Fred D. Mast

Evolutionary systems cell biology (that just about covers everything). Exploring the biology of infectious disease, peroxisomes & nuclear pore complexes.

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

This preprint, now finalized for @eLife, includes several new, stunning figures from Nat. They highlight epitopes on the spike protein that, despite extensive mutations, remain susceptible to our #nanobody repertoire's neutralizing effects.

https://t.co/y514CtKNPW

@RoutLab_RU

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

Exciting news! Our latest research "Nanobody repertoire generated against the spike protein of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 remains efficacious against the rapidly evolving virus" is on @biorxivpreprint. @johndaitchison @RoutLab_RU @IntActOme https://t.co/AcohYPEyg0 🧪🔬 #SARSCoV2

[Harmit S. Malik @HarmitMalik]

Wonderful (and long overdue) news. Proud day for @UW @UWproteindesign

[UW Biochemistry @UWBiochemistry]

A hearty congratulations to our colleague, David Baker, on receiving the @NobelPrize for his visionary work in protein design. @UWproteindesign

[UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom]

PHOTO: David Baker @UWBiochemistry @UWproteindesign @uwmedicine taking via computer at his Seattle home early this morning shortly after learning that he had received #NobelPrize2024 in chemistry for computational protein design

[University of Washington @UW]

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work designing new proteins that can neutralize viruses, target cancer cells, and more.

Read more from @uwmedicine: https://t.co/PU7AM1ETvA

#NobelPrize #GoHuskies

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

I might be biased, but John is an excellent choice for Editor-in-Chief of MBoC. The future of this flagship cell biology journal looks bright!

https://t.co/7d1drg6aZA

[American Society for Cell Biology @ASCBiology]

ASCB announces John D. Aitchison, PhD, as the new Editor-In-Chief of its flagship journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), starting Jan 1, 2025. Dr. Aitchison's extensive research and editorial experience will help advance MBoC's legacy.

Read more: https://t.co/BVgc1AqU5g

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

ASCB Announces John Aitchison as New Editor-In-Chief for its Flagship Journal MBoC https://t.co/7d1drg6aZA

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦

SUMMER MCINTOSH HAS DONE IT

The 17-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh wins her first Olympic gold medal. Her second medal of the Games.

She’s the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold in the 400m individual medley.

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

@Archaeon_Alex Wildtype

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

Late night infomercials will have a field day with this… 🤦‍♂️

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

The rat with the big balls and the enormous penis – how Frontiers published a paper with botched AI-generated images
@FrontiersIn
https://t.co/BZoujMhQvM

[Rout Lab @RoutLab_RU]

Check out this great work led by @BarakRaveh, a first of its kind, integrative spatiotemporal map of the NPC explains the main molecular mechanisms underlying nuclear transport! A NCDIR @IntActOme special with our friends @salilab_ucsf, @DavidCowburn1 and @TheVillaLab

[Field Gulls @FieldGulls]

PICKED OFF! LOVE AGAIN!!!

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

@brookemeghan @jbiolchem Looking forward to read it, @brookemeghan, congratulations!

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

@joachimgoedhart This looks amazing! Really nice work.

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

@macro_momo @Delta Certainly! Happy to help.

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

@macro_momo @Delta That’s awful! I’m flying to Helsinki next week on Delta… hopefully with a better experience. I won’t plan to check bags.

[Fred D. Mast @FredDMast]

This is a really enjoyable historical perspective from Edmond Fischer on his discovery, with Edwin Krebs, of Reversible Protein Phosphorylation as a Regulatory Mechanism.

#iBiology https://t.co/3uG7OB6vnq