David Dulin
dulinlab.bsky.social
David Dulin
@dulinlab.bsky.social
Assistant prof at VU Amsterdam; single-molecule biophysics; gene machines; #RNAvirus; #transcription; #replication; innate immunity
https://daviddulinlab.com/
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An excellent opportunity for early-career researchers! Fellows receive salary comparable to an Assistant Professor position and research funds. For 2026, the program invites theory‑focused researchers in natural sciences and technology: www.oist.jp/research/bur... @oistedu.bsky.social
Buribushi Fellowship
www.oist.jp
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Another academic year, another NWO Physics of Life newsletter!

Check it out 👇
nwobiophysics.nl/newsletters

> Interview with former chair Kristina Ganzinger (AMOLF) and our new chair Kristin Grußmayer @tudelfttnw.bsky.social
> Biosketch by Lisa Tran @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
> and more..
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Interested in our recent norovirus NS3 work? 👇

Join us to dig deeper!

I'm recruiting a PhD candidate to investigate NS3's role in viral replication and assembly using #cryoEM, #cryoET, and other complementary techniques.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4f3t3aae

Please share! 🙏
July 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We are grateful to @danielhurdiss.bsky.social for inviting us to contribute to this great work! ☺️
Latest preprint from the lab, many years in the making!

By combining #cryoEM with #AlphaFold3 modelling, we propose that norovirus NS3 forms a transmembrane RNA translocase.

This could have big implications for our understanding of viral replication & assembly (🧵)

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Saudi Arabia confirms 9 MERS cases, including hospital cluster www.cidrap.umn.edu/mers-cov/sau...
Saudi Arabia confirms 9 MERS cases, including hospital cluster
www.cidrap.umn.edu
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Repost appreciated:

Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, 🇸🇪 to uncover how arboviruses remodel the cellular interior. In situ #cryoET combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.

Deadline 4 May. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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still possible to apply:
phygenome.sciencesconf.org
March 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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A PhD position is open for this year. A candidate should have a background in programming skills.
March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Please share, we have #PhD opportunities for anyone interested in filming the #Biophysics of life at the nanoscale.

Full details at: heath-afm-lab.github.io/positions/

Projects based around developing and applying High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy methods to understand molecular dynamics.
December 10, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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Join our lab in Amsterdam. We are looking for a Netherlands-based Technician/Analist (MBO-4 level) to apply advanced microscopy, imaging, and molecular techniques to study fungal-plant interactions. 2-yr position

See link for details. Applications due Feb 23rd.
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/te...
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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I'm happy to see this paper I handled finally out! -- Directed evolution in mammalian cells using an orthogonal alphaviral RNA replication system with antiviral-induced mutagenesis #ChemBio #synbio

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Orthogonal RNA replication enables directed evolution and Darwinian adaptation in mammalian cells - Nature Chemical Biology
An orthogonal alphaviral RNA replication system with chemically inducible control of RNA mutagenesis enables RNA-based directed evolution in mammalian cells.
www.nature.com
January 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I’m looking for a postdoc to join my team under a recently funded ERC Starting Grant.

If you’re passionate about structural #virology and have experience in #cryoEM SPA and/or #cryoET, get in touch!

Application deadline: January 19th.

Please share with your networks 🙏

Job link: tiny.cc/7v33001
Postdoctoral Researcher in Structural Virology
This project is focused on deciphering the role of virally encoded AAA+ ATPases in the replication cycles of Enteroviruses and Noroviruses.
tiny.cc
December 27, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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Thanks David - we hope people will find it useful!

We will look to share the protocols and other useful info in a dedicated method paper in the new year!
December 23, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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We are looking for new group leaders. If RNA is your thing, and/or computational biology and you want to start your own group, check out these links. Feel free to contact me about these!
And, please help me spread this. Thanks!

www.imb.de/jobs/jobdeta...

www.imb.de/jobs/jobdeta...
Jobdetail
IMB Mainz
www.imb.de
December 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Can't agree more!⬇️
1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field
December 13, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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We have an opening for a 4 yr PhD interested in membrane remodelling and cryo-EM/ET of a minimal cell division machinery: edu.nl/bukan

You will be part of the EVOLF consortium in which 30 leading biochemists/biophysicists work together to explore if and how we can build autonomous synthetic cells.
December 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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Soon possible to register for BioPhyChrom VII in September 2025 www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
The biology and physics of prokaryotic chromosomes VII
An international scientific conference, bringing together biologists and physicists, to discuss discoveries around bacterial chromosome structure.
www.biochemistry.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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PhD position available in our group as part of a EU-Marie Skłodowska Curie Doctoral Network “MeChaNiSM”. World-leading academic laboratories in single-molecule biophysics, organic synthesis, molecular modeling and industrial partners to train 15 Doctoral Candidates. www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Simulations of Nucleic Acids Mechanics
Computer Simulations of Mechanical Properties of Nucleic Acids
www.kuleuven.be
December 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug candidate in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has been shown to reduce HIV infections by 96% in a SECOND late-stage Phase III trial. Lenacapavir was 99.9% effective at preventing HIV in MORE THAN 2,000 participants. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
November 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Identification and genomic characterization of a novel bisegmented coronavirus in the lesser panda
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Identification and genomic characterization of a novel bisegmented coronavirus in the lesser panda
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses and are renowned for their capacity to infect a diverse range of animals, including humans. In this study, we report the i...
www.biorxiv.org
November 29, 2024 at 8:23 PM