
Patrick M Sexton
@patrickmsexton1
Molecular pharmacologist and GPCR enthusiast, somewhat disillusioned. We also dabble in structural biology. All posts are my own.
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Over 20 years ago, Zuker et al. discovered the mammalian sweet taste receptors Now, an exciting collaboration between our labs Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics reveals the #cryoEM structure of the human sweet receptor-key to sweet taste perception-online Cell! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



Special Australian Research Council CCeMMP Seminar alert. ⏰ We welcome Dr. Mazdak Radjainia, Managing Director at cryoDuck! “Cryo-EM in Babel: Bridging Scientific Languages Beyond the Microscope” More info/register here: ccemmp.org/events/ccemmp-…


Today is #StructureSunday, where we highlight awesome structures by our Australian Research Council CCeMMP members 🎉 Today we feature the "Subtomogram average of the Metallosphaera javensis AS-7 primed nanotube" by Johnson et al. EMD-42579. 👏 Rendered using #Blender and #MolecularNodes🤩


Congratulations! The #ShawPrize in Life Science & Medicine 2025 is awarded to Wolfgang Baumeister for his pioneering development & use of cryo-ET. ❕shawprize.org/laureates/2025… The Shaw Prize #CryoEM #cryoET #Award


Australian Research Council CCeMMP Seminar alert! ⏰ We welcome Professor Yifan Cheng, Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of California San Francisco! “Dynamic allostery drives integrin avb8 mediate L-TGF-b activation” 👏More info and register: ccemmp.org/events/ccemmp-…



Today is #StructureSunday, where we highlight awesome structures by our Australian Research Council CCeMMP members 🎉 This time we feature the "Bacteriophage Lambda Red-Beta N-terminal domain helical assembly in complex with dsDNA" by Newing et al. PDB 7UJL. 👏 Rendered using #Blender



Thanks ARC CCeMMP and PiperProteinProductions for showing us how to use Blender and #molecularnodes


Exciting discussion at our Community Event "The Future of AI-driven Microscopy and Image Analysis" in Birmingham! Many thanks to all participants and Jason Swedlow for an inspiring opening talk! College of Medicine and Health (UoB) Centre Of Membrane Proteins and REceptors Metabolism and Systems Science (MSS) UoB School of Medical Sciences Wellcome #microscopy #AI


'In the spotlight' features Australian Research Council CCeMMP centre members, and their interesting research and hobbies!🥳This week we introduce Alok Alok Pradhan from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences node. Want to find out more about Alok? Check out our newsletter! lnkd.in/g5m9BtTA



Biased adrenergic agonists – a novel treatment for diabetes! Amazing paper in Cell from a project led by Tore Bengtsson (Stockholm Uni) and Shane Wright (Karolinska Inst): cell.com/cell/fulltext/… Great work by my student Nour Kahlous, who performed simulations of the compounds.

Today is #StructureSunday, where we highlight awesome structures by our Australian Research Council CCeMMP members 🎉 Today we feature the "Cryo-EM structure of murine Thrombopoietin receptor ectodomain in complex with Tpo" by Sarson-Lawrence et al. PDB 8U18. 📷 Rendered using #Blender 🤩


Excited to share our MORC2 paper out in Nature Communications! Feel free to read the open access version here — rdcu.be/euihg


'In the spotlight' features CCeMMP centre members, and their interesting research and hobbies!🥳This week we introduce Susovan from the WEHI node. Want to find out more about Susovan? Check out our newsletter! 😀 ccemmp.org/newsletter-16-… susovan das

