Mastodawn

Pereda Lab 5d ago

Stephen Royle 5d ago

Enjoyed listening to this episode on In Our Time on the subject of the first cells on earth.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg10

#CellBiology

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Archaea

How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

BBC

Pereda Lab Feb 20

xtaldave Feb 20

Very sad. Excellent scientist, but also a warm and friendly human being.

Richard Hynes, a pioneer in the biology of cellular adhesion, dies at 81 | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
https://news.mit.edu/2026/richard-hynes-dies-0123

Richard Hynes, a pioneer in the biology of cellular adhesion, dies at 81

MIT Professor Emeritus Richard Hynes, an influential cancer biologist who illuminated how cells interact with each other and their environment, has died at 81. In more than 50 years at MIT, he served as Department of Biology head and Center for Cancer Research director.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pereda Lab Feb 5

CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive Feb 4

If you're looking for a map & navigation app on your Linux Desktop: You can now also find CoMaps on Flathub! https://flathub.org/apps/app.comaps.comaps

Pereda Lab Feb 4

The Dept of Crystallography and Structural Biology of the Institute of Physical-Chemistry "Blas Cabrera" (#CSIC) organizes the:
💎 MCCS-2026
"Macromolecular Crystallography & Cryo-EM School"
📅 23-27 March 2026
📍 Madrid
➡️ Application deadline Feb 22 2026
🔗 https://www.xtal.iqf.csic.es/MCCS2026/

Pereda Lab Jan 31

Yogi Jaeger Jan 31

On my way back from Barcelona to Switzerland after a wonderful week of teaching & learning and seeing old & new friends.

So many things to miss about my previous home: fuet, calçot season, poop jokes, beach *&* mountains...

A bit funny to hear people complain about the weather. Rain doesn't hurt you! In fact, there hasn't been enough of it the past few years.

Now fingers crossed I make it to my destination. I can only repeat: I love train travel. If only it was more reliable & less costly...

Pereda Lab Jan 26

Cell Reports Jan 25

Cryo-EM structures of antibodies elicited by germline-targeting HIV MPER epitope scaffolds https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)01590-6?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Pereda Lab Jan 22

Zotero Jan 22

Announcing Zotero 8

https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/

Pereda Lab Jan 11

Marcus Schuler Jan 10

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google Locked the Door, Three MIT Students Picked the Lock

Boltz raised $28M to build open-source AI drug discovery tools. Their bet: free models plus pharma partnerships beats Google's locked-down AlphaFold 3.

Implicator.ai

Pereda Lab Jan 6

Fabrizio Musacchio Jan 6

Just came across eurosky.social, a new European identity system launching this month:

🌍 https://www.eurosky.social/register

It gives you a portable social identity powered by the #ATProtocol that works across apps like #Bluesky and lets you move your data and connections freely. It’s hosted under #European law and aims to reduce platform lock-in while expanding the #OpenSocialWeb. Sounds interesting. However, it does not work with #Mastodon, which is based on #ActivityPub.

#socialmedia #privacy #eurosky