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A postdoc by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his research in protein structure and function get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.
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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: scientific literature
Late last week, I received emails from two journals (The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) and PLoS ONE) indicating that they are now incorporating interactive 3D images of molecular structures in their papers. The atomic coordinates of all published biomolecular...
Posted on: October 19, 2009 11:52 PM, by Nick Anthis • 4 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: 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: 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 •
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