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Congratulations to STRUBI's Professor Sir Dave Stuart on his Knighthood in this years New Years Honours List in recognition of his contribution to Structural Biology and work on SARS-CoV-2.
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Why do some people develop severe COVID-19 while others experience no symptoms at all? Which genes are associated with severe COVID-19? In our new paper, we analyse 24,202 cases of COVID-19 with critical illness: https://t.co/Hhgk705H0v 1/8
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Stuart lab @OxfordStrubi has published #CryoEM structures revealing the role of glutathione (GSH) in #poliovirus (PV) virus-like particle (VLP) stability, suggesting GSH or an analogous antiviral offers potential for stabilizing VLP vaccines against PV.
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We are delighted to announce the election of our new Vice President (Non-Clinical), Professor James Naismith FMedSci @JHNaismith Read more here: https://t.co/QgR0Z9AIXg
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https://t.co/BPdK0PooKA We determined the structure of pMMO in its native membrane to 4.8 Å by cryoET STA. Our structure revealed lipid-stabilised features and a higher-order hexagonal array arrangement in intact cells. @GroupZhang @RosenzweigLab @OxfordStrubi @eBIC_Diamond
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Nature Communications - Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is the main enzyme used by methanotrophs. Here, the authors determined the native structure of pMMO by cryo-electron tomography,...
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Our work on the Rubisco organisation in two native carboxysomes is online. @luningliu @GroupZhang @OxfordStrubi We identify different organizations of Rubisco and a linker protein CsoS2 in alpha carboxysomes
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Nature Communications - Carboxysomes are bacterial microcompartments encapsulating Rubisco and carbonic anhydrase for carbon fixation. Here, authors determine the organization of Rubisco and its...
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CONGRATULATIONS to Prof Yvonne Jones! Society’s New Fellows Demonstrate Wales’ Thriving Academic and Civic Life
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Sixty-six new Fellows elected to the Learned Society of Wales, half of them women, show that Wales has the solutions to many of today’s challenges.
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Structural and electrophysiological evidence that GABA receptors can simultaneously bind two neurotransmitters, GABA and histamine: https://t.co/Gy2J8Xyz2r
@OxfordStrubi @HumanGeneticsOx @MRC_LMB @RaduAricescu @SMasiulis #neuron #drugdiscovery #brain Image by @andrijasente
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BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Reinis Ruza who had his Viva last week We are very proud! Well done :-)
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Just published "Mapping inhibitory sites on the RNA polymerase of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus using nanobodies"
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MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to Prof Thomas Bowen who has been recently awarded Full Professor Title!
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Following the recent Recoginition of Distinction Exercise, congratulations to the following have now been awarded Full Professor Titles.
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BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Hazel Atikenhead who had the VIVA last week! We are very proud! Well done :-)
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Signalling by Hedgehog (Hh) proteins orchestrates embryogenesis whereas dysregulation of Hh signal leads to birth defects and basal cell carcinoma. Our study shows how Hh-interacting protein synergises with glycosaminoglycans to inhibit Hh signalling: https://t.co/GHQDV4d8HQ
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CONGRATULATIONS to Luiza Mendonca for receiving the 2021 WHD EDI Award for excellent citizenship!
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MASSIVE Congratulation to Dr Victoria Avanzato who had her VIVA recently ! Great achievement! We are extremely proud :-)
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Covid: Immune therapy from llamas shows promise https://t.co/wfyImA3yjm Published in Nature Communications today: https://t.co/Gx6SQr6Uty
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Nature Communications - Neutralizing nanobodies (Nb) are of considerable interest as therapeutic agents for COVID-19 treatment. Here, the authors functionally and structurally characterize Nbs that...
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Teams from @RosFrankInst, @OxfordStrubi, @UofG_MCB led by Chris Whitfield and James Naismith decifer the molecular basis for regulation of bacterial capsule assembly by Wzc https://t.co/1zTIJjnqBe
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Michael L. Knight et al.: Structure of an H3N2 influenza virus nucleoprotein #Influenza #RNABindingProtein #Nucleoprotein @UniofOxford ... #IUCr
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