you're invited to our upcoming webinar “The Future of Graduate Education in Biophysics"
September 4, 3:30-5:00PM USA Eastern
my.biophysics.org/events/calen...
September 4, 3:30-5:00PM USA Eastern
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my.biophysics.org
August 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's more important than ever for students and educators to stay informed and proactive. That's why you're invited to our upcoming webinar “The Future of Graduate Education in Biophysics"
September 4, 3:30-5:00PM USA Eastern
my.biophysics.org/events/calen...
September 4, 3:30-5:00PM USA Eastern
my.biophysics.org/events/calen...
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Starting off our NAF 2025 meeting with an introduction of the RSC Nucleic Acids Group's new chair, Marco Di Antonio! An exciting new era for our group begins! 🧬
@diantoniogroup.bsky.social
@diantoniogroup.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Starting off our NAF 2025 meeting with an introduction of the RSC Nucleic Acids Group's new chair, Marco Di Antonio! An exciting new era for our group begins! 🧬
@diantoniogroup.bsky.social
@diantoniogroup.bsky.social
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This is a proper tour de force of integrative structural biology and biochem! (Including from our own @eecutts.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social) so many crucial roles for SLiMs in fundamental cellular processes.
Online Now: Condensin II activation by M18BP1 Online now:
Condensin II activation by M18BP1
Borsellini, Conti, Cutts, Harris, et al. identify an interaction between M18BP1 and condensin II that is essential for condensin II activity and chromatin localization. MCPH1 keeps the interphase genome uncondensed by competing with M18BP1. A phosphorylation-driven switch allows M18BP1 to trigger condensation at mitotic onset.
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July 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
This is a proper tour de force of integrative structural biology and biochem! (Including from our own @eecutts.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social) so many crucial roles for SLiMs in fundamental cellular processes.
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Condensin II activation by M18BP1: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
Condensin II activation by M18BP1
Borsellini, Conti, Cutts, Harris, et al. identify an interaction between M18BP1 and
condensin II that is essential for condensin II activity and chromatin localization.
MCPH1 keeps the interphase geno...
www.cell.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Condensin II activation by M18BP1: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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JOB OPENING for biochemist/-physicst 🧑🔬: This isn't an official job ad yet. We are looking for a postdoc working on large to high throughout single-molecule FRET on protein structures and dynamics. The project will be run in our lab and co-directed jointly with a team from big pharma/biotech. 1/2
June 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
JOB OPENING for biochemist/-physicst 🧑🔬: This isn't an official job ad yet. We are looking for a postdoc working on large to high throughout single-molecule FRET on protein structures and dynamics. The project will be run in our lab and co-directed jointly with a team from big pharma/biotech. 1/2
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Job Alert 🔊🔊
Looking for your first or next Postdoc position? Then don't look further, apply to this opportunity to join our lab to tackle the next big challenges in the Wnt signalling field. Experience in protein biochemistry and in vitro cell biology is essential for this post tinyurl.com/2p9rndfy
Looking for your first or next Postdoc position? Then don't look further, apply to this opportunity to join our lab to tackle the next big challenges in the Wnt signalling field. Experience in protein biochemistry and in vitro cell biology is essential for this post tinyurl.com/2p9rndfy
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Job Alert 🔊🔊
Looking for your first or next Postdoc position? Then don't look further, apply to this opportunity to join our lab to tackle the next big challenges in the Wnt signalling field. Experience in protein biochemistry and in vitro cell biology is essential for this post tinyurl.com/2p9rndfy
Looking for your first or next Postdoc position? Then don't look further, apply to this opportunity to join our lab to tackle the next big challenges in the Wnt signalling field. Experience in protein biochemistry and in vitro cell biology is essential for this post tinyurl.com/2p9rndfy
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Looking for a senior lecturer (associate #professor) position in #biochemistry? Come and join our neighbouring department at Uppsala University: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Senior lecturer in medical biochemistry - Uppsala University
Senior lecturer in medical biochemistry , Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
April 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Looking for a senior lecturer (associate #professor) position in #biochemistry? Come and join our neighbouring department at Uppsala University: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Earnshaw, Goloborodko, Dekker & Mirny labs are excited to present our latest work, "Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation" - now accepted!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A short clip describing the key results:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvO...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A short clip describing the key results:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvO...
Rules of Engagement
YouTube video by Johan Gibcus
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Earnshaw, Goloborodko, Dekker & Mirny labs are excited to present our latest work, "Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation" - now accepted!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A short clip describing the key results:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvO...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A short clip describing the key results:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmvO...
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Anyone looking for a PhD: the second deadline of the Yorkshire DTP closes this Friday, the 14th. Get in touch asap if you are interested in working with me on condensin complexes!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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
March 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anyone looking for a PhD: the second deadline of the Yorkshire DTP closes this Friday, the 14th. Get in touch asap if you are interested in working with me on condensin complexes!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Deadline for abstract submission (for poster/short talk presentation) extended until March 14 - after that we will open registration for scientific participants without abstracts.
The UK&Ireland single-molecule meeting 2025 will be held in Oxford on May 14 and 15 - deadline for abstract submission March 7 - submit one and join us! Here is the link:
lumicks.com/uk-single-mo...
lumicks.com/uk-single-mo...
UK Single-molecule Meeting 2025 – LUMICKS
lumicks.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Deadline for abstract submission (for poster/short talk presentation) extended until March 14 - after that we will open registration for scientific participants without abstracts.
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Very happy to see this out! 😍
Tissue-like lipid networks with motile bacteria undergo large remodeling events, leading to active “hubs” & tissue fluidization!
This was a super fun collab w Jan Steinkuhler lab!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tissue-like lipid networks with motile bacteria undergo large remodeling events, leading to active “hubs” & tissue fluidization!
This was a super fun collab w Jan Steinkuhler lab!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Remodeling of lipid-foam prototissues by network-wide tension fluctuations induced by active particles - Nature Communications
Constructing synthetic prototissues is a challenge in bottom-up synthetic biology. Here, the authors introduce a “lipid foam” tissue mimetic and demonstrate network-wide tension fluctuations upon comp...
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March 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Very happy to see this out! 😍
Tissue-like lipid networks with motile bacteria undergo large remodeling events, leading to active “hubs” & tissue fluidization!
This was a super fun collab w Jan Steinkuhler lab!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tissue-like lipid networks with motile bacteria undergo large remodeling events, leading to active “hubs” & tissue fluidization!
This was a super fun collab w Jan Steinkuhler lab!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Don’t miss the early bird registration for this exciting meeting focused on neglected areas of genetics, cellular and structural biology. Lots of slots for speakers selected from abstracts. 2-4 April 2025 in Edinburgh.
Interested in difficult to access parts of genetics, cellular & structural biology? Join us in Edinburgh 2-4th April 2025 for "Hidden Cell, Dark Genome"
Regulation in the dark genome
Uncharted proteins, RNA complexity
Atomic structures at cellular scale
Cell diversity
www.ed.ac.uk/c/hidden-cel...
Regulation in the dark genome
Uncharted proteins, RNA complexity
Atomic structures at cellular scale
Cell diversity
www.ed.ac.uk/c/hidden-cel...
February 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Don’t miss the early bird registration for this exciting meeting focused on neglected areas of genetics, cellular and structural biology. Lots of slots for speakers selected from abstracts. 2-4 April 2025 in Edinburgh.
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Development folks: the next Northern England Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social meeting will take place on the 10th of July in Sheffield. Great speaker line-up, cheap registration fee and plenty of slots for ECR talks. Registration deadline=31/5, see poster for details
February 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Development folks: the next Northern England Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social meeting will take place on the 10th of July in Sheffield. Great speaker line-up, cheap registration fee and plenty of slots for ECR talks. Registration deadline=31/5, see poster for details
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Our first introductory episode will go live tomorrow!
@timcoulson.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social @streamingspires.bsky.social
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
@timcoulson.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social @streamingspires.bsky.social
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
Science Of The Times
Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
February 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Our first introductory episode will go live tomorrow!
@timcoulson.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social @streamingspires.bsky.social
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
@timcoulson.bsky.social @sykhalid.bsky.social @streamingspires.bsky.social
scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm
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Happy to report our enzyme found a home! rdcu.be/eaGXG New kid on the block P450 O-demethylase SyoA-the specificity of a monooxygenase with the simplicity of catalysis driven by peroxide. Retrofit your P450 with this active site chemistry today! #lignin #syringol Out today in Nature Communications.
February 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy to report our enzyme found a home! rdcu.be/eaGXG New kid on the block P450 O-demethylase SyoA-the specificity of a monooxygenase with the simplicity of catalysis driven by peroxide. Retrofit your P450 with this active site chemistry today! #lignin #syringol Out today in Nature Communications.
There are certainly worse office views
February 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There are certainly worse office views