Winnie Hsiung
@winniehsiung.bsky.social
Palynology, glycoinformatics. UCB/TAMU/TMU/SU. Views are my own. 🌎 Exploring the transition from pure laboratory work to biomedical informatics. 🌵🌿🍵🌹
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄🍹
December 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Merry Christmas 🎁🎄🍹
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Nice piece on recent article by Seyedsayamdost lab @princeton.edu published at ACS Cent. Sci.
News:
www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
Article:
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News:
www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
Article:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nice piece on recent article by Seyedsayamdost lab @princeton.edu published at ACS Cent. Sci.
News:
www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
Article:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
News:
www.acs.org/pressroom/pr...
Article:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Come for the science. The location is pretty outstanding too.
📢 Call for Abstracts now open!
Submit your research to the 9th Canadian Glycomics Symposium (#CGS2026) and share your work with Canada’s glycomics community.
🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2026
🔗 https://symposium.canadianglycomics.ca/abstract/
#Glycotime #CallForAbstracts #Research #STEM
Submit your research to the 9th Canadian Glycomics Symposium (#CGS2026) and share your work with Canada’s glycomics community.
🗓️ Deadline: February 28, 2026
🔗 https://symposium.canadianglycomics.ca/abstract/
#Glycotime #CallForAbstracts #Research #STEM
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Come for the science. The location is pretty outstanding too.
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I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I don't think scientists should work for anyone else. They should work for discovery and for their own curiosity.
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
–Maria Leptin, ERC President @marialep.bsky.social on 'The Night Science Podcast'
[Online seminar series]
1. Engineering Biology Seminar Series: www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research...
2. Biocontrol Seminar: www.biocontrolseminars.org
3. Biochemical Society: www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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1. Engineering Biology Seminar Series: www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research...
2. Biocontrol Seminar: www.biocontrolseminars.org
3. Biochemical Society: www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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ICEB Seminar Series
As part of our Centre for Engineering Biology Seminar Series we are hosting top speakers from across the globe, presenting on all topics from fundame...
www.imperial.ac.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
[Online seminar series]
1. Engineering Biology Seminar Series: www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research...
2. Biocontrol Seminar: www.biocontrolseminars.org
3. Biochemical Society: www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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1. Engineering Biology Seminar Series: www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research...
2. Biocontrol Seminar: www.biocontrolseminars.org
3. Biochemical Society: www.biochemistry.org/events-and-t...
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Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
glycopedia.eu
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
💫If you think about AlphaFold when you see BoltzGen, here are some comparisons:
(for educational purposes only)
Welcome for discussions
(for educational purposes only)
Welcome for discussions
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
💫If you think about AlphaFold when you see BoltzGen, here are some comparisons:
(for educational purposes only)
Welcome for discussions
(for educational purposes only)
Welcome for discussions
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Check out this amazing story from the labs of @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar Paul Mischel and Howard Chang @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social !
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genetic elements promote retention of extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells - Nature
A combination of genome-wide functional screening, imaging and chromatin profiling identifies a new class of highly prevalent genomic elements that help retain extrachromosomal DNA copies in dividing ...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Check out this amazing story from the labs of @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar Paul Mischel and Howard Chang @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social !
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Congrats King Hung, Science & SciLifeLabs award winner @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, collaborating with @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @paulmischel.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Oncogenes out of context: Cancer genes break free from the regulatory constraints of chromosomes
Cancer genes break free from the regulatory constraints of chromosomes
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Congrats King Hung, Science & SciLifeLabs award winner @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, collaborating with @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @paulmischel.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited to share our laboratory's research tools to study Siglecs along with some interesting discoveries with these tools. Lot of help from many group, but @zeinab-jc.bsky.social was the major driver of this work. Please reach out if you would like to try them out. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An ultrasensitive and modular platform to detect Siglec ligands and control immune cell function
Siglec-liposomes are a multivalent and modular platform for profiling Siglec ligands and modulating immune cell function.
www.science.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Excited to share our laboratory's research tools to study Siglecs along with some interesting discoveries with these tools. Lot of help from many group, but @zeinab-jc.bsky.social was the major driver of this work. Please reach out if you would like to try them out. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We’re recruiting a PhD Fellow in Computational Systems Immunology. Work on large-scale immune receptor datasets and develop computational models in close collaboration with experimental labs. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Fellowship in Computational Systems Immunology (286608) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Computational Systems Immunology (286608), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We’re recruiting a PhD Fellow in Computational Systems Immunology. Work on large-scale immune receptor datasets and develop computational models in close collaboration with experimental labs. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Welsh, González, and Negulescu share #LaskerAward @laskerfdn.bsky.social
Benjamin D. Singer & G.R. Scott Budinger provide a historical context for this year’s Lasker~DeBakey Award!
Benjamin D. Singer & G.R. Scott Budinger provide a historical context for this year’s Lasker~DeBakey Award!
September 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Welsh, González, and Negulescu share #LaskerAward @laskerfdn.bsky.social
Benjamin D. Singer & G.R. Scott Budinger provide a historical context for this year’s Lasker~DeBakey Award!
Benjamin D. Singer & G.R. Scott Budinger provide a historical context for this year’s Lasker~DeBakey Award!
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Do you or your lab use the Skyline software for #MassSpectrometry #proteomics? I'm looking for instructors to help with this year's Skyline Online, a virtual workshop/crash-course for all things Skyline! I'm especially looking for early career researchers for this opportunity. Please DM!
September 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Do you or your lab use the Skyline software for #MassSpectrometry #proteomics? I'm looking for instructors to help with this year's Skyline Online, a virtual workshop/crash-course for all things Skyline! I'm especially looking for early career researchers for this opportunity. Please DM!
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Get fucked, textbooks.
Seriously breaking my PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology brain that this happened.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seriously breaking my PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology brain that this happened.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Get fucked, textbooks.
Seriously breaking my PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology brain that this happened.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seriously breaking my PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology brain that this happened.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“Gossip is the backbone of physics.”
Author Alec Nevala-Lee stopped by Berkeley Lab to talk about Nobel laureate Luis #Alvarez, whose groundbreaking research shaped modern physics.
📺 Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/s2JkpdsfOvg
@nobelprize.bsky.social
Author Alec Nevala-Lee stopped by Berkeley Lab to talk about Nobel laureate Luis #Alvarez, whose groundbreaking research shaped modern physics.
📺 Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/s2JkpdsfOvg
@nobelprize.bsky.social
Author Alec Nevala-Lee Visits Berkeley Lab
Acclaimed author Alec Nevala-Lee visited Berkeley Lab to discuss his new biography on Luis Alvarez, Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs. The event featured a presentation by Alec on the life and legacy of Alvar...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Gossip is the backbone of physics.”
Author Alec Nevala-Lee stopped by Berkeley Lab to talk about Nobel laureate Luis #Alvarez, whose groundbreaking research shaped modern physics.
📺 Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/s2JkpdsfOvg
@nobelprize.bsky.social
Author Alec Nevala-Lee stopped by Berkeley Lab to talk about Nobel laureate Luis #Alvarez, whose groundbreaking research shaped modern physics.
📺 Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/s2JkpdsfOvg
@nobelprize.bsky.social
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Excited to share work with
Zhidian Zhang, @milot.bsky.social, @martinsteinegger.bsky.social, and @sokrypton.org
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TLDR: We introduce MSA Pairformer, a 111M parameter protein language model that challenges the scaling paradigm in self-supervised protein language modeling🧵
Zhidian Zhang, @milot.bsky.social, @martinsteinegger.bsky.social, and @sokrypton.org
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TLDR: We introduce MSA Pairformer, a 111M parameter protein language model that challenges the scaling paradigm in self-supervised protein language modeling🧵
Scaling down protein language modeling with MSA Pairformer
Recent efforts in protein language modeling have focused on scaling single-sequence models and their training data, requiring vast compute resources that limit accessibility. Although models that use ...
biorxiv.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Excited to share work with
Zhidian Zhang, @milot.bsky.social, @martinsteinegger.bsky.social, and @sokrypton.org
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TLDR: We introduce MSA Pairformer, a 111M parameter protein language model that challenges the scaling paradigm in self-supervised protein language modeling🧵
Zhidian Zhang, @milot.bsky.social, @martinsteinegger.bsky.social, and @sokrypton.org
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
TLDR: We introduce MSA Pairformer, a 111M parameter protein language model that challenges the scaling paradigm in self-supervised protein language modeling🧵
Mass Spectrometry Annotation:
"GlycoAnnotateR calculates all possible monomer and modification combinations, which are then filtered against a defined set of chemical rules to provide biologically relevant compositions."
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
"GlycoAnnotateR calculates all possible monomer and modification combinations, which are then filtered against a defined set of chemical rules to provide biologically relevant compositions."
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
De Novo Glycan Annotation of Mass Spectrometry Data
Carbohydrates are fundamental molecules of life that are involved in virtually all biological processes. The chemical diversity of glycans─carbohydrate chains─enables diverse functions but also challe...
pubs.acs.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Mass Spectrometry Annotation:
"GlycoAnnotateR calculates all possible monomer and modification combinations, which are then filtered against a defined set of chemical rules to provide biologically relevant compositions."
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
"GlycoAnnotateR calculates all possible monomer and modification combinations, which are then filtered against a defined set of chemical rules to provide biologically relevant compositions."
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
[Conference] Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (JSGCT2025) is happening tomorrow.
Students almost have no registration fee.
square.umin.ac.jp/jsgct2025/en...
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (JSGCT2025) is happening tomorrow.
Students almost have no registration fee.
square.umin.ac.jp/jsgct2025/en...
Registration | The 31st Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (JSGCT2025) | Do Convention inc.
July 23(Wed.) - 25(Fri.), HOTEL GAJOEN TOKYO , The 31st Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy(JSGCT2025), THEME：- Great Expectations - International Contributions and the Cusp of a...
square.umin.ac.jp
July 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
[Conference] Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (JSGCT2025) is happening tomorrow.
Students almost have no registration fee.
square.umin.ac.jp/jsgct2025/en...
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (JSGCT2025) is happening tomorrow.
Students almost have no registration fee.
square.umin.ac.jp/jsgct2025/en...
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Great to hear about #proudofalumni Sletten and Prescher at the GRC!
Great start to Wednesday at the Bioorganic GRC. Ellen Sletten gave a fantastic talk on recent findings regarding imaging in the SWIR. Follow her work because upcoming papers will make you rethink what's important for imaging in the optical window.
June 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Great to hear about #proudofalumni Sletten and Prescher at the GRC!
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#ArvCon2025 to benefit @damonrunyon.org is less than a week away, and I'm excited and honored to announce our sponsors and our schedule! Please spread the word and share widely, as we aim to make our eleventh annual ArvCon the best one yet! 1/?
May 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#ArvCon2025 to benefit @damonrunyon.org is less than a week away, and I'm excited and honored to announce our sponsors and our schedule! Please spread the word and share widely, as we aim to make our eleventh annual ArvCon the best one yet! 1/?
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As a first Bluesky post, I’m happy to share our latest publication @emboreports.org:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Led by Craig McKenzie, we used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to investigate how Syndecan-1 (CD138) and -4 (SDC4) influence B-cell development and activation.
#ImmunoSky #MonashUni
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Led by Craig McKenzie, we used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to investigate how Syndecan-1 (CD138) and -4 (SDC4) influence B-cell development and activation.
#ImmunoSky #MonashUni
March 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
As a first Bluesky post, I’m happy to share our latest publication @emboreports.org:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Led by Craig McKenzie, we used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to investigate how Syndecan-1 (CD138) and -4 (SDC4) influence B-cell development and activation.
#ImmunoSky #MonashUni
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Led by Craig McKenzie, we used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to investigate how Syndecan-1 (CD138) and -4 (SDC4) influence B-cell development and activation.
#ImmunoSky #MonashUni