Instruct-ERIC Newsletter
Summer 2025
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Instruct has had a long-term commitment to equality and diversity throughout its lifespan – democratised access to structural biology technologies is a fundamental core principle of how Instruct operates. 2025 has already seen evidence of this as Instruct has further expanded its technology and service offering with a new Centre in Germany, and expanded Centre in Spain. Additionally, Instruct’s announcement as winners of the European Commission Gender Equality Prize is testament to Instruct’s efforts and successes in promoting gender equality and diversity in its practices and in the structural biology community.
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Latest Instruct-ERIC News
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Expanded Instruct Centre Offering
Instruct-ERIC has announced a new Centre in Germany, as well as expanded the existing Centre in Spain, adding new and innovative facilities providing cutting-edge structural biology research accessible through Instruct.
Find out more here.
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Gender Equality Prize
Instruct was awarded the European Commission Gender Equality Prize 2024 in the Newcomer Category. At a ceremony in Brussels, Instruct was recognised as advancing gender equality in structural biology and promoting diversity and equality in its practices and activities. Find out more here.
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Research Site - Latvia
Instruct added a new Research Site, in Latvia. Instruct Research Sites provide training events and a national hub for structural biology research within Instruct. Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (LBMC) and Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS), both based in Riga. Find out more here.
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Instruct-ERIC Science Highlights
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Using Robotein Protein Production and Biophysical Techniques to Select Molecular Probes for Lyme Borreliosis Diagnosis
Protein purification and biophysical characterisation is one of the founding and fundamental building blocks of structural biology. As an initial step for understanding the quality of the purified sample before functional and/or structural analysis, these techniques are a crucial asset to the structural biology community. Studies from Guérin et al (2024, and 2025), demonstrates the uses of such techniques, following their work at Robotein in Instruct-BE, as part of the ISIDORe project. Find out more here.
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Instruct-EMBL
Two vacant positions are available at EMBL, at the structural biology facilities:
Group Leader: Integrative Structural Biology Across Scales and Modalities EMBL Grenoble – see more
Group Leader: Molecular Systems Biology Unit EMBL Heidelberg – see more
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FHERITALE Map of Services
The FHERITALE project, coordinated by CERM/CIRMMP in Instruct-IT, has developed an initial analysis of services available for micro- and nanoplastic research. See the full report here.
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Fragment-Screen Publications
The Fragment-Screen project, coordinated by Instruct-ERIC, has seen several papers published in 2025, outlining the impact of fragment-based drug discovery through structural biology and other techniques. See the full list here.
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