Single-molecule biophysicist, CRC T2, MSFHR Scholar, building responsive DNA nanostructures to study biology. Views are my own. @fos_ubco @ubcokanagan šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦

Kelowna, BC, Canada
Joined June 2010
Replying to @IsaacLiLab
@IsaacLiLab and team show that adding excess decoy DNA protects DNA-based probes from DNase degradation, preserving probe integrity for over 48 hours and enabling robust, long-term mechanobiology studies in live-cell environments #openaccess šŸ”“ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Methods and Applications in Fluorescence MAF 2025 August 24-27 in Montreal Canada Abstract deadline for talk consideration May 12 Abstract deadline for poster presentations June 2 Early Registration deadline June 25 Join us in Montreal for MAF 2025! maf2025.org/en
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The 10th annual BSC meeting is coming up in Hamilton! Don't miss the April 15 deadline for early registration, abstract submission, and travel awards. Details & program: event.fourwaves.com/bsc2025/ #BSC2025
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The 10th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society of Canada will be held May 20-23 at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. Check out the speaker lineup and programs here: event.fourwaves.com/bsc2025/ Early registration and abstract submission deadlines are April 15. #BSC2025
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Celebrate #BiophysicsWeek w/ 3 trainee-organized virtual events to connect, learn, and have fun: 🧠Trivia Night – Mar 24, 6PM ET šŸŽ¤Career + Research talk @IsaacLiLab – Mar 27, 1:30PM ET šŸ„–Biophysical Gastronomy – Mar 29, 2PM ET šŸ“Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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Free scientific illustrations for biologists! šŸ˜ @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
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Applications received by November 15, 2024 will receive full consideration. For a full description and application instructions, see sfu.ca/physics/about-us/empl… (For dual-career searches, tenure-track positions in other areas of Physics will be posted to this link soon.)
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The 9th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society of Canada in Montreal was a huge success thanks to all the participants local organizers, trainee executives, and sponsors! The next BSC meeting will be at McMaster University. We hope to see everyone again next year in Hamilton!
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Deadlines for the BSC 2024 Annual Meeting in Montreal are coming up! April 15th: Early registration deadline April 15th: Trainee travel award application deadline April 30th: Abstract submission deadline Please visit biophysicalsociety.ca/ for more information
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@BiophysCanada is calling for nomination of the BSC Trainee Paper Award (Deadline: Feb.15). The nominee must be a trainee who is a leading author on a research paper of exceptional quality, originality, and impact in biophysics. For more details, visit: biophysicalsociety.ca/awards…
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Biophysical Society of Canada offers travel awards to students and post-docs going to the Biophysical Society Meeting #BPS2024 in Philadelphia this coming February. Submission deadline: December 15, 2023, Eligibility and application forms are here: biophysicalsociety.ca/awards…
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1/10 New study with @jingzhunLIU that unravels the dual-mode impact on Tension Gauge Tethers (TGT)' Mechanical Stability! Here's a breakdown of the findings: @MBIsg @ZhengLiu2018 @taekjip
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TransitID is out today in Cell! This is a proximity labeling method for unbiased discovery of endogenous proteins that traffick from a defined ā€œsourceā€ location to a defined ā€œdestinationā€ location. TransitID uses sequential labeling by TurboID in the source, followed by a chase period (minutes to hours) and then 1-minute APEX tagging in the destination compartment. Proteins tagged by both enzymes are enriched with streptavidin and anti-fluorescein antibody, and identified by mass spec. We explore 4 intracellular and intercellular applications of TransitID: - discovery of locally translated mitochondrial proteins (translated at OMM, then imported into mito matrix) - mapping proteins whose cytoplasm-to-nucleus shuttling is dampened by stress - discovery of proteins that transit between nucleolus & stress granules during stress & stress recovery - analysis of proteins that traffic intercellularly bw tumor cells & macrophages Work of amazingly talented co-first authorsĀ @WeiQinChemBioĀ andĀ @CheahJoleen,Ā and collaborators Steve CarrĀ @namude & Paul Taylor authors.elsevier.com/a/1hKLc…
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Excited to share that I'm joining the @Hypothesisfund as a Scientist Scout and will be supporting their efforts to fund #highrisk #highreward basic science projects! #scoutingforscience
šŸŽ‰ Exciting day at the @HypothesisFund! We’re thrilled to welcome 4 brilliant scientists to our network of scientist Scouts: Emily Balskus, Angel White, Gabriel Victora, and Taekjip Ha! @BalskusLab, @aeawhite, @victora_lab, @taekjip šŸ™Œ 1/5
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