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Nice collaboration with the Abankwa lab (University of Luxembourg) on development of peptide-based PDE6D inhibitors, and congrats to our shared PhD candidate Atanasio Gómez-Mulas!

doi.org/10.1002/cbic...
Development of a Genetically Encoded and Potent PDE6D Inhibitor
PDE6D is a trafficking chaperone of prenylated proteins. Current small molecule PDE6D inhibitors target its hydrophobic pocket, rendering them typically poorly water soluble. Herein, PDE6D binders ar...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I want to highlight this review from Laura Quirion (@jf-cotelab.bsky.social) and Regina Strakhova (my lab) on ARF GTPases. Great read on the atypical nature of ARF/ARL small GTPase signalling, and they make it clear there is still much we don't know!

doi.org/10.3389/fmol...
Frontiers | Unfolding ARF and ARL GTPases: from biophysics to systems-level insights
Advanced technologies to study protein biophysics, mRNA expression and protein-protein interactions at high throughput in physiological or pathological conte...
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
love this work - super cool and nice thread explaining potential evolutionary implications
Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
PhD Position – Cancer Signalling and Structural Biology
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal

www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
Smith Lab, IRIC | Matthew Smith
PhD Position – Cancer Signalling and Structural Biology Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal My lab is seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our mult...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22.
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
Join our Faculty | Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Call for applications:We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the newly established Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We are conducting an open search for ou...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu
September 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.

Descriptions and links in the following two posts.
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
National Letter
Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...
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April 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Cool review on a relatively understudied posttranslational modification: oxidation. Our colleagues in the Labbé lab at IRIC have been working to figure out the function of OSGIN proteins in cytokinesis - and its nicely summarized here!

dx.doi.org/10.1080/1538...
Leaving the mark: FMOs as an emerging class of cytokinetic regulators
Posttranslational modification of proteins plays a fundamental role in cell biology. It provides cells a means to regulate the signaling, enzymatic or structural properties of proteins without cont...
dx.doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM