Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB)

🎉 New paper from the Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics!

Congrats to Noopur Singh et al. on their @narjournal.bsky.social publication showing that DNA polymerase ε interacts with PCNA in vivo to support efficient leading-strand DNA replication 🧬

👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Postdoc Opportunity in the Kohler Mito Lab @akohler-mitolab.bsky.social at our Department!

📍 Umeå, Sweden
📅 Deadline: Jan 16, 2026
🔗 Apply here: umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

#Postdoc #Biochemistry #Mitochondria #Proteostasis #AcademicJobs #ScienceCareers #UmeåUniversity

Looking for a postdoc opportunity? This is your chance! Applications close soon - don’t miss the opportunity to join @paulinawanrooij.bsky.social team to study proteins that protect mitochondrial DNA stability.
📅 Apply before November 28th
👉 umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

National Institute for Basic Biology | - Rethinking How Nucleoside Supplementation Speed Up DNA Replication: It’s Not Just About Having Enough DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs)—dATP, dTTP,

🔍 Key insight: It’s not about boosting all dNTPs—it’s about balancing thymidine (T). Adding T prevents dUTP from getting in the way, restoring both replication speed and accuracy.

💡 A neat reminder: sometimes one nucleotide makes all the difference.

Press release: www.nibb.ac.jp/en/press/202...

Decoding nucleoside supplementation: how thymidine outperforms ribonucleosides in accelerating mammalian replication forks Abstract. Disruptions in deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) supply impair DNA replication and lead to genomic instability. While exogenous ribonucleosides

🚨 New research drop!

A new study from @andreichabes.bsky.social ’ group (with Tomomi Tsubouchi + Erik Johansson) overturns a long-standing assumption about how nucleosides speed up DNA replication.
Paper in @narjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Huge congrats to Praveen Pandey et al.! 🎉

🔬 Thursdays = Science + Community at our Department! 🧪
Today’s talks at our In-House Seminar:
✨ Tran Vinh Hong Nguyen on mitochondrial protein POLDIP2
✨ @josyterbeek.bsky.social on Gram+ Type IV secretion systems
#InHouseSeminar #Biochemistry #StructuralBiology #UmeåUniversity

Learn more about Ronnie's research: www.umu.se/en/research/...

🎉 Big congratulations to @rberntsson.bsky.social on his promotion to Full Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University! 👏
A well-deserved recognition of his outstanding contributions to research and education.
#AcademicExcellence #UmeåUniversity #Biochemistry

💡 Did you know? Every Tuesday, the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics hosts international experts in the MedChem Seminar Series.
Discover upcoming talks: www.umu.se/en/departmen...

Björn Forsberg Structural bioinformatics studies biology through data. We develop and use new tools to study cryo-EM reconstructions and data to understand molecular life.

🔬 MedChem Seminar Series
Today we welcomed Björn Forsberg (Linköping University) for an excellent talk:
“Methods for Quantified Feature Detection in Cryo-EM Reconstructions.”

👉 More on Björn's research: liu.se/en/employee/...
📅 More seminars: www.umu.se/en/departmen...

#CryoEM #StructuralBiology

Congrats to Andrei Chabes, @nasimsabouri.bsky.social, @paulinawanrooij.bsky.social, Erik Johansson and @akohler-mito.bsky.social. A big thank you to @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social, Cancerfonden and the Medical Faculty for the generous support! #BiomedicalResearch #CancerResearch #SwedenScience

🎉 Big news from our Department!
Our researchers have secured 32.1 MSEK in new research funding from Cancerfonden, @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social, and the Faculty of Medicine.
This support will power cutting-edge biomedical research.
Huge congratulations to all involved!
#ResearchFunding

Congrats! 🎉👏

🚀 Come and Join Our Team!

The @paulinawanrooij.bsky.social lab is looking for a #postdoc to study proteins that safeguard mitochondrial DNA stability in eukaryotes!

📅 Apply by Nov 28: umustipendie.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

#PostdocOpportunity #Biochemistry #Mitochondria #AcademicJobs

Every Thursday, our department gathers for science and community: PhD students, postdocs, and staff scientists share their research over lunch, sparking interdisciplinary discussions and new ideas: Our In-House Seminar! #InHouseSeminar #ScientificCommunity #UmeåUniversity

Thursday means time for our Department’s In-House Lunch Seminar! 🧪
Today, Yuyang Lin from @lacarlson.bsky.social lab gave a fascinating talk on cryo-tomography of viral replication complexes—a deep dive into the structural biology of viruses!

#InHouseSeminar #Biochemistry #StructuralBiology

We’re live!
The Department of Medical Biochemistry & Biophysics at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social explores life at the molecular level: infection and structural biology, gene expression, mitochondria, neurodegeneration & biophysics for climate change.
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