It took a while, but here we are. Our micDROP paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com, led by @atargt.bsky.social. She asked whether the sequence of a disordered region can self-recognize specifically. She measured this for ten IDRs in living yeast cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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"Go and apply for an ERC grant, the funding is over there !!!!" yeah, right...... 2027 likely success rate < 5% ........ 😭

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Glad my voice could contribute to this special issue of Molecular Cell on AI in molecular biology. I see a lot of promise though some perils do exist! Several other voices' opinions to read there: Ellen Zhong, Jianyi Yang, Quan Chen, Alan Wong and Judith Zaugg. www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

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The ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous DNA substitutions (dN/dS) encodes information about selection pressures. This study develops a model of dN/dS in recombining bacterial populations, offering insights on how horizontal gene transfer shapes the genome. 🧪 #AcademicSky #evolution plos.io/3Wcy9lT

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Wait, wait, what !!!!! Regulation of target gene expression by chromatin-associated protein-coding transcripts in plants 686 protein-coding transcripts that mediate cross-locus chromatin interactions in Arabidopsis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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