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Otago Biochemistry
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Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago Te Tari Matū Koiora, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
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EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org · 1d
Introducing Ada: the new AI assistant from EMBL-EBI Training. We created our training chatbot, Ada, to make it easier and more engaging for users to find the right on-demand training resources from our broad catalogue of training: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/ada

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Introducing Ada: the new AI training assistant. Explore on-demand bioinformatics training with Ada, your training AI assistant.
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 1d
Journal Club
Fri 17 Oct 12pm, Rm BIG13
Sally McCormick: Blueprint for Heathy Aging
Santos-Pujol, E., et al. (2025). The multiomics blueprint of the individual with the most extreme lifespan. Cell reports. Medicine, 102368. Advance online publication.
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The multiomics blueprint of the individual with the most extreme lifespan
Extreme human lifespan, exemplified by supercentenarians, presents a paradox in understanding aging: despite advanced age, they maintain relatively go…
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 1d
How do you choose your bioinformatics software tools? From the developer down the hall who you have a beer with?
Just dug up this video of Assoc Prof Paul Gardner explaining better ways to choose good software tools.
Can't quite hear the heckle about biochemistry...
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What really drives Bioinformatic tool accuracy - Paul Gardner, University of Otago
YouTube video by eResearch NZ
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 1d
Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry
Assessment of Lysosome Trafficking in iPSC-Derived Neurons Utilizing Time-Lapse Videos and TrackMate ImageJ Plugin Software
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 2d
Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry
Assessing Perturbations in Lysosome Health by Flow Cytometry in iPSC-Derived Human Neuron Cultures
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 2d
Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry
Unilateral loss of recql4 function in Xenopus laevis tadpoles leads to ipsilateral ablation of the forelimb, hypoplastic Meckel's cartilage, and vascular defects
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Unilateral loss of recql4 function in Xenopus laevis tadpoles leads to ipsilateral ablation of the forelimb, hypoplastic Meckel's cartilage, and vascular defects
Abstract. RECQL4 encodes a RecQ helicase, one of a family of DNA unwinding enzymes with roles in DNA replication, double-strand break repair, and genomic s
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 2d
Nature’s 2025 PhD survey asked doctoral candidates worldwide what advice they would give to someone considering a similar degree. Respondents gave advice on choosing supervisors, managing mental health, and surviving academic culture. #Academicsky 🧪
27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs
Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.
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Tom Saunders @tomsaunders.me · Sep 11
The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2: A free online book by @nrennie.bsky.social that guides us through the entire process of creating plots, including why certain decisions were made, using real datasets that have been part of #TidyTuesday. Very excited to get stuck into this one. #rstats
The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2
The TidyTuesday Cookbook
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 2d
Congrats Ruby!
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 2d
Ruby Werry, honours student in the Guilford lab, won the video poster comp at the Meeting of the New Zealand Society for Oncology last week.
It's awesome...
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Ruby Werry NZSO2025 Poster
YouTube video by New Zealand Society for Oncology
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 6d
Post docs who bring their own funding
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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · 5d
⏰ Two Weeks Left to Submit!
We’re counting down to the Lorne Proteins abstract deadline. Showcase your research, network with peers, and be part of the program shaping global protein science.
👉 Submit today: www.lorneproteins.org
#LorneProteins #CallForAbstracts #ProteinScience
Abstract submission for Lorne Proteins close 24th October
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Caroline Beck @frogsquisher.bsky.social · 6d
If you want to study a genetic disorder of growth, in a non-mammalian model system, Xenopus 🐸 has a unique advantage. As we show with Recql4 in G3 this month, it is possible to knock out a gene with CRISPR on just one side of the animal doi.org/10.1093/g3jo... 🧪
Unilateral loss of recql4 function in Xenopus laevis tadpoles leads to ipsilateral ablation of the forelimb, hypoplastic Meckel's cartilage, and vascular defects
Abstract. RECQL4 encodes a RecQ helicase, one of a family of DNA unwinding enzymes with roles in DNA replication, double-strand break repair, and genomic s
doi.org
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 6d
Latest publication with a contribution from Otago Biochemistry
Beyond single references: pangenome graphs and the future of genomic medicine
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 6d
Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry
RNF114, a RING E3 ligase that reads and extends the hybrid ADP-ribose-ubiquitin signal
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 7d
Journal Club – Fri 10 Oct 12pm, RmBIG13.
Matthias Fellner: When Machines Become Our Moral Loophole. Köbis, N., et al. Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature
People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.
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Ellinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social · 7d
Obsessed with this Journal of Immaterial Science article 🔥
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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · 7d
🎨 Design the Next Lorne Proteins T-Shirt!
Got an eye for design? We’re calling on creative scientists to design the official 2026 conference T-shirt!
📅 Entries close 10 November 2025
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 7d
If you're around Dunedin in October, pop over to Waitati and appreciate a little beauty at the botanical art exhibition - features some beautiful works by Otago Biochemist Assoc Prof Sigurd Wilbanks.
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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 8d
With the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry being announced tomorrow, here's a reminder of the research on protein structure prediction that won last year's prize: www.compoundchem.com/2024/10/10/2...

#ChemSky 🧪
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker for computational protein design and to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper for protein structure prediction. Proteins are important biological molecules formed from 20 naturally occurring amino acids. Proteins form folded 3D structures which are key to their function and properties, but the exact way in which they fold is hard to predict. In 2020, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and their co-workers unveiled an artificial intelligence model called AlphaFold2 to predict 3D folded structures of proteins. David Baker developed Rosetta, software that also attempts to predict protein structures, and used it to start with a protein structure and use the software to work out its amino acid sequence. Predicting and designing protein structures benefits the design of protein-based drugs, sensors, vaccines, catalysts, and more. It also aids our understanding of existing proteins and how they interact with other molecules.
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 8d
We'd love to have a huge turn out for Nic's talk. Please help spread the word. There are downloadable pdf adverts in the link below. They can be emailed or printed. If you work in a public space (e.g. Library) you could help by printing and posting one of the flyers. Ngā mihi nui!
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Timothy Bredy @twbredy.bsky.social · 15d
RNA and Proteins: Who Bosses Whom? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 9d
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
Wed 8 Oct 12pm, Rm BIG13
Professor Andrej Luptak
Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry and Molecular Biochemistry, University of California Irvine
Illuminating RNA Worlds
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Otago Biochemistry @otagobiochemist.bsky.social · 13d
Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.
Impacts of marine heatwave stress and harmful algal (Alexandrium spp.) exposure on subadult green-lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus)
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Impacts of marine heatwave stress and harmful algal (Alexandrium spp.) exposure on subadult green-lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus)
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are increasing globally, including around Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), where the Tasman Sea is a recognised hotspot. Harmful alg…
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 13d
Cryogenic electron microscopy has been used to determine the detailed structure of an intermediate state called a “D-loop” that forms when strands of DNA are exchanged during homologous recombination.
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