Biophysical Society

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04 September 2026 16:52

Connect with mentors, opportunities, and a community that supports your growth. Join Biophysical Society today! www.biophysics.org/renew

Dementia Researcher

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24 August 2026 13:58

What is a grant panel member actually looking for when they open your application? Professor Louise Serpell explains, from her own experience on the panel. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-getting...

Chris H. Hill

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24 August 2026 12:59

Thanks also to the superb facilities at @biologyatyork.bsky.social, @ybri-uoy.bsky.social, YSBL, light source access @diamondlightsource.bsky.social, DESY and to our funders, including @ukri.org, @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social 8/8

Chris H. Hill

chillzaa.bsky.social

24 August 2026 12:59

This was a fun collaboration with the brilliant Cy Jeffries, @steve-quinn-lab.bsky.social, @bpsiyork.bsky.social, @timcraggs.bsky.social and @ei-science.bsky.social, as well as Ian Brierley and @atomicvirology.bsky.social in @campathology.bsky.social 7/8

Chris H. Hill

chillzaa.bsky.social

24 August 2026 12:59

Interestingly, this is not a stable structure. SAXS and smFRET show that the existence of this pseudoknot is entirely dependent on the 2A protein - without it, the RNA stays as a stem-loop, unable to activate frameshifting. 5/8