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              Official Twitter account of the Biochemistry Biophysics & Chemical Biology Graduate Group (BMB) BGS, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
              
              University of Pennsylvania 
            
            
              
              Joined September 2016
            
            
           Join us today at 3:30pm to hear from our first year @BMBGGUPENN students at our Lab Rotation Talks! 
          
                
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             ABRCMS 2024 is here in Pennsylvania! We're excited to be here to represent @PennMedicine & share information on @IDEAL_Research #PennPREP #SUIP, our 7 @pennbgs graduate groups, & PennMSTP @houseofbrass! Come see us at booth 1235! 
          
                
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             Mechanism of actin filament severing & capping by gelsolin ft. @kylebarrie95, Grzegorz Rebowski & Roberto Dominguez (@UPennPhysiology/ @BMBGGUPENN) @NatureSMB
             https://t.co/U32kQVhUk2 
          
          
                
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             Our Fall 2025 BGS application is now open! Please visit our admissions page for more information:  https://t.co/KyBkbimg6E  Applications will be accepted until December 1st! 
          
                
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             Congratulations to Dr @JennaNBeyer!! The newest PhD from @BMBGGUPENN and the first PhD from the lab! 
          
                
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             Exciting news! @BB_UPenn has installed a new 800 MHz NMR instrument, supported by @HHMINEWS & @PennMedicine. Special thanks to @tolbertrnalab for making this possible. This cutting-edge resource will be invaluable for our @BMBGGUPENN grad students & the entire Penn community. 
          
                
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             Come visit our BBCB Orientation Poster Session in BRB Lobby TODAY until 5pm! 
          
                
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             We are so excited to welcome our new BBCB 2024 Cohort, pictured below with their 2nd Year BBCB Student Mentors! 
          
                
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             B&B Department members: join us this Thursday for our annual picnic and softball game in collaboration with the Department of Physiology! 
          
                
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             Undergrad Nancy An (@PennChemistry ) and Grad Student Saira Montermoso (@BMBGGUPENN) from the Van Duyne/Gupta group won Linus Pauling Poster Prizes at this week's @ACAxtal Meeting!! 
          
                
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             It's an exciting day for inclusive research excellence! The 2024 @HHMINEWS #GilliamFellows have been announced. Congratulations to @IDEAL_Research Fellow & @BMBGGUPENN PhD candidate @BHillPayne & @BB_UPenn @Penn_CBIO faculty member @GMBurslem on your selection! 
           🎉It's Gilliam Day! 🎉 We're so excited to announce the 2024 #GilliamFellows! These 50 adviser-student pairs are being recognized for their outstanding research as well as their commitments to advancing equity and inclusion in science. 
          
                
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             New research out in @nature uses #cryoEM to reveal the mechanism of #actin filament severing & elongation by formins ft. @nicholasjpalmer, Kyle Barrie (@BMBGGUPENN) & Roberto Dominguez (@PennMuscle/ @UPennPhysiology)  https://t.co/GTNLB2bcGG 
          
          
                
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             Researchers using the cryo-EM facility @PennMedicine unveiled the inner workings of formins—proteins involved in functions from cytokinesis to mechanotransduction. Formin's atomic structures reveal crucial insights into their functions and role in diseases 
          
            
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              Nature - Cryo-electron microscopy shows five structural states of inverted formin 2 and two of formin diaphanous 1 bound to F-actin, providing step-by-step visualization of the...
            
                
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             Please join us tomorrow, 5/23 at 4:00pm in the JF Library for our BBCB Rotation Talks and End-of-Year Celebration with @BB_UPenn! 
          
                
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             Join us this Thursday at 4:00pm to hear from our @BMBGGUPENN rotation students and celebrate the end of the academic year! 
          
                
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             Congrats to Michael! With thanks to great collaborators & the kind reviewer who echoed our excitement saying, “After ~50 years of study, we finally have a detailed model for how RecA catalyzes the autocleavage of LexA…” @BMBGGUPENN @PennChemistry @BB_UPenn
          
          
                
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             Come on down to JF Library to see our BBCB Spring Lab Rotation Poster Session! 
          
                
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             Please join us for our Spring 2024 BBCB Lab Rotation Poster Session & Happy Hour TODAY at 4pm in the JF Library! 
          
                
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             Congratulations to our BBCB winners of this year's Medical Student Research Paper Prizes! 
          
                
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