Bernardo Pinto

Postdoc @uchicago. Working on ion channel biophysics. 🦑 @pintobi.bsky.social

[Bernardo Pinto @BernardoIPinto]

1/ New paper! I have used AlphaFold2 to uncover the structural basis for voltage gating and drug binding in the Shaker family of potassium channels - key players that regulate neuronal excitability and a target for neurological diseases treatment. 🧵

[Sholto David @addictedtoigno1]

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
https://t.co/8o6zvTAGEU

[Pushmeet Kohli @pushmeet]

The #AlphaFold 3 model code and weights are now available for academic use. We @GoogleDeepMind are excited to see how the research community continues to use AlphaFold to address open questions in biology and new lines of research.

https://t.co/kVB9hWJZTI

[Brew Markets @brewmarkets]

Here's what the website of a $1 trillion market cap company looks like:

[Retraction Watch @RetractionWatch]

eLife latest in string of major journals put on hold from Web of Science.
https://t.co/TXGCKD6BNB

[Bernardo Pinto @BernardoIPinto]

9/Read the full paper here: https://t.co/iODdF598pp
You can check the closed state model and associated data here: https://t.co/eXg5HwZzJw
Currently seeking opportunities to establish my own research program. Open to opportunities!
DMs open for: Collaborations & Faculty positions

[Bernardo Pinto @BernardoIPinto]

1/ New paper! I have used AlphaFold2 to uncover the structural basis for voltage gating and drug binding in the Shaker family of potassium channels - key players that regulate neuronal excitability and a target for neurological diseases treatment. 🧵

[Bernardo Pinto @BernardoIPinto]

8/A huge thanks to my mentor Francisco (Pancho) Bezanilla for his support throughout this work. This was only possible thanks to the amazing research environment at @UChicagoMed @UChicagoBMB! Also grateful to @UChicagoRCC and @GoogleCloud for computational support.

[Zeke Faux @ZekeFaux]

Trumps only sold about $10mln of their crypto token — target was $300mln

[Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD @bjmarlin]

“Very Novel!”

😂 I love his enthusiasm, please someone give these attendees a poster prize! 🏆 🐦
@SfNtweets

[Jason Sheltzer @JSheltzer]

John Jumper went from getting a PhD to getting a Nobel Prize in just seven years!

[Zeke Faux @ZekeFaux]

Most of the reporting on scam compounds--where thousands of people are trafficked to run crypto scams--wouldn't have happened without @MechDara1.

He should win journalism prizes. Instead he's imprisoned in Cambodia on bogus charges.

Free Dara! Reporting is not a crime!

[Dad Jokes @Dadsaysjokes]

I'm really mad about how fast my life went from MySpace to MYCHART.

[Charles Piller @cpiller]

My new investigation for @newsfromscience: Did a top @NIH official manipulate Alzheimer's/Parkinson’s research for decades? Neuroscientist Eliezer Masliah found to engage in scientific misconduct; 132 of his papers fall under suspicion
https://t.co/gF4fcjDipJ

[Nicholas Bellono @NBellono]

Where do new organs come from? In paired studies, we explore walking fish with "legs" to learn about the evolution of new traits. @MBLScience, @CellPressNews, @CurrentBiology
-https://t.co/2z2q31Vaz5
-https://t.co/CxfhKYtPxB