Postdoctoral Associate in Membrane Protein Structural Biology & Biophysics
Duke University School of Medicine

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#cellularbiophysics #cryoEM #ionchannels #membranep...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/duke-university-school-of-medicine-27778-postdoctoral-associate-in-membrane-protein-structural-biology-biophysics/?fsp_sid=10553

In the final talk of #Biochemistry2026, Stefan Raunser gave an exciting overview of his group's research on "Unlocking the secrets of the cytoskeleton and heart muscle".

https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-biochem-052521-042909
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio #Structure #cryoEM
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How do our muscles work on a molecular scale?

Stefan Raunser gave an inspiring lecture on his group's work at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, in which they elucidate this question with a great combination of biochemistry and structural biology.

https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-biochem-052521-042909
#Biochemistry #Structure #cryoEM #Chemistry #ChemBio
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How are the receptors in the synapse organized?

Diego Ortiz-López from the Hermann Schindelin group discussed his research at #Biochemistry2026. He talked about the organization of receptors in the inhibitory postsynapse by organization of gephyrin oligomers.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.01.673457v1
#Biochemistry #cryoEM #Structure #Synapse #Chemistry #ChemBio
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"Cryo-EM Structures of Higher-Order Gephyrin Oligomers Revealing Principles of Inhibitory Postsynaptic Scaffold Organization"

Diego Ortiz-López from the group of Hermann Schindelin gave an insightful talk on this topic at #Biochemistry2026.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.01.673457v1
#cryoEM #Synapse #Neuron #Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio
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Julia Bartoli gave an insightful talk at #Biochemistry2026 about the topic "A host tRNA Drives Assembly of a Cytoplasmic Viral Transcription Machine".

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-025-01653-y
#Biochemistry #cryoEM #Chemistry #ChemBio #tRNA #RNA #Virus
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Installation of tRNA modifications is key to protein synthesis.

In her presentation at #Biochemistry2026, Carine Tisné presented her group's in depth work on structural and functional studies to understand the underlying processes on the example of m1A.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00568
#Biochemistry #RNA #tRNA #Modification #ProteinSynthesis #Chemistry #ChemBio #cryoEM #Crystallography
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How can we study the function of nucleotide-based #SecondMessengers?

Carina Baer de Oliveira Mann presented her group's exciting findings in this field at #Biochemistry2026. She e.g. presented the #cryoEM structure of OAS2, which has key #antiviral functions.

https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1097-2765(25)00406-X
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio #RNA #Virus

Postdoctoral Associate in Membrane Protein Structural Biology & Biophysics
Duke University School of Medicine

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/duke-university-school-of-medicine-27778-postdoctoral-associate-in-membrane-protein-structural-biology-biophysics/

#cellularbiophysics #cryoEM #ionchannels #membranep...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/duke-university-school-of-medicine-27778-postdoctoral-associate-in-membrane-protein-structural-biology-biophysics/?fsp_sid=10297