Da-Neng Wang

Saw this on the PubMed (what we use to look up scientific articles). It's so embarrassing.

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices go.nature.com/4z2zuKu

Planning to attend the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in Philadelphia this coming February? Check out the funding opportunities available to help you get there #bps2027 buff.ly/aIDhRhY

"White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants" [everybody up in arms, as they should be, but for those who have been paying close attention, this has pretty much already happened - the realization just hasn't sunk in yet] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...

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Less than 2 weeks to apply! If you are looking for early career fellowship sponsorship, consider @dunnschool.bsky.social to launch your independent career Great science, great support and, of course, lovely colleagues... www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

It's out in @cp-structure.bsky.social! A fun process sorting out this puzzle with everyone in the @danengw.bsky.social group at NYUSoM! www.cell.com/structure/ab...

Run AlphaFold2 locally in your browser via WebGPU, no installation needed, it's just a static webpage using your own GPU or CPU. Short proteins run in seconds. Larger ones are still slow: a 291-aa protein takes ~7 minutes on my M4 Pro. ❗It's just a PoC. 🌐 martin-steinegger.github.io/alphafold2-w...

The 2026 K. H. Kuo Symposium of Cryo-Electron Microscopy was held in Beijing, August 20-25. Organized by Qiang Guo, Ning Gao, Leifu Chang, Peijun Zhang and Yifan Cheng, the symposium was a great success. Highlights included the Kuo Award Lectures delivered by Chris Russo and Ellen Zhong.

Even the Wall Street Journal is concerned. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!: 🧪BBS: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05483 🧬GGED: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 🦠IMM: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05486 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026 🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply

Of course this RFI drops late on Friday. NIH proposes to stop providing specific scores and instead bin grants into 3 broad categories: most competitive, competitive, not discussed. A score would be calculated but not provided to the PI (or PO). grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

‼️NIH is proposing to change NIH Peer Review outcomes. Instead of impact scores they propose 3 categories: "Most competitive" "Competitive", or "Not discussed" This RFI link will accept your comments/feedback on this proposal until 10/13/26. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Trump is going after the National Academy of Sciences. Gift link.

Fun fact: Human NaCT/SLC13A5's mechanism for coupling sodium & substrate co-transport is distinct from its bacterial homolog VcINDY! A fascinating question to tease apart with @danengw.bsky.social and colleagues at NYU School of Medicine!

A water molecule is crucial to maintaining the structure and transport activity of VcINDY! academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ad... Fantastic collaboration by the groups of @danengw.bsky.social (NYUSoM) and @chrismulligan.bsky.social (Univ. of Kent)

Honored to be elected to EMBO,together with Manu, Julian and ex-benchmate @wojtekgalej.bsky.social. I’m grateful to all past and present Iab members for their amazing work and support from colleagues, mentors and family over the years.

Take a look at the fantastic lineup of speakers we have assembled for the 2026 Kuo Symposium in Beijing! The workshop is already FULL, but symposium registration is still open, and early-bird rates are still available. See you in Beijing! www.bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium...

Outstanding NYT opinion piece by @jmcoller.bsky.social that succinctly and clearly makes the case for NIH- and NSF-supported fundamental research. Great piece of writing that highlights much of what’s at stake in current research environment

Very sad to learn that Steve White has passed away.

Here's an excellent guide to comment on the OMB's (and potentially catastrophic) rule changes: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne... By the way, this is not limited to US citizens, anyone can explain how valuable and important US federal funding has been to scientific progress worldwide.

Sub-cellular chemical mapping using correlated cryogenic electron and mass spectrometry imaging online @natmethods.nature.com, led by Hannah Ochner, collaboration with @catfranco.bsky.social and @kiranrpatil.bsky.social labs doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

This is an absolute travesty and this is out of control

Time for a new edition of Canadian biochemist and medical researcher extraordinaire Maud Menten (1878-1960), 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci coauthor of the Michalis-Menten equation, inventor of the azo-dye coupling which was the first example of enzyme histochemistry for imaging tissues and the first 🧵

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The peer reviewed version is out. Our study suggests this process is not limited to a single dimer architecture: we identified an additional dimeric arrangement, pointing to greater structural diversity in stress-induced ribosome hibernation-like states. doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

En route to share our latest work on the conformational landscape of opioid receptor activation. Grateful to my friend and collaborator, Dr. Susruta Majumdar, for the invitation—looking forward to connecting with everyone at WashU @washumedicine.bsky.social!

Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu died #OTD in 1997. She conducted the Wu experiment (proving parity isn't conserved) for which her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Her role wasn't publicly honored until she was awarded the inaugural Wolf Prize in 1978. #WomenInSTEM #MatildaEffect

We’re hiring! Our group at CSHL has openings for postdoctoral fellows in structural biology with a focus on ion channels and receptors in neurotransmission and cancer immunology. Join and pursue unique, cross-disciplinary science to boost your career. jobrxiv.org/job/cold-spr...

Sad news on the passing of Prof. Andreas Engel, a pioneer in the field of cryo-EM (shared with the 3DEM community by Henning Stahlberg). Andreas' kindness, warmth, and enthusiasm for science and his colleagues will be missed.

I’m excited to share new work out of the lab at @NYULangone led by @kenjifujihara.bsky.social ! We took a first principles approach to evaluating @ferroptosis induction for cancer therapy via targeting the SLC7A11-glutathione-GPX4 axis. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme? Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues. Apply by 16 MAR www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Thank you Lynmarie Thompson, @leventallab.bsky.social and @arianebriegel.bsky.social for your service to the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social and in organizing the 2026 BPS Meeting!

We often get questions about the ins-and-outs of Presubmission Enquiries when engaging with scientists. Are they important? Will they help my paper get sent for review? Can they benefit me? If you're curious as well, please check out our editorial in the Feb issue!

Our study of the CAT1 amino acid transporter and viral receptor is now online in @natcomms.nature.com! Spearheaded by the incredibly talented @mingda-ye.bsky.social with colleagues from @cmd.ox.ac.uk, Strubi, CAMS Oxford Institute, @ndm.ox.ac.uk, and supported by the IM2PACT consortium.

Before you leave for San Francisco, plan your time at #bps2026 using the BPS Events App! Available on the App Store and Google Play buff.ly/8ykSJEK

Please spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. 🥳 mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

Plan your time at #bps2026 using the BPS Events App -- Available on the App Store and Google Play www.biophysics.org/2026meeting/...

Jane changed how I both think about and teach biochemistry.