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When #AlphaFold2 came out, we wondered: Could it help us understand how enzymes evolve? So we tried it—and it worked! nature.com/articles/s4158…
Registration is open (and free) for this year's Midwest Metabolism/Translational Research in Mitochondrial Metabolism in Aging and Disease (TRiMAD) Annual Conference at the University of Michigan November 10–11, 2025. Hope to see you there! vai.org/event/2025-mid…
Loa Loa, an eye worm infection, is a neglected tropical disease. Diagnostics is only self-reporting, i.e. if some sees a worm in your eye. Proteomics can now help to indify biomarkers and to develop diagnostics academic.oup.com/jid/advance-ar…
Proteome-driven regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis seems important for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. …iencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pm…
Plasma Proteomics Reveal Distinct Signatures in Occult and Microfilaraemic Loa loa Infections ✅ Just Accepted ✍️ @kurthgroup @ralserlab @BNITM_de 🔗 bit.ly/4nW3yTb
Just under a week left to get applications in for these positions. ⏰
We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jo…
My 9-nine year old found a Galley Proof on my desk. This is what she gave me back :-)

For Berlin, a max temp of 41.5C (as measured in my own garden) is considered quite a warm day.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j… Royal Family in Britain the first ever to argue that two 'fuel efficient' Helicopters are more efficine than a train. It maybe so to that having a royal train is outdated indeed, but 'fuel efficient Helicoper' ???
Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Fungal Cell Wall Research to study the Malassezia-host interaction interface in the context of atopic dermatitis. @MRCcmm; @eurconfmedmycol; @ISHAM_Mycology For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…
Starting autumn, we will have a new #PhD position available in #Microbiology, to use spatially resolved #Metaproteomics to study metabiolic interactions in the gut #microbiome. Reach out if interested, or forward of you know anyone who might! tinyurl.com/2v982faj
As some of you know, I left academia in 2024. I’ve been quiet, but I’ll start sharing more soon. My situation is partly unique — but largely reflects deeper problems in academia and biomedical research.
Economy is stagnating, investment in infrastructure is stalling, yet - at least publicly - our politicans seem to be most concerned about closing off borders to tackle the perceived danger of illegal migration.