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Category: structural biology
A new study provides evidence that tilts in favor of one side of an ongoing scientific controversy, but it's not the slam dunk it may seem to be on the surface.
Posted on: February 21, 2010 7:08 PM, by Nick Anthis • 6 Comments •
Category: structural biology
Why glutamate is generally not a suitable mimic for phosphorylated tyrosine.
Posted on: November 12, 2009 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: integrins
My first first-author paper and another that I contributed to shed light on the important biological process of integrin activation.
Posted on: October 20, 2009 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: Nobel Prize
The prize will be shared equally between Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Posted on: October 7, 2009 12:02 PM, by Nick Anthis • 6 Comments •
Category: structural biology
All H1N1 swine flu isolates tested to date are resistant to adamantane-based drugs. This post explains the origin of this resistance in light of what we know about the structure and function of influenza proteins.
Posted on: May 1, 2009 6:49 AM, by Nick Anthis • 37 Comments •
Category: integrins
The cell adapts to constantly changing conditions by controlling the adhesiveness of the integrins.
Posted on: March 23, 2009 3:48 PM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: Nobel Prize
"for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"
Posted on: October 8, 2008 2:12 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: chemistry
That might not be possible, but ingesting isotopically-enriched food would make your waste even more valuable.
Posted on: April 25, 2008 7:37 AM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
Category: HIV/AIDS
Scientists identify the alpha-4 beta-7 integrin as a co-receptor for HIV, offering a potential new drug target.
Posted on: February 11, 2008 8:23 PM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: Life of Nick
A tiny modification can make a big difference in proteins involved in cell adhesion and migration.
Posted on: December 31, 2007 3:30 PM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: Life of Nick
The second paper from my undergraduate work at Texas A&M University was recently published in Molecular Cancer. The abstract can be found here, and the pdf of the full paper here. Molecular Cancer is an open access journal, so a...
Posted on: December 19, 2006 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: structural biology
Oxford's Iain Campbell discusses the past and future of structural biology.
Posted on: October 17, 2006 10:20 AM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Category: Life of Nick
My first appearance in the peer-reviewed scientific literature provides an opportunity to learn a little bit about blood vessel development.
Posted on: October 16, 2006 10:20 AM, by Nick Anthis • 8 Comments •
Category: Nobel Prize
The 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Roger Kornberg for his work on elucidating the molecular basis of transcription in eukaryotes.
Posted on: October 4, 2006 8:23 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: biochemistry
The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced this morning, with one half going to Andrew Fire and the other half to Craig Mello, both for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi). The discovery of RNAi added a...
Posted on: October 2, 2006 9:38 AM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: Fantastical Fridays
Genetic engineering holds a great deal of promise, but it can only be used on things that are "alive". Still, scientists have found other ways to make the stuff of genes, DNA, come alive in more artistic ways.
Posted on: July 28, 2006 7:45 AM, by Nick Anthis • 0 Comments •
Category: Fantastical Fridays
In NMR, bigger really is better, at least when it comes to magnetic field strength, and the entire field has in some ways become one big manhood size-measuring contest. One group, though, reported earlier this year in Nature Physics that sometimes it may be better to just go natural. Forget about all of the high-tech magnets--just use the big one right under your feet!
Posted on: June 30, 2006 7:59 AM, by Nick Anthis • 11 Comments •
Category: events
This is a plug for an event that the Oxford University Biochemical Society is putting together. This Monday, June 12th, at 4:00 pm the Oxford University Biochemical Society will be hosting a talk by Nobel Laureate Robert Huber in the...
Posted on: June 10, 2006 10:04 PM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
