Georgina Menzies
@georginamenzies.bsky.social
Lecturer @cardiffuniversity specialising in computational biology. Particularly love DNA structure and dynamics. 🧬💻👩🏼💻
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🚀 New fellowship opportunity!🚀
Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉
Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM
Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉
Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM
September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🚀 New fellowship opportunity!🚀
Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉
Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM
Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉
Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM
😂 with what feels like less than adequate compensation for said constant rejections
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
"Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection."
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
"Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection."
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
😂 with what feels like less than adequate compensation for said constant rejections
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
Very cool
New preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We used molecular dynamics simulations and solid-state NMR (@fmp-berlin.de) to look at calcium binding to the pore domain of the calcium-gated K+ channel MthK. @wojciechkopec.bsky.social @compbiophys.bsky.social
We used molecular dynamics simulations and solid-state NMR (@fmp-berlin.de) to look at calcium binding to the pore domain of the calcium-gated K+ channel MthK. @wojciechkopec.bsky.social @compbiophys.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Very cool
Always a nice email to receive. I look forward to sharing our paper with you once it’s in print 🎉
August 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Always a nice email to receive. I look forward to sharing our paper with you once it’s in print 🎉
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A pleasure to welcome @rorycj.bsky.social to the UK DRI at Cardiff! 🏴
Rory has written a fantastic blog about his experience meeting discovery scientists developing the next generation of treatments for Parkinson's & other neurodegenerative conditions
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/dementia-r...
Rory has written a fantastic blog about his experience meeting discovery scientists developing the next generation of treatments for Parkinson's & other neurodegenerative conditions
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/dementia-r...
Dementia Research - meet the scientists
Big data, fruit flies and the battle against brain diseases
rorycellanjones.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A pleasure to welcome @rorycj.bsky.social to the UK DRI at Cardiff! 🏴
Rory has written a fantastic blog about his experience meeting discovery scientists developing the next generation of treatments for Parkinson's & other neurodegenerative conditions
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/dementia-r...
Rory has written a fantastic blog about his experience meeting discovery scientists developing the next generation of treatments for Parkinson's & other neurodegenerative conditions
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/dementia-r...
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Happy to announce our latest article, a tutorial on running Gaussian-accelerated MD simulations in NAMD. Tour de force work by @hmmichel.bsky.social with @mdpoleto.bsky.social that unifies theory and practice in one place!
livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...
livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...
Running Gaussian-accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations in NAMD [Article v1.0]
| Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science
livecomsjournal.org
July 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy to announce our latest article, a tutorial on running Gaussian-accelerated MD simulations in NAMD. Tour de force work by @hmmichel.bsky.social with @mdpoleto.bsky.social that unifies theory and practice in one place!
livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...
livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...
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AlphaFold is great, but contrary to public opinion it has not completely solved the protein folding problem. Much work remains to be done.
clauswilke.substack.com/p/no-alphafo...
clauswilke.substack.com/p/no-alphafo...
No, AlphaFold has not completely solved protein folding
Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.
clauswilke.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
AlphaFold is great, but contrary to public opinion it has not completely solved the protein folding problem. Much work remains to be done.
clauswilke.substack.com/p/no-alphafo...
clauswilke.substack.com/p/no-alphafo...
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There is no justification on earth for blocking deliveries of baby formula to starving babies and mothers.
What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
There is no justification on earth for blocking deliveries of baby formula to starving babies and mothers.
What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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CASP is the main reason the protein structure prediction technology and research field advanced over the last 30 years. And the main reason AI based methods have been accepted and widely applied in biology. So shortsighted of NIH to postpone or even halt funding. John Moult is a scientific hero.
Exclusive: An international scientific competition widely credited with spurring the development of artificial intelligence for biology appears to be on its deathbed. scim.ag/44ukS90
Exclusive: Famed protein structure competition nears end as NIH grant money runs out
Agency silent on funding renewal for contest that inspired creation of AIs that predicted how proteins would fold
scim.ag
July 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
CASP is the main reason the protein structure prediction technology and research field advanced over the last 30 years. And the main reason AI based methods have been accepted and widely applied in biology. So shortsighted of NIH to postpone or even halt funding. John Moult is a scientific hero.
Heat and a newborn is not a great combo 🥵
June 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Heat and a newborn is not a great combo 🥵
Just found out my nomination to join the biochemical society as a member of the grants panel was successful 🎉 working really hard for the first 5 months of this year is starting to pay off 🤣
June 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Just found out my nomination to join the biochemical society as a member of the grants panel was successful 🎉 working really hard for the first 5 months of this year is starting to pay off 🤣
New paper 🚨super proud of this collaborative effort, and grateful to my co-authors for answering the reviewer comments whilst I was on mat leave. You can find it here pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
June 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New paper 🚨super proud of this collaborative effort, and grateful to my co-authors for answering the reviewer comments whilst I was on mat leave. You can find it here pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
This is madness!
Petition against the development of a hugely damaging Aqua Park at one of Glamorgan’s best wildlife sites. chng.it/hBdbBxwLLR
Sign the Petition
Halt the Installation of the Aqua Park at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, Penarth
chng.it
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This is madness!
One week left in work before maternity leave and I don’t want to speak to soon but I am really getting through my to do list 😆 no one derail me now please!
May 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
One week left in work before maternity leave and I don’t want to speak to soon but I am really getting through my to do list 😆 no one derail me now please!
Next up prof. Vincent Dion from the @ukdri.ac.uk is talking science fact, not science fiction, and telling us about his groups approach to finding a treatment for Huntingtons. @alzheimersresearchuk.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Next up prof. Vincent Dion from the @ukdri.ac.uk is talking science fact, not science fiction, and telling us about his groups approach to finding a treatment for Huntingtons. @alzheimersresearchuk.org
Our second speaker of the day, Dr Lelos talking to us about cell therapy and how this might be used to treat Huntingtons. @alzheimersresearchuk.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our second speaker of the day, Dr Lelos talking to us about cell therapy and how this might be used to treat Huntingtons. @alzheimersresearchuk.org
ARUK public engagement at the @cardiffcity.bsky.social stadium. Dr Massey kicking it off by talking to us about Huntington’s Disease, what it is and how we might be cure it. @alzheimersresearchuk.org
May 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
ARUK public engagement at the @cardiffcity.bsky.social stadium. Dr Massey kicking it off by talking to us about Huntington’s Disease, what it is and how we might be cure it. @alzheimersresearchuk.org
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Pre-announcement: MARTINI tutorial workshop, August 11-15th 2025 in Groningen, The Netherlands !!
Learn basic and advanced Martini from the cocktail masters themselves. Registration will open soon.
Learn basic and advanced Martini from the cocktail masters themselves. Registration will open soon.
April 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Pre-announcement: MARTINI tutorial workshop, August 11-15th 2025 in Groningen, The Netherlands !!
Learn basic and advanced Martini from the cocktail masters themselves. Registration will open soon.
Learn basic and advanced Martini from the cocktail masters themselves. Registration will open soon.
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Some good news for a change–Queen's has set aside funds to assist any students who have lost their visa status in the US and are looking to continue their graduate studies. Please share widely.
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
April 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Some good news for a change–Queen's has set aside funds to assist any students who have lost their visa status in the US and are looking to continue their graduate studies. Please share widely.
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
April 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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AF2χ: Predicting protein side-chain rotamer distributions with AlphaFold2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.16.649219v1
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
AF2χ: Predicting protein side-chain rotamer distributions with AlphaFold2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.16.649219v1
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Our lab is hiring 1 PhD and 1 Postdoc to study the mechanism of lipid transport using computational methods (Molecular Dynamics, AI). Fully funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social for 4 years, with amazing collaborators and excellent life and working conditions. Apply by email. Please share and repost!
April 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our lab is hiring 1 PhD and 1 Postdoc to study the mechanism of lipid transport using computational methods (Molecular Dynamics, AI). Fully funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social for 4 years, with amazing collaborators and excellent life and working conditions. Apply by email. Please share and repost!
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📢 Our article calling for a #FAIR database for #MolecularDynamics simulation data has now been peer-reviewed and published in @naturemethods.bsky.social
📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/ef6YX
📝 Support the statement: bit.ly/3zVS3qm
#MDDB #FAIRdata #collaboration
📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/ef6YX
📝 Support the statement: bit.ly/3zVS3qm
#MDDB #FAIRdata #collaboration
April 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📢 Our article calling for a #FAIR database for #MolecularDynamics simulation data has now been peer-reviewed and published in @naturemethods.bsky.social
📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/ef6YX
📝 Support the statement: bit.ly/3zVS3qm
#MDDB #FAIRdata #collaboration
📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/ef6YX
📝 Support the statement: bit.ly/3zVS3qm
#MDDB #FAIRdata #collaboration
Final taught session of the year is done 🎉 I still have marking and in person assessments to do, but with 7 weeks left till I go on maternity leave it feels pretty good to be concentrating on final research bits and making sure all my students are in a good place before I go. 🧬🖥️
April 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Final taught session of the year is done 🎉 I still have marking and in person assessments to do, but with 7 weeks left till I go on maternity leave it feels pretty good to be concentrating on final research bits and making sure all my students are in a good place before I go. 🧬🖥️