WA is getting its cryo #booyakasha!

The Project are on the mRNA bandwagon - see what Archa Dr. Archa Fox Molecular Sci-UWA has to say to them.

These protein partners can mix and match to direct RNA interactions in the cell nucleus. Congrats to Gavin Knott Charlie Bond and team for teasing out the atomic details! academic.oup.com/nar/article/50…

Perks of purifying GFP tagged stuff: you can visually see it enter the size-exclusion column and be sure it probably hasn’t randomly teleported to the waste bottle

Dang, my 250 million year old salt has expired

It is time for structural biologist to unite behind an important cause: getting a protein emoji. I'm going to actually submit the paperwork, but need help in selecting the representation. Looking for initial feedback!

For those suffering from foggy safety glasses from mask in the lab - put a piece of paper tape on the bridge over your nose over mask. Works pretty well

See you soon Australian Synchrotron 🧬 Sabrina Davies

SAXS beamtime with Heidar Koning at Australian Synchrotron - woohoo :)

Grew a protein crystal that looked awfully familiar 🤔

Have you seen the picture of the black hole at the center of our galaxy? The image of Sagittarius A* (inset) was taken by @EHTelescope. Now see it in context with support from our @ChandraXray, Swift and NuSTAR observatories. Here's what the colors mean: go.nasa.gov/3yya5vX

Excited to launch my educational project - TEMPO: Training in Electron Microscopy Processing and Optics for Australian cryo-EM scientists at #Combio2022. Register here for free lectures and resources bit.ly/TEMPOregistrat…. Thanks to Stephanie Nguyen for spruiking it for me!

RNA-binding proteins, coiled-coils, IDRs, phase separation and #SAXS with Heidar Koning IUCr #IUCr2023

The below 🧵attempts to display the final draft program for #PPG2023. There's still time for last minute registrations at eventbrite.com.au/e/ppg-agm-2023… When: Friday 3rd, 2pm - Sunday 5th November, midday Where: UWA campus, 35 Stirling Terrace, Albany WA 6330 🧵[1/10]

Some SAXy data on sticky SFPQ proteins from Heidar Koning Perth Protein Group #PPG2024

Describing the different effects that the disordered parts of #SFPQ have on it's ability to form #condensates inside and outside the cell. Big thanks to Mihwa Lee Charlie Bond Dr. Archa Fox Hyman Lab Anggono Lab members for your input 🙏 #phaseseparation doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.…

Merry Christmas from our favourite sticky nucleic acid binding protein. Great work from Heidar Koning Charlie Bond and team! @NAR_Open Structural plasticity of the coiled–coil interactions in human SFPQ academic.oup.com/nar/article/do…

Excited to share our recent publication on the protein SFPQ in Nucleic Acids Research @NAR_Open 🎄 Huge thanks to Charlie Bond Andrew C Marshall Gavin Knott Dr. Archa Fox and the entire team! academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…