Kristel Alman
@kristelal.bsky.social
Mom. PhD student in biomedical technology (Synthetic phosphorylation-based sensory circuits) @ Mart Loog's lab @unitartu
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New €94M research centre for protein design will open at the University of Copenhagen and be led by Dek Woolfson
Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the centre will operate across the Departments of Biology and & Drug Design and Pharmacology
novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-...
Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the centre will operate across the Departments of Biology and & Drug Design and Pharmacology
novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-...
New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential - Novo Nordisk Fonden
novonordiskfonden.dk
June 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New €94M research centre for protein design will open at the University of Copenhagen and be led by Dek Woolfson
Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the centre will operate across the Departments of Biology and & Drug Design and Pharmacology
novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-...
Funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the centre will operate across the Departments of Biology and & Drug Design and Pharmacology
novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-...
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"Despite the University's agreeing to many changes, including having a political commissioner to control the faculty and oversee the University's Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, all NIH grants to Columbia University remain frozen."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
www.science.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Despite the University's agreeing to many changes, including having a political commissioner to control the faculty and oversee the University's Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, all NIH grants to Columbia University remain frozen."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Feeling the need to repost this.
Interested in graduate studies in science? Was your admission to a US program just rescinded? Well, Canada is now offering doctoral scholarships to qualified foreign students
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
April 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Feeling the need to repost this.
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Closing one of the world's three reference STI labs amid epidemic-level infections in the U.S. is a colossal failure.
This decision leaves us without crucial situational awareness, jeopardizing public health nationwide and globally.
This decision leaves us without crucial situational awareness, jeopardizing public health nationwide and globally.
CDC’s top laboratory on sexually transmitted diseases is shut by Trump administration
The Trump administration fired everyone in a CDC lab that is crucial to tracking drug-resistant gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases. "We are blind," an expert says.
www.statnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Closing one of the world's three reference STI labs amid epidemic-level infections in the U.S. is a colossal failure.
This decision leaves us without crucial situational awareness, jeopardizing public health nationwide and globally.
This decision leaves us without crucial situational awareness, jeopardizing public health nationwide and globally.
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Joanne Chory (1955–2024)
Biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth.
#Obituary by @rootstrapping.bsky.social for @natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#PlantScience
Biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth.
#Obituary by @rootstrapping.bsky.social for @natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#PlantScience
Joanne Chory obituary: biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth
The pioneering plant scientist engineered roots for carbon sequestration and passionately advocated on behalf of women.
www.nature.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Joanne Chory (1955–2024)
Biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth.
#Obituary by @rootstrapping.bsky.social for @natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#PlantScience
Biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth.
#Obituary by @rootstrapping.bsky.social for @natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#PlantScience
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"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."
Women faculty feel ‘pushed’ from academia by poor workplace climate
The gender gap in faculty attrition worsens after tenure, according to a new study
www.science.org
December 9, 2024 at 6:27 AM
"Women full professors are 19% more likely than men at the same career stage to leave academia, as compared with 6% for women assistant professors and 10% for associates."
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🚀 Exciting News! #ComeInCell MSCA Doctoral Network has launched last month and is #hiring 17 #PhDpositions! 🎉 Join us as we embark on a journey to advance cellular research and innovation.
Check the press release: www.mpikg.mpg.de/6845600/laun...
And also our website: www.comeincell.org
Check the press release: www.mpikg.mpg.de/6845600/laun...
And also our website: www.comeincell.org
ComeInCell Launches:A European Doctoral Network to Train the Next Generation of Cell Scientists
www.mpikg.mpg.de
December 5, 2024 at 9:58 AM
🚀 Exciting News! #ComeInCell MSCA Doctoral Network has launched last month and is #hiring 17 #PhDpositions! 🎉 Join us as we embark on a journey to advance cellular research and innovation.
Check the press release: www.mpikg.mpg.de/6845600/laun...
And also our website: www.comeincell.org
Check the press release: www.mpikg.mpg.de/6845600/laun...
And also our website: www.comeincell.org
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Back by popular demand, I present PPI Prediction Challenge #2.
My claim: I AM SKEPTICAL COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES CAN PREDICT WHETHER TWO PROTEINS INTERACT.
Someone prove me wrong (take two).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1/n
My claim: I AM SKEPTICAL COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES CAN PREDICT WHETHER TWO PROTEINS INTERACT.
Someone prove me wrong (take two).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1/n
PPI Prediction Challenge #2
For this protein-protein interaction prediction challenge, we present three target proteins: KRAS, RAF (the KRAS binding domain), and Mdm2. For each target protein, we are providing you a list of 8 po...
docs.google.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Back by popular demand, I present PPI Prediction Challenge #2.
My claim: I AM SKEPTICAL COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES CAN PREDICT WHETHER TWO PROTEINS INTERACT.
Someone prove me wrong (take two).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1/n
My claim: I AM SKEPTICAL COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES CAN PREDICT WHETHER TWO PROTEINS INTERACT.
Someone prove me wrong (take two).
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1/n
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Reminder that if disordered proteins are your thing, this starter pack exists (and I try to update it as best I can as new folks reach out/I see them!) 🍝
go.bsky.app/J23B51L
go.bsky.app/J23B51L
December 2, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Reminder that if disordered proteins are your thing, this starter pack exists (and I try to update it as best I can as new folks reach out/I see them!) 🍝
go.bsky.app/J23B51L
go.bsky.app/J23B51L
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On to Part 2 of the Synthetic Biology (SynBio) starter pack.
Part 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Part 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reply or DM to add/nominate.
Part 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Part 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reply or DM to add/nominate.
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 PM
On to Part 2 of the Synthetic Biology (SynBio) starter pack.
Part 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Part 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reply or DM to add/nominate.
Part 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Part 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reply or DM to add/nominate.
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One week to apply for a wet-lab #postdoc in my lab. Project will include #protein-protein interactions, short linear motifs, phage display, bioinformatics and much more.
We have a 2-year #postdoc position in my lab supported by a fellowship from the Carl Trygger foundation. Intrinsically disordered regions, modular domains, protein-protein interactions, phage display and more. More info here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Postdoctoral fellow - Uppsala (Stad) (SE) job with Uppsala University, Department of Chemistry - BMC | 12832275
The laboratory of Prof. Ylva Ivarsson is seeking a highly motived candidate for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship on a project focused on short li...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
One week to apply for a wet-lab #postdoc in my lab. Project will include #protein-protein interactions, short linear motifs, phage display, bioinformatics and much more.
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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/
November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/
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Go, go, go Georgia! Don't let russia steal your bright future.
Photo Katie Shoshiashvili.
Photo Katie Shoshiashvili.
November 30, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Go, go, go Georgia! Don't let russia steal your bright future.
Photo Katie Shoshiashvili.
Photo Katie Shoshiashvili.
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If you are a PhD student and like protein disorder (or want to learn more), Birthe Kragelund @bbkrage.bsky.social and Kristian Strømgaard are organizing a PhD course on How IDPs work 🧶🧬🧪 Note the cost if you are not at a Danish university.
Details: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...
Details: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...
November 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
If you are a PhD student and like protein disorder (or want to learn more), Birthe Kragelund @bbkrage.bsky.social and Kristian Strømgaard are organizing a PhD course on How IDPs work 🧶🧬🧪 Note the cost if you are not at a Danish university.
Details: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...
Details: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...
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Started creating a synthetic biology starter pack. Still missing many so reply here if I forgot you or someone else.
go.bsky.app/SjfpxTK #synbio
go.bsky.app/SjfpxTK #synbio
November 12, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Started creating a synthetic biology starter pack. Still missing many so reply here if I forgot you or someone else.
go.bsky.app/SjfpxTK #synbio
go.bsky.app/SjfpxTK #synbio