@danengw

Structural biologist, professor, NYU School of Medicine. Alum of: Skirball Institute, EMBL-Heidelberg, Univ Stockholm, Acad Sin, NEU. Personal account.

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Joined January 2016
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Our paper on the reaction cycle of the human dicarboxylate transporter NaDC3 finally came out in @nsmb .
Membrane Protein PDB@MemProtPDB3 Dec 2024
Substrate translocation and inhibition in human dicarboxylate transporter NaDC3 | Nat Struct Mol Biol doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-0…
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Emad Tajkhorshid, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been named a 2027 Biophysical Society Fellow buff.ly/5oK0szb
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Structure@Structure_CPOct 5
Structures of the human sodium-citrate cotransporter NaCT with and without substrates dlvr.​it/TVnDws
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Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed. wapo.st/4xCaFUf

Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

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Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash wapo.st/3UPK3BP

White House budget chief pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash

Russell Vought argued the agency has been funding “woke” priorities and suggested the president create a commission to review grants from the National Institutes of Health.

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Structure@Structure_CPAug 31
Online now! Structures of the human sodium-citrate cotransporter NaCT with and without substrates dlvr.it/TVFs5m
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Scientists are racing to adapt as Trump administration policies disrupt research funding and make long-term planning harder wsj.com/us-news/education/sc… via @WSJ

Scientists Scramble for Private Cash in Response to Fresh Funding Turbulence

Additional changes are looming, prompting more researchers to downsize labs or pursue money outside government.

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Congress must stop the politicization of peer review and American science wapo.st/4zbYwrc

Congress must stop the politicization of peer review and American science

American scientific leadership was built by allowing evidence to prevail over ideology.

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We are opening the call for the first generation of Founding Principal Investigators of the Cori Institute in Graz. We are looking for scientists who want to understand metabolism as the fundamental organising logic of life.
🤖 Made with AI
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Congratulations to Ellen Zhong, Princeton University, for receiving the 2026 K.H. Kuo Award for Outstanding Young Scientist in Structural Biology bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium/2026…
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Award page: bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium/2026…
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Congratulations to Chris Russo, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, for receiving the 2026 K.H. Kuo Award for Distinguished Scientist in Biological Electron Microscopy bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium/2026…
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The deadline to apply for the next round of SGP's $500 Rising Star Travel Awards is 1 August! These awards recognize individuals with the potential to make significant contributions to the field. Trainees can use the awards for both meetings and courses. See sgpweb.org/awards/risingstar.
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Read a blog post from BPS President @KarenFlemingPhD about the US OMB proposed rule on federal financial assistance, which could have major consequences for research, international collaboration, and the future of scientific discovery. buff.ly/gXueRp1
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Karen Fleming@KarenFlemingPhDJul 6
FIVE ALARM FIRE: One week left for the #BigBeautifulResponse. It's important to get your comments submitted! See the resources in the link. Share widely! @BiophysicalSoc
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Chi-Min Ho@mimi1inhJun 30
Incredibly proud of Messi Haile @mehsehret, a @cmholab founding member, for her beautiful work uncovering the inner workings of a central piece of the malaria parasite invasion machinery: the malarial moving junction, out today in @CellPressNews ! tinyurl.com/4p3md2eb 🦠❄️🔬
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Qiang Guo@QiangGuo_EMJun 24
We're excited to welcome an outstanding group of speakers to the 2026 Kuo Symposium in Beijing this summer. The workshop is already FULL, but symposium registration is still open, and early-bird rates are still available. See you in Beijing! bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium/2026…
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New paper from the lab. Using AI-guided modeling and experiments, we identified a hidden allosteric pocket in the cancer kinase PKMYT1. Led by @NHerrington24 in collaboration with @LazarusLab pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Allosteric Inhibition of PKMYT1 Induces a Unique, Inactive ATP Binding Site Conformation

Abstract. The protein kinase PKMYT1 regulates a key cell cycle checkpoint as part of the cell’s DNA-damage repair response, but in cancer, this function ca

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Chi-Min Ho@mimi1inhMay 19
So incredibly excited and grateful to be joining the Burroughs Wellcome Fund PATH family! Thank you @BWFUND and the selection committee members for supporting and believing in our vision, and congrats to the other 2026 PATH Investigators!!! 🥳
BWFUND@BWFUNDMay 19
BWF Announces the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease bwfund.org/news/bwf-announce… #bwfpath
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) awards, recognizing assistant professor-level scientists whose research is advancing understanding of infectious disease mechanisms and informing new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

ALT The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) awards, recognizing assistant professor-level scientists whose research is advancing understanding of infectious disease mechanisms and informing new approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Biophysical Society Denounces Mass Termination of National Science Board biophysics.org/news-room/bio…

Biophysical Society Denounces Mass Termination of National Science Board

BETHESDA, MD – The Biophysical Society denounces the Administration’s termination of the National Science Board (NSB) en masse on Friday, April 24. The board, deliberately designed to...

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