Irene Vercellino

We are looking for a team leader to join the cryo-EM facility work at the new Ernst Ruska-Centre 2.0 at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. We have a series of microscopes used by (@irene-vercellino.bsky.social, Schröder, @sachsegroup.bsky.social) and external users.
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On Dec 4, we’re running a webinar:

Structures of Success: Career Journeys of Women in Structural Biology

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#cryoEM

Congratulations!

Grateful to have received the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung Research Fellowship, to support my group’s work at the Ernst Ruska-Centre (ER-C) of Forschungszentrum Jülich #cryoem

Survey on Demographics in the EM Community | Ernst Ruska-Centre (ER-C) “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲?” We tried asking AI and this is what was delivered: clearly the electron microscope is not realistic, but what about the microscopist? Is this represen...

How does an electron microscopist look like? Is the AI-generated image representative of the community? Help us find out!
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Congratulations! 🥳 Dr. Irene Vercellino has been awarded the #ForWomeninScience prize. The structural biologist is one of four female researchers 👩‍🔬 to receive the award by L'Oréal, the German UNESCO Commission and the German Humboldt Network. www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/arch...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Dr. Irene Vercellino 👩‍🔬 wird in das Junge Kolleg der NRW Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste aufgenommen. Damit ist die Biologin, die die Kraftwerke biologischer Zellen erforscht, eine von neun neuen Stipendiat:innen der Akademie. 👏 www.fz-juelich.de/de/aktuelles...

Cryo-EM structure of the botulinum neurotoxin A/SV2B complex and its implications for translocation pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39934119/ #cryoEM

How Cryo-EM Revolutionized the Field of Bioenergetics Abstract. Ten years ago, the term “resolution revolution” was used for the first time to describe how cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) marked the be

To celebrate a decade of “resolution revolution”, the Vercellino group here reflects how cryo-EM has impacted the field of bioenergetics. Enjoy the read! academic.oup.com/mam/advance-...

Exciting green news! 🦠 Do you know how certain microorganisms make a living by transforming CO2 into useful molecules? Check out our new work on the molecular choreography behind acetyl-CoA synthesis in the CODH/ACS protein complex. 👩‍🔬 🔗 www.biophys.mpg.de/2844976/micr...

Thank you Alexey for the kind words!

Excited to share that I have been elected as member of the "Junge Kolleg" of the Nordrhein-Westfalian Academy of Sciences and Arts. I am honoured to have this opportunity to serve the community! Here's the link to the announcement, unfortunately only in German www.awk.nrw/news/nachwuc...

Hiring alert🔊
I have an open PhD student position in my lab! If you are interested, please apply here www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Otherwise, please spread the word!