
@JiaLiu.bsky.social Poxvirus and host tropism determinants, how viruses evade the host defense, and viruses in general are just amazing!
Univ. AR for Med Sciences, USA
Joined February 2015
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🕵️ A study published in Advanced Science (@AdvPortfolio) reveals a conserved immune-evasion strategy in sarbecoviruses and highlights a potential target for broad-spectrum therapeutics.
Read the #OpenAccess article here: bit.ly/3UdHQzV
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RECAP: Fauci Fiasco with Drs. Angela Rasmussen and Vincent Racaniello xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nxeLLpjo…
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Online Now: NuRD-enabled CTCF-TET crosstalk orchestrates epigenome reprogramming and genome architecture dlvr.it/TSqJFX
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Online Now: Molecular mechanisms of the MLL4 complex in H3K4 methylation and p53-dependent transcription activation dlvr.it/TSn1x3
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Awesome!
Today we're announcing ESMFold2, an open scientific engine to power prediction, design, and discovery across protein biology.
The new model delivers state of the art performance on protein interactions, especially antibodies, a critical modality for therapeutics.
We have designed and validated miniprotein binders and single chain antibodies across five therapeutic targets that are important in cancer and immunology. We are seeing very high success rates, and affinities at levels consistent with therapeutic activity.
We’re also releasing an atlas of 6.8 billion proteins, and 1.1 billion predicted structures.
ESMFold2 is built on a state of the art language model that has been trained on billions of protein sequences.
A world model of protein biology emerges through language modeling.
We’ve used the techniques of mechanistic interpretability developed to understand large language models to understand the concepts ESM uses to represent proteins.
The model’s representation space has a compositional organization of features across scales, levels of complexity, and abstraction, that reflects and mirrors the understanding of protein biology developed through a century of empirical science.
This understanding emerges without prior knowledge, just from language modeling of protein sequences.
Language models are becoming a powerful substrate to understand and program biology.
The design of protein interactions is one of the most fundamental problems in biophysics, and has critical implications for the discovery of new medicines. A simple gradient based search with the model was able to discover high-affinity protein binders.
I'm excited by the potential this has to accelerate basic science and the understanding of proteins. And especially for the new avenues it opens up for therapeutic design and medicine.
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Cytoplasmic DNA sensors and their regulators.
DNA outside nuclei or mitochondria acts as a DAMP, shaping how cells sense cytosolic DNA and drive tissue‑specific inflammatory responses.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #OpenAccess #immunology
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Sperm have long been thought of as streamlined DNA delivery vehicles, carrying little more than a father’s genes to the egg.
But a new study shows that in mice, sperm may transmit the father’s influence in another way.
During their passage through the epididymis, the coiled tube where they mature after leaving the testes, sperm pick up messenger RNAs (mRNAs), RNA transcripts of genes that contain the genetic instructions for making proteins.
These mRNAs seem to be transferred to the fertilized egg, where they may affect the developing embryo.
Learn more: scim.ag/3R8RUZ2 @NewsfromScience
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In @MolecularCell: RNA polymerase, the enzyme that synthesizes RNA from DNA during transcription, has been captured mid-reaction for the first time by scientists in Seth Darst's lab at Rockefeller.
🔗: bit.ly/4ur3Vaz
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In a 2025 #ScienceReview, researchers examined the influence that biological sex exerts on the immune system and immune-related diseases.
Learn more on #DayOfImmunology: scim.ag/47LTwya
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Motif grammar and transcriptional programs decouple CTCF binding from nucleosome phasing to control cell-type-specific chromatin insulation dlvr.it/TSJDS4
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The future of the university classroom isn't just online—it's interactive. 🚀 If you’re a Prof looking to stay ahead of the curve, let’s get this textbook on your radar for your next term.
smart-biology.com/subjects
#biology #science #3D #animation #Edtech #HigherEd
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Online Now: Multi-site DMS probing reveals higher-order structure of RNA-protein complexes in living cells dlvr.it/TS8PR1
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April 24– ASM NIH Strategic Plan Town Hall Microbiology
Join to learn more about NIH strategic plan, how you & your institutions can provide input on the strategic plan, and inform ASM’s response to the plan. @BlkInMicroscopy @FrontMicrobiol
Register: asmusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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Reactivating p53 mutants selectively in patients dlvr.it/TS8Mbd
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Pathophysiological roles of monocytes and macrophages in cancer dlvr.it/TS7W3N
We are looking for a Research Associate to join us! Please see the New Job Posting asv.mcjobboard.net/jobs/2213…
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ATTENTION ASV TRAINEES! The NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award is a great opportunity to showcase your research and practice your science communication. Details below
science.org/content/prize-aw…
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CD4 tissue resident memory cells are established and persist in the upper airways after #influenza infection and protect from re-infection with drifted strains. New study by Nimitha Mathew, Davide Angeletti and colleagues: hubs.la/Q049HWbr0
#Virology #MucosalImmunology
NIH-funded studies of “SuperAgers” found links between new neuron creation and exceptional memory in older adults.
The study’s insights could help lead to future therapies that boost memory, support healthy brain aging, and prevent Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
bit.ly/4bUlzxh
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The @RiceLaboratory has created the first mouse model that closely mirrors what happens when people with hepatitis C develop liver cancer, allowing scientists to study how liver virus infection leads to cancer as well as to test treatments.
🔗: bit.ly/4dCzhGp


























