Freddy Benning

SNSF Postdoc @thechaolab @MGHMolBio & @HMSGenetics | mitochondria | structural biology | membrane proteins | molecular assemblies

[Freddy Benning @FMCBenning]

I’m thrilled to share that I will join @ScienceStowers this fall to explore the evolution and design of bioenergetic membranes in bacteria.

[Stowers Institute @ScienceStowers]

Meet Friederike Benning, PhD, the newest Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow! Her #research dives into the complexity of energy generation in evolution to reveal how #bacteria build membranes to survive in extreme environments. 🦠 Hear more⬇️ 🎥

Learn more: https://t.co/U7gpuhcSK7

[Freddy Benning @FMCBenning]

10/💰 This study was made possible by funding from the @NIH, @CIHR_IRSC, @InnovationCA, @NSERC_CRSNG, NFRF, HHWF, @MooreFound, @SimonsFdn, @snsf_ch
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[Freddy Benning @FMCBenning]

Out in print! Using ancestral sequence reconstruction🦖, in vivo characterization, and 🔬, we identified key residues in the mitochondrial protein #Mic60 that affect #respiration in #yeast. @ProteinSociety

Cool new findings since the preprint!🧵⬇️

https://t.co/wiFTIGZdoG

[Freddy Benning @FMCBenning]

9/📣This was a wonderful collaboration with the @daCostaLab at @uottawa.

A big shout-out to my co-firsts Melody Nguyen and Tristan Bell and to all authors from the daCosta and Chao Labs. @YiTingLiao10

Thanks to @harvardmed EM facility, @llopisMontero at HMS MIcRoN, @mit_nano!

[Stowers Institute @ScienceStowers]

We’re proud to welcome two bold scientific minds to the Institute! Arvind Pillai, PhD, joins as Assistant Investigator exploring protein #evolution & design. Friederike Benning, PhD, joins as Stowers Fellow studying membrane complexity in #bacteria.

More: https://t.co/U7gpuhcSK7

[Connor Tou @connorjtou]

Today in @NatureBiotech, we describe first-gen click editors (CEs), which couple the advantageous properties of DNA-dependent DNA polymerases and HUH endonucleases with RNA-programmable nickases for precise and versatile human genome editing. 🧬

https://t.co/XwQs0vIhGv

[Joana Ferreira da Silva @FerreiraSilvaJ]

Thrilled to see our click editing paper out today in @NatureBiotech! 🚀 Click Editors (CEs) are a new class of genome writers which combine DNA polymerases and HUH endonucleases with RNA-programmable nickases for precise edits without DNA DSBs🧬✨ https://t.co/CXqicVhjZU

[Radek Nowak @RPNowak]

We are #hiring! We have an open #postdoctoral position in my group with the focus on structural biology #cryoEM and X-ray crystallography of new #E3 ligases as well as #molecularglue complexes. @UniBonn @IsbBonn
https://t.co/SYxOT8RwCi Please RT!

[Freddy Benning @FMCBenning]

This was a fun 🇺🇸🇨🇦 collaboration with my fellow co-first authors Tristan Bell and Melody Nguyen and coauthors Della Syau from @thechaolab 🇺🇸 and Louise Connell and Corrie daCosta from @daCostaLab 🇨🇦

[Freddy Benning @FMCBenning]

How do reconstructed protein ancestors (think Jurassic Park) help us understand the protein Mic60’s role in cellular respiration? 🦖💻🧬🦠🔋

Excited to share our preprint: https://t.co/iIyHpBI94q
#mitochondria #ASR #evolution #evobio #eukaryogenesis #MICOS #Mic60

[Stefan Niekamp @NiekampStefan]

Very excited to see our work on PRC1 and chromatin condensation online @MolecularCell https://t.co/uoWDT5Kzz7 I am grateful to have worked with and learned from Sharon and @theresaoei during this project! Many thanks to Radhika and Bob for their guidance and support throughout!