Karolin Luger
@nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
Chromatin and cryoEM afficionada. Still a fan of crystallography. Avid Colorado hiker. Will call out ugly nucleosome cartoons. Come for the science, stay for the mountain pictures and snark. Opinions and snark are my own.
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Confused by all the histones that are cropping up in organisms that are decidedly NOT eukaryotes? check out our review - fantastic work by team NucEvo in the #Lugerlab
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Confused by all the histones that are cropping up in organisms that are decidedly NOT eukaryotes? check out our review - fantastic work by team NucEvo in the #Lugerlab
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Confused by all the histones that are cropping up in organisms that are decidedly NOT eukaryotes? check out our review - fantastic work by team NucEvo in the #Lugerlab
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Its out!!!
A little reading before the Christmas break by the one and only @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social in @annualreviews.bsky.social
The expanding Histone universe: Histone-Based DNA organization in noneukaryotic organisms
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The expanding Histone universe: Histone-Based DNA organization in noneukaryotic organisms
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms
Histones are small basic proteins that form the proteinaceous core of the nucleosome, the repeating building block of chromatin in all eukaryotes. Long thought to be exclusive to eukaryotes, histones ...
www.annualreviews.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Its out!!!
'examailophobia' - the fear of emailing the final exam to the entire class prior to the exam.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
'examailophobia' - the fear of emailing the final exam to the entire class prior to the exam.
@phoeberice.bsky.social - supercoiling police ! keeping them honest....
Wonderful history, but that picture with the positive supercoiling node has always bugged me.
Lac operon: Two gems from the early days (1|2)
by Christoph — When I recently wrote about noise in the basement of the lac operon, I stumbled across two papers in said basement, both of which I – and not only I – consider gems of early molecular biology: 'Isolation of the lac repressor'…
by Christoph — When I recently wrote about noise in the basement of the lac operon, I stumbled across two papers in said basement, both of which I – and not only I – consider gems of early molecular biology: 'Isolation of the lac repressor'…
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@phoeberice.bsky.social - supercoiling police ! keeping them honest....
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
i agree tho... beware especially this time of semester! good reminder. think before clicking..
It’s escalated to the vice President of public affairs at Harvard!
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
i agree tho... beware especially this time of semester! good reminder. think before clicking..
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It’s escalated to the vice President of public affairs at Harvard!
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s escalated to the vice President of public affairs at Harvard!
i think crustmas should be a thing
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i think crustmas should be a thing
Good!
The top 10 people of 2025 @nature.com who shaped science.
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Recognizes Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was "fired for holding the line on scientific integrity"
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Good!
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Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump’s Dehumanization Campaign Is Becoming Normalized
A president who calls immigrants “garbage” is dangerous enough. A country that grows desensitized to it is even more frightening.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water.
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
wild turkey, in case you have never seen one
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
wild turkey, in case you have never seen one
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The Nobel Prize Physiology lecture about to start!
www.nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Nobel Prize Physiology lecture about to start!
www.nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org
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Tradescantia occidentalis, our Western Spiderwort, blooming in my yard #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to June 5 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to June 5 🌿
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Tradescantia occidentalis, our Western Spiderwort, blooming in my yard #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to June 5 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to June 5 🌿
#quiltsky, i'd be curious to learn how you all are using AI in your quilting design (eg hacking of pattern, fabric calculations, design....) - lets get the conversation going!
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#quiltsky, i'd be curious to learn how you all are using AI in your quilting design (eg hacking of pattern, fabric calculations, design....) - lets get the conversation going!
re #fifa 'peace prize' and who is expected to 'win' it: those of you who raised kids know the trick: - 'here is shiny new thing that is even BETTER than the shiny thing that for so many reasons you cannot have'..... sometimes works with 2-4 year olds. pathetic.
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
re #fifa 'peace prize' and who is expected to 'win' it: those of you who raised kids know the trick: - 'here is shiny new thing that is even BETTER than the shiny thing that for so many reasons you cannot have'..... sometimes works with 2-4 year olds. pathetic.
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@science.org 🧬🔬 Multiscale structure of #chromatin condensates explains phase separation and material properties | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @janhuemar.bsky.social et al.
Multiscale structure of chromatin condensates explains phase separation and material properties
The structure and interaction networks of molecules within biomolecular condensates are poorly understood. Using cryo–electron tomography and molecular dynamics simulations, we elucidated the structur...
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
@science.org 🧬🔬 Multiscale structure of #chromatin condensates explains phase separation and material properties | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @janhuemar.bsky.social et al.
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My department at California State University Northridge is hiring! We're looking for a new colleague studying microbiology or molecular/cellular biology. I'm not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about the department and campus, and life in LA
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December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My department at California State University Northridge is hiring! We're looking for a new colleague studying microbiology or molecular/cellular biology. I'm not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about the department and campus, and life in LA
buff.ly/Pc1KOaC
buff.ly/Pc1KOaC
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Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
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Calypso bulbosa, our Fairy Slipper orchid, blooming on the Ceran St. Vrain trail #orchids #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 4 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 4 🌿
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Calypso bulbosa, our Fairy Slipper orchid, blooming on the Ceran St. Vrain trail #orchids #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 4 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 4 🌿
it is the season of giving.. maybe even to yourself! fantastic pieces!
Small business spotlight...
Palms Trading Company is a family-owned business in #Albuquerque that specializes in authentic, handcrafted Native American Indian art. Founded in 1933, Palms is known for its selection of high-quality items, guaranteed authenticity & pricing - www.palmstrading.com
Palms Trading Company is a family-owned business in #Albuquerque that specializes in authentic, handcrafted Native American Indian art. Founded in 1933, Palms is known for its selection of high-quality items, guaranteed authenticity & pricing - www.palmstrading.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
it is the season of giving.. maybe even to yourself! fantastic pieces!
my new go-to name for name-calling purposes.
It’s the bird whose name sounds like a Shakespearean insult!!!
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for #WoodpeckerWednesday. #birds 🌿
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for #WoodpeckerWednesday. #birds 🌿
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my new go-to name for name-calling purposes.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
add my WTF to the collective. WTF.
The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
add my WTF to the collective. WTF.