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Petri Kursula
@petrikursula.bsky.social
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Father, professor, and scientist, Finland/Norway/Germany; science, structural biology, research infrastructure, myelin, equality, coffee, mental health, dogs, ...
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Oh, I feel the pressure building up... 🧪
February 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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nina-kozlova.bsky.social
First post over here!
And it’s a link to our NDRG1 preprint!
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Jan 26
A novel DNA repair protein, N-Myc downstream regulated gene 1 (NDRG1), links stromal tumour microenvironment to chemoresistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.22.634323v1
January 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #9
January 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #8
January 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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1000womeninstem.bsky.social
6️⃣6️⃣ Dorothy June Sutor (1929-1990) 🇳🇿 #womeninSTEM New Zealand crystallographer. She was the first to establish the existence of C - H ⋯ O hydrogen bonds in crystals in 1962. Her work was wrongly criticised by Jerry Donohue.

www.chemistryworld.com/features/the...
January 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #7
January 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Over 60 German and Austrian universities, the German Federal Court of Justice and multiple top German football clubs have announced that they will be withdrawing from Twitter (X), due to US oligarch Elon Musk's "discussion" (collaboration) with Germany's neo-Nazi party (AfD) Alice Weidl.
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #6
January 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #5
January 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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mustapipa.bsky.social
Näin tiede asetetaan poliittiseen kontrolliin.

"Akatemian tehtävien hoitaminen ei saa olla ristiriidassa Suomen kansallisen turvallisuuden, Suomen kansainvälisten velvoitteiden tai Suomen ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikan kanssa."
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Kukaan ei huomannut uutista: hallitus vaatii huomioimaan ”turvallisuuteen liittyvät näkökohdat” tutkimuksen rahoituksessa
Luulisi, että esitys herättäisi uutisnälkäisessä toimittajassa kysymyksiä. Aletaanko Suomen Akatemiassa valvoa arvopohjaisen realismin noudattamista? kirjoittaa Anu Koivunen.
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December 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #4
December 30, 2024 at 11:44 AM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky

#BookChallenge

#Books

Day #3
December 29, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Had a little holiday break but here we go again...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #2
December 28, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day #1
December 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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#finland still has a lot to learn #racism www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Black woman targeted by racist abuse in Finland over festival role
Finnish PM apologises to Daniela Owusu after she received hate messages after becoming first Black woman to represent Saint Lucia
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:45 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
One more preprint out - Santa can come now!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪
Paratope mapping of tilvestamab, an anti-AXL function blocking antibody, using high-throughput bacterial expression of secreted scFv-ompY fusion proteins
Targeting AXL with a highly selective antibody presents a promising approach for inhibiting AXL and potentially improving cancer treatment. An essential step in antibody optimisation is the mapping of...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:50 AM
petrikursula.bsky.social
...and there we have it - the first paper for 2025 😀

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nanobodies against the myelin enzyme CNPase as tools for structural and functional studies
The enzyme 2′,3′-cyclic nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) is abundant in non-compact myelin. While its in vitro catalytic activity is well understood, the in vivo function of CNPase remains un...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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opazo.bsky.social
My 1st post in bsky is about our latest paper of 2024. Excellent collaboration with @petrikursula.bsky.social @myelincentric.bsky.social & Bradley Zuchero labs. We characterized a set of 🦙 #nanobodies binding myelin protein CNPase. It is online at @jneurochem.bsky.social: dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnc....
Mouse brain section stained with a nanobody anti-CNPase (cyan) and Dapi/nuclei in magenta
December 10, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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miao-yu.bsky.social
Thrilled to share our latest paper in PNAS! We enhanced SAXS with noncanonical amino acid labels to extract both RG and RE of IDPs, addressing key discrepancies in biophysical measurements. Big thanks to Lemke Lab for the amazing ASAXS-inspired T-shirt! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 9, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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bjornppedersen.bsky.social
Interested in structural biology, membrane proteins, biophysics and working onto understand hormone transport in plants?☘️🔬👩‍🔬🧪
We are recruiting a postdoc:
- Deadline 20. Dec 2024.
- 2(+2) year position.
- Details and application link: tinyurl.com/y7vnewen
- PM for questions
Please repost 💚
Postdoctoral position in biophysical and structural characterization of auxin transport, Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Protein Science, Aarhus University
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November 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Latest from the lab now out as a preprint 😇🧪
December 5, 2024 at 8:46 AM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Last lecture of 2024 is DONE! 🧪🎓🤠
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
Well, this is unlikely to happen again any time soon...I have submitted 5 funding applications within 2 days. 🧪 #science #funding
December 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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Calling Recent PhDs! The PULSE postdoc program at SciLifeLab is opening soon, matchmaking portfolio now published! 🧪🌍🖥️🧬

The program welcomes researchers from all over the world – 48 in total, in an academic and an entrepreneurial track.

#MolBiol #AcademicSky #PlantSciJobs
The face and upper body of a young scientist in bright laboratory environment. In the foreground: a blurry out of focus vial with red liquid.
November 26, 2024 at 12:45 PM
petrikursula.bsky.social
I can only agree! The meeting was excellent, and lots of new ideas and motivation! Who knows - maybe next time there will be more nice protein structures to show! 😇
juliae.bsky.social Julia Edgar @juliae.bsky.social · Nov 23
The Myelin Network meeting in Kassel was simply terrific! Thanks to the organisers @myelincentric.bsky.social @axoglia.bsky.social @Tanya Kuhlmann. Exciting science and excellent socialising.
November 23, 2024 at 8:39 PM