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Andreas Boland retweeted
Jun 8
PhD student Andrej Kovacevic and Prof. Pierre Gönczy wrapped up Session 2 with exciting talks on:
🔬 Centrinone-based degraders of PLK4
🔬 CenSpark: a probe for centrioles and cilia
A great end to an inspiring first day. Looking forward to Day 2! 🚀 #SNERetreat
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Jun 5
Just a few days to go until the SNE Chemical Biology Annual Retreat 2026! 🎉
We're looking forward to two days of exciting science, inspiring discussions, and connecting with colleagues in Tramelan.
See you there! 🧪🔬
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Mar 27
So excited to share our new review on cryo-EM structure determination of amyloid fibrils🔬🧠 Huge thanks to Gunnar for letting me be part of this work and for his mentorship🙏 We explain the basics, pitfalls, practical tips, and some tools from our group. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mnPw…
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Andreas Boland retweeted
May 21
1/8 🚨 New preprint from the @SternbergLab & Jinek labs! CRISPR-associated transposases (CASTs) insert large DNA cargoes at precise genomic locations — no double-strand breaks needed.
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Come one, come all to this new edition! 🍺🧠 @sciences_UNIGE @unige_en
Pint of Science – Swiss edition 🧠
In Geneva, an English speaking event will take place in the Pickwick Pub (Rue de Lausanne 80), 19-20 May 2026, and a French speaking event in the Floky La Loutre (Rue de Carouge 44), 18-20 May.
🌐pintofscience.ch
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Pint of Science – Swiss edition 🧠
In Geneva, an English speaking event will take place in the Pickwick Pub (Rue de Lausanne 80), 19-20 May 2026, and a French speaking event in the Floky La Loutre (Rue de Carouge 44), 18-20 May.
🌐pintofscience.ch
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Apr 29
I am happy to share a review I recently wrote on the design of peptide binders. It gives an overview of experimentally validated tools and discusses the challenges of why peptide design is more difficult than the design of classical protein binders.
chimia.ch/chimia/article/vie…
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COOPER FLAGG NAMED KIA NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: A rookie race to remember ended with Cooper Flagg joining special company – again.
The Mavs forward and No. 1 overall pick was named the 2025-26 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year on Monday after a debut season that matched hype with production, and then some.
Flagg’s all-around game shined in Year 1, leading all rookies in scoring (21 PPG), while ranking 2nd in assists (4.5) and steals (1.2), 4th in rebounds (6.7) and fifth in blocks (0.9) per game across 70 outings.
At 19 years and 112 days old (as of April 12, the final day of the regular season), Flagg is the second-youngest Kia NBA Rookie of the Year winner behind only LeBron James (19y, 106d) – adding more history to a record season.
Do It All: Flagg finished the year as Dallas’ leader in total points (1,473), rebounds (466), assists (316) and steals (84).
Rare Air: Only one other rookie has led his team in all four categories since steals were first tracked in 1973-74: Michael Jordan.
50-Point Flash: On April 3, Flagg poured in 51 points against the Magic, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to record a 50-ball.
Bona Fide Buckets: He’s also the first rookie since Allen Iverson (1996-97) to post four 40-pieces.
Photo Finish: Flagg edged out his former Duke teammate, Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel, by 26 points for 1st place, marking the second-smallest top-2 margin under the current Kia ROY voting format (since 2002-03).
Philly’s VJ Edgecombe finished 3rd, rounding out a standout group of finalists.
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One more hour until Coop will be announced ROY. #MFFL
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Apr 27
The 2025-26 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award winner will be revealed tonight at 7 PM ET on Peacock and NBCSN.
The three finalists:
▪️VJ Edgecombe, @sixers
▪️Cooper Flagg, @dallasmavs
▪️Kon Knueppel, @hornets
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Happy to share our latest paper in @MolecularCell!
Here, we determined the cryo-EM structure of endogenous TORC2 to up to ~2.2Å resolution.
Combined with structure predictions and in vivo experiments, we reveal how signaling lipids regulate TORC2 activity.
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Pretty cool indeed!
For decades, biology textbooks have enshrined a simple rule: DNA is made by copying a template. After one enzyme unzips a DNA double helix into separate strands, another called a polymerase builds a complementary sequence, base by base, for each strand. Presto: two copies of the original DNA.
But new research into how bacteria defend themselves from viruses now shows this synthesis rule isn’t absolute.
Now, a team describes a bacterial enzyme that synthesizes DNA without a nucleic acid template, using its own structure as a guide.
Learn more: scim.ag/4tN5TBR
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Andreas Boland retweeted
For decades, biology textbooks have enshrined a simple rule: DNA is made by copying a template. After one enzyme unzips a DNA double helix into separate strands, another called a polymerase builds a complementary sequence, base by base, for each strand. Presto: two copies of the original DNA.
But new research into how bacteria defend themselves from viruses now shows this synthesis rule isn’t absolute.
Now, a team describes a bacterial enzyme that synthesizes DNA without a nucleic acid template, using its own structure as a guide.
Learn more: scim.ag/4tN5TBR
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Apr 12
A shorter post on the John Hollinger Game Score that I wrote a great deal about yesterday. Looks like Cooper Flagg will finish with the 10th best Game Score avg since 1983-84 among qualifying rookies…this @Stathead search shows he’s in incredible company.
Apr 11
I really dig the John Hollinger developed Game Score. IMHO it's a good metric to try and measure individual game productivity. It weights the accumulation of counting stats (including negative events like fouls and turnovers) and shooting efficiency as well.
You can find each players average game score for a season by looking at their game logs on Basketball Reference. Gm Sc of 10 is avg. 40 is extraordinary (Coop had 2 40 game scores this season and rookies have only had 11 40 game scores dating back to availability of the metric in 77-78). The top guys in the league this season for example had avg game scores of Jokic (28.8), Shai and Luka (both 26.4), Wemby (22.4).
18 rookies played 1300 mins this year (that's essentially the NBA's threshold for awards eligibility (65 gms and 20 mins a game) so that seems like a good sample size).
Average game score this season of those 18 rookies:
Flagg (16.4), Knueppel (14.0), Edgecombe (12.7), Coward (10.8), Reynaud (10.7), Queen (10.2), D. Harper (9.7), Fears (9.6), Bailey (9.2), Kalkbrenner (8.8), Demin (7.7), Riley (7.4), Tre Johnson (7.3), Clayton (6.1), Clifford (5.9), Will Richard (5.7), Sanders (5.0), Sion James (4.7).
Coop's 16.4 avg Game Score is very very impressive when compared to recent RoYs (better than 9 of the last 10) - Castle (10.3), Wemby (18.4), Banchero (13.6), Barnes (13.1), Lamelo (13.0), Morant (13.9), Luka (15.8), Simmons (15.8), Brogdon (8.8), and KAT (15.4). And just because I was curious about a few more - LeBron (14.5), KD (12.5), Tim Duncan, first team all-NBA as a rookie (17.5).
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Apr 12
Please contact me in case you are looking for a postdoc lab and your are interested in the experimental ecology and evolution of metabolic interactions within microbial comunities.
I would be happy to support your application at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 👇
Humboldt Research Fellowship 2027 in Germany | Fully Funded
Applications are now open for the Humboldt Research Fellowship 2027. This is a great opportunity for international researchers to conduct research in Germany with full financial support and access to top institutions.
Benefits include: Monthly stipend (€3,000–€3,600), travel allowance, health insurance support, free German language course, family allowances, and strong academic support.
📍 Duration: 6–24 months
🌍 Open to applicants from all countries
This fellowship allows you to work with leading researchers and gain international experience in your field.
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Credit: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
📌 Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only. Scholarships Corner does not own or manage this opportunity. Please verify details on the official website before applying.
#ScholarshipsCorner #fellowship #ResearchFellowship #studyingermany #scholarship
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Apr 8
Cancer used to be a death sentence.
Now many are >90% survivable.
Childhood leukemia: 5% → 92%
HER2 breast: 25% → 90%
CML: 22% → 87%
This is not "luck".
Its decades of funding towards time & infra that compounds discovery.
Pancreatic cancer today is the breast cancer of 1985, and Glioblastoma ≈ leukemia of 1970.
The scientists who will solve them
are already in labs NOW.
The question is whether we fund them long enough.
Funding doesn’t just support science.
It literally rewrites outcomes.
This plot is proof.
Source: SEER NIH via @Jori_health
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Andreas Boland retweeted
Mar 16
I made a Claude Code skill that generates conference posters 🛠️
Instead of a static PDF, it outputs a single HTML file — drag to resize columns, swap sections, adjust fonts, then give your layout back to Claude. 🔁
🔗 Skill 👉 github.com/ethanweber/poster…
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