New study in Nature Communications: We identified a novel surface glycoconjugate essential for Mycobacterium abscessus virulence—a potential diagnostic target. Huge thanks to the amazing collab btw @lkremer1.bsky.social, JL Herrmann & @yguerardel.bsky.social
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🚴‍♂️ Lille, Glycoscience capital of France ! 🚴‍♂️

95km cycling around Lille by our colleague @yguerardel.bsky.social today, following glucose's path. Rough pavements between C1 and C2 & headwinds between C5 and hemiacetal oxygen.

Next goals: add the C6 and train hard for sialic acid (9 carbons😓)!

🚀 Ready to boost your glycobiology skills?

Join our INSERM-backed workshops, “Glycobiology: the sweet side of life in heath and disease”, led by top experts!

📍Theory: Bordeaux - Oct 15–17, 2025)

📍Practice: Lille/Nancy Nov 12–14, 2025

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🌾 Our new research shows that vibrational spectroscopy (FT-IR) effectively monitors flax dew retting, crucial for high-quality fibers. Using multivariate analysis, we identified key spectral changes, revealing more candidates than traditional methods. tinyurl.com/3sjdnb29

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If, like us, you love getting lost in the Tree of Life, check out the updated version of 🌳🔍 lifemap.cnrs.fr — developed by @damdevienne.bsky.social at @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social. It's more amazing than ever! 🌟 #TreeOfLife #Science #Biodiversity

How are calcium and glycosylation linked? Dr. Foulquier’s team reveals SLC10A7’s role in balancing calcium in the ER & Golgi, essential for proper glycosylation. SLC10A7 regulates COSMC/C1GALT1, impacting mucin-type glycosylation. More coming soon!
Full story here link.springer.com/article/10.1...

UGSF is excited to announce our paper in RSC Chemical Biology on developing multimodal molecular probes for glycosylation bioimaging. This work, with LASIRe (Lille) & ESRF (Grenoble), is featured on the March 2025 cover! Read more: doi.org/10.1039/D4CB...

New MassiveFold release 1.4.0: it is now possible to model ligands and glycosylations with AlphaFold3!

MassiveFold is a software for molecular structure prediction with AlphaFold2, ColabFold and AlphaFold3.

More details : github.com/GBLille/Mass...

Publication : www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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