Igor Fesenko
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Igor Fesenko
@igorfesenko.bsky.social
· Feb 19
The hidden bacterial microproteome
This study uncovers thousands of microprotein families encoded by intergenic small
open reading frames (smORFs) in bacterial genomes and provides a publicly available
resource featuring structural pre...
www.cell.com
Excited to share our publication on bacterial microproteome www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
#microproteins
#microproteins
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hey bluesky 👋 visa hurdles mean I’m looking for opportunities outside the US. I’m a computational biologist (bacterial + phage genomics, postdoc in Koonin’s group @ NIH). I am interested in teaming up on funding apps. reach out if this resonates!
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
hey bluesky 👋 visa hurdles mean I’m looking for opportunities outside the US. I’m a computational biologist (bacterial + phage genomics, postdoc in Koonin’s group @ NIH). I am interested in teaming up on funding apps. reach out if this resonates!
Happy to share our manuscript is now published🎉 in @PPLplantarum
A key finding: novel stress inducible peptides in bryophytes
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
A key finding: novel stress inducible peptides in bryophytes
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
Comparative analysis of small secreted peptide signaling during defense response: insights from vascular and non‐vascular plants
Small secreted peptides (SSPs) play an important role in modulating immune responses in all land plants. However, the evolution of stress peptide signaling in different plant phyla remains poorly und...
dx.doi.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy to share our manuscript is now published🎉 in @PPLplantarum
A key finding: novel stress inducible peptides in bryophytes
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
A key finding: novel stress inducible peptides in bryophytes
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
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Read out latest issue here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
March 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Read out latest issue here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
A fascinating paper demonstrating that proteasome-derived peptides can serve as a natural source of antimicrobial peptides
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell-autonomous innate immunity by proteasome-derived defence peptides - Nature
Proteasomal degradation of cellular proteins generate defence peptides constitutively and in response to bacterial infection. Such peptides might provide a source of natural antibiotics that...
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A fascinating paper demonstrating that proteasome-derived peptides can serve as a natural source of antimicrobial peptides
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Online Now: The hidden bacterial microproteome
The hidden bacterial microproteome
This study uncovers thousands of microprotein families encoded by intergenic small open reading frames (smORFs) in bacterial genomes and provides a publicly available resource featuring structural predictions, predicted interactions between microproteins…
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February 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Online Now: The hidden bacterial microproteome
Excited to share our publication on bacterial microproteome www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
#microproteins
#microproteins
The hidden bacterial microproteome
This study uncovers thousands of microprotein families encoded by intergenic small
open reading frames (smORFs) in bacterial genomes and provides a publicly available
resource featuring structural pre...
www.cell.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Excited to share our publication on bacterial microproteome www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
#microproteins
#microproteins
Reposted by Igor Fesenko
Hi everyone! We are still welcoming applicants for a computational postdoc position. If your profile fits our lab interests, please do reach out to me for more information or apply directly via the link below. I'm looking forward to reading your application! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3488...
February 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hi everyone! We are still welcoming applicants for a computational postdoc position. If your profile fits our lab interests, please do reach out to me for more information or apply directly via the link below. I'm looking forward to reading your application! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3488...
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We’re looking for a postdoc in plant bioengineering to join an exciting interdisciplinary ERC project @UPSC! Work in a vibrant, international environment alongside top researchers, pushing the boundaries of plant science. Apply here: shorturl.at/smdwD
January 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We’re looking for a postdoc in plant bioengineering to join an exciting interdisciplinary ERC project @UPSC! Work in a vibrant, international environment alongside top researchers, pushing the boundaries of plant science. Apply here: shorturl.at/smdwD
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Very cool paper in Science:
Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
More than three billion years of evolution have produced an image of biology encoded into the space of natural proteins. Here we show that language models trained at scale on evolutionary data can gen...
www.science.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Very cool paper in Science:
Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Book review: The astonishing scientists who starved to protect plants during the Second World War
https://go.nature.com/4gSJOfk
https://go.nature.com/4gSJOfk
The astonishing scientists who starved to protect plants during the Second World War
The trials and tribulations of the world’s first seed bank reveal botanists’ enormous generosity and sacrifice during the siege of Leningrad.
go.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Book review: The astonishing scientists who starved to protect plants during the Second World War
https://go.nature.com/4gSJOfk
https://go.nature.com/4gSJOfk
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### Job alert, please repost! ###
We're recruiting a computational postdoc in evolutionary genetics to help us understand whether recently emerged ncORFs and microproteins play roles in childhood brain cancers. Will you become part of our team? werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/vacancy/p...
We're recruiting a computational postdoc in evolutionary genetics to help us understand whether recently emerged ncORFs and microproteins play roles in childhood brain cancers. Will you become part of our team? werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Postdoc computational evolutionary genomics of non-canonical ORFs and microproteins in childhood brain cancer - Werken bij Prinses Maxima Centrum
Background Over recent years, the van Heesch lab has discovered thousands of new “non-canonical” open reading frames (ncORFs) translated from regions of the genome believed not to code for protein. Ma...
werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl
January 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
### Job alert, please repost! ###
We're recruiting a computational postdoc in evolutionary genetics to help us understand whether recently emerged ncORFs and microproteins play roles in childhood brain cancers. Will you become part of our team? werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/vacancy/p...
We're recruiting a computational postdoc in evolutionary genetics to help us understand whether recently emerged ncORFs and microproteins play roles in childhood brain cancers. Will you become part of our team? werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Happy New Year!☃️
January 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Happy New Year!☃️
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Do you want to go further with your proteomics? Looking for something new in cancer?
Check out microproteins!
Thanks to @science.org for featuring this work, in collaboration with @sebastiaanvheesch.bsky.social, #HUPO, @gencodegenes.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
🔎 microprotein
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Check out microproteins!
Thanks to @science.org for featuring this work, in collaboration with @sebastiaanvheesch.bsky.social, #HUPO, @gencodegenes.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
🔎 microprotein
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‘Dark proteome’ survey reveals thousands of new human genes
Database confirms that overlooked segments of the genome code for a multitude of tiny proteins
www.science.org
November 26, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Do you want to go further with your proteomics? Looking for something new in cancer?
Check out microproteins!
Thanks to @science.org for featuring this work, in collaboration with @sebastiaanvheesch.bsky.social, #HUPO, @gencodegenes.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
🔎 microprotein
🧬 💻
Check out microproteins!
Thanks to @science.org for featuring this work, in collaboration with @sebastiaanvheesch.bsky.social, #HUPO, @gencodegenes.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
🔎 microprotein
🧬 💻
Reposted by Igor Fesenko
Small proteins, mighty potential! Whether you're an afficionado or just interested in diving into the world of #microproteins, join us for a Keystone meeting February 2025 in Beverly MA: www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Microproteins: from Discovery to Applications | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Microproteins: from Discovery to Applications, February 2025, in Beverly, with field leaders!
www.keystonesymposia.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Small proteins, mighty potential! Whether you're an afficionado or just interested in diving into the world of #microproteins, join us for a Keystone meeting February 2025 in Beverly MA: www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...