Structural Biologists at the University of Cincinnati. 18 structures and counting! https://www.tomthompsonlab.com/ Historical: https://x.com/thompsonlab3https://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mvidvakbdk2zWe have officially solved our fourth follistatin 288 structure in complex with an activin family ligand, this time with activin B. Using our novel structure, computational analysis, and molecular dynamics simulations, we interrogate the antagonist's ligand specificity. https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(26)02331-8/fulltext14 Sep 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvidvakbdk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mrx2qv4b5s2lThe 14th TGF-β Family Conference hosted by @faseborg.bsky.social in Porto (July 26-30) was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with longtime colleagues, collaborators, and alumni! The TT Lab presented 4 posters and 2 talks. A port cellar tour and fado performance rounded out the trip🍷🎶 #TGFbSRC31 Jul 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx2qv4b5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mrnpki6xk225Enjoying our 2nd night at @faseborg.bsky.social TGF-β Family in Development and Disease conference in Porto, Portugal! #TGFbSRC #TGFbSRC202627 Jul 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnpki6xk225https://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mq3dkkbxes2jWe are excited to share our latest publication in JBC, which elucidates the role of heparan sulfate in erythroferrone-mediated BMP inhibition! Check out our findings here: https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(26)02122-8/fulltext07 Jul 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3dkkbxes2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mjs2eadvmk2sWe had not one, but two send-off meals for our graduate student Ella and our postdoc Lucija. We wish them both the best in their scientific careers!18 Apr 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs2eadvmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mjrzzojb6s2sRecently, our grad students and undergrad, led by Melissa, went to Loveland Intermediate School for Science Day to get the next generation excited about science! They taught the students how to make their own ice cream, and showed them how we make flash frozen ice cream dots with LN2 🥶😋18 Apr 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrzzojb6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mjrzb2gafk2sIn March, the Thompson Lab celebrated Pi Day (3/14, the TT/π Lab’s unofficial holiday) and St. Patrick’s Day!18 Apr 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrzb2gafk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mjrywi3o7c2sCongratulations to Dr. Eleanor Mast on the successful defense of her dissertation! She is starting her new position as a postdoctoral researcher in the Kruse Lab at Harvard Medical School and we are very excited for her.18 Apr 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrywi3o7c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3mjryq7gio22sCongratulations to Dr. Drew Howard @drewhow.bsky.social on the successful defense of his dissertation! He started his new position as a postdoctoral researcher in the Banks Lab @bankslab.bsky.social at Beth Israel Deaconess this year and we are very excited for him.18 Apr 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjryq7gio22shttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3m66bo4qwps2jProud moment for our group! 🎉 📢 Tom will give a talk on Dec 10, 2025 as part of the prestigious NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (https://oir.nih.gov/wals/2025-2026/tgfb-superfamily-how-understanding-mechanism-leads-therapeutic) 🎥 To learn more about TGF-β signaling and therapeutic opportunities, join the live stream 2–3 PM ET at videocast.nih.gov21 Nov 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m66bo4qwps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3lxataggtms2k20 years of wonderful science and Tom’s birthday — endless reasons to celebrate! 🎂🥳🍾 Cheers to Tom and to the TT lab’s 20th anniversary!25 Aug 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxataggtms2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3lulw6ys4bk23We’re so proud of our grad student Melissa for giving an amazing talk at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association in Lombard, IL!🙌 She shared her work on SOSTDC1 which mediates both BMP and Wnt pathways - beautiful science at the intersection of structure and signaling!🔝👏23 Jul 2025 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulw6ys4bk23https://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3loljho4k3c2eThe 14th International BMP Conference at University of Pennsylvania (May 2–6, 2025) was a fantastic gathering of the BMP community! TT Lab contributed 6 posters and 3 talks. We’re especially proud of our first-year grad student Amy who presented on state-of-the-art de novo ligand traps! 👏💪🔝07 May 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3loljho4k3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3lmkj64jxws27SEBM Council Meeting in Charleston, SC ☀️ We’re also thrilled to congratulate our grad student Drew on becoming one of SEBM’s trainee councillors! 🎉👏11 Apr 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkj64jxws27https://bsky.app/profile/thompsonlab.bsky.social/post/3lky4fjromk22An active week for the TT lab! ✨ While last Friday (3.14), we celebrated Pi Day with delicious pies 🥧 and homemade ice cream🍦 this Thursday, our grad students Melissa and Drew took science beyond the lab joining Science Day at Loveland Intermediate School to inspire next generation of scientists! 🧪🔬22 Mar 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:y6pan4esf6kyn6pr24plxsrw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lky4fjromk22