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Plasmodium knowlesi in pig-tailed macaques: a potential new model for malaria vaccine research | Malaria Journal
Pig-tailed macaques can be reliably infected with purified cryopreserved PkSPZ This study was designed to evaluate PTM as potential alternative hosts for malaria vaccine studies, with the aim of further characterizing the parasitological and veterinary health outcomes after infectious PkSPZ challenge. The study was conducted in two pilot cohorts. Cohort…
Accurate prediction of protein assembly structure by combining AlphaFold and symmetrical docking
Prediction with AlphaFold2 and AlphaFold-Multimer For each PDB the release date in the Protein Data Bank34 was recorded. AlphaFold 2 (2.2.2) was run setting the –max_template_date flag to be the day before the release date of the PDB and the –model_preset to be either monomer for AF or multimer for…
Influence of pneumatic transportation on the stability of monoclonal antibodies
Characteristics of the PTS The PTS from the Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS) is an Aerocom AC4000 160 mm, 1000 m long and includes approx. 20 curves (Fig. 1A,B). The cartridge used to transport the mAbs along the different departments from the institution undergoes an acceleration profile of 4.06 ± 1.75 g per…
Computational and bioinformatics tools for life sciences
In recent decades, the development of computational and bioinformatics tools and websites for life sciences has increased exponentially. This great development has gone hand in hand with the availability of genome, proteome and macromolecule structure databases, and also of functional experiments, including microarray and RNAseq expression data, RNA-protein interactions, ChIP-seq,…
EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in 2023 | Nucleic Acids Research
Abstract The European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is one of the world’s leading sources of public biomolecular data. Based at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK, EMBL-EBI is one of six sites of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Europe’s only intergovernmental life sciences organisation. This…
Creative Proteomics Enhances Proteomics Research with Advanced Post-Translational Modification Analysis Services
Creative Proteomics, a leading provider of advanced proteomics services globally, has recently extended its services portfolio with protein post-translational modification (PTM) analysis. This new addition will provide valuable insights into the dynamic aspect of proteins, their regulation, and the fine-tuning of their functions. Proteins, while being the workhorse of…
Advances in CHO Cell Line Development for Biotherapeutics
A diverse array of biological medicines – including therapeutic proteins, hormones, monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, enzymes and vaccines – are now used to prevent and treat a wide range of illnesses. While some of these biotherapeutics were originally obtained from natural origins, such as donated blood, many are now synthesized using…
FAT10 is phosphorylated by IKK{beta} to inhibit the antiviral type-I interferon response
Introduction The innate immune system represents the host´s first-line defense against viral infections (Koyama et al, 2008). In this context, IFN-I are produced by all nucleated cells and represent the principal cytokines that counteract viral replication (Ivashkiv & Donlin, 2014). In fact, several receptors of the infected cell can recognize…
AlphaFold Distillation for Protein Design for NeurIPS 2023
Abstract Inverse protein folding, the process of designing sequences that fold into a specific 3D structure, is crucial in bio-engineering and drug discovery. Traditional methods rely on experimentally resolved structures, but these cover only a small fraction of protein sequences. Forward folding models like AlphaFold offer a potential solution by…
How mRNA technology is creating affordable, potent vaccine products
BPR: What are the advantages of RNA medicine? The pace, efficacy and scalability with which the success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 was demonstrated opened endless possibilities for mRNA medicine in broad areas of infectious diseases, cancers and protein-encoding replacement therapies. In my mind, the advantages of mRNA medicines are…
Install python lammps in a non-standard directory – LAMMPS Installation
izosgi October 23, 2023, 1:20pm 1 Dear all, I am trying to install LAMMPS v2Aug2023.update1 in a cluster.I am using EasyBuild to do this, but it does not succeed to install the python lammps/ directoy into non standard: $LAMMPS_DIR/lib64/python/python3.10/site-package I use cmake and enable python, but the system does not…
Index of /~psgendb/birchhomedir/public_html/doc/local/pkg/MeV_4_8_0/documentation/manual
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Upregulation of WDR6 drives hepatic de novo lipogenesis in insulin resistance in mice
WDR6 is upregulated in response to insulin during insulin resistance We created an IR mouse model by feeding animals a HFD for 6 weeks20. Insulin injection was then performed (Fig. 1a). The phosphorylation of AKT, a key readout of the insulin signalling pathway21, showed decreased response to insulin, indicating resistance…
Symmetric inheritance of parental histones governs epigenome maintenance and embryonic stem cell identity
The research in this study was conducted under the ethical approval of the Danish Regulatory Authority under project license 2018-15-0201-01520. Cell culture and differentiation assays WT, MCM2-2A, MCM2-R and POLE4-KO mouse ESCs used in this study were derived from the male, E14JU cell line with a 129/Ola background81. Genome editing…
Structural protein variants detected through nanopore technology
Scientists claim to have achieved a breakthrough in detecting modifications in protein structures by using nanopore technology to identify structural variations at the single-molecule level, even deep within long protein chains. The method was described in Nature Technology by a team from the University of Oxford who say that initially,…
Protein Sequencing Expands the Omics Club
The most exclusive club in omics has admitted only genomics and transcriptomics, the beneficiaries of single-molecule sequencing technologies that are so powerful they enable highly refined single-cell and spatial analyses. In contrast, proteomics has been underprivileged with respect to sequencing. But proteomics is about to enjoy a change in fortune….
Next-Generation Protein Sequencing Platform Interrogates Proteins at a Single-Molecule Level
Sponsored content brought to you by Twenty thousand genes encode twenty thousand parent proteins that, once modified, lead to over a million variants called proteoforms. Proteoforms function—the business end of biology, as Patrick Schneider, PhD, President and COO, Quantum-Si, likes to describe it—can be dynamic as proteins are up- and…
Specific detection of tau seeding activity in Alzheimer’s disease using rationally designed biosensor cells | Molecular Neurodegeneration
Zempel H, Luedtke J, Kumar Y, Biernat J, Dawson H, Mandelkow E, Mandelkow EM. Amyloid-beta oligomers induce synaptic damage via Tau-dependent microtubule severing by TTLL6 and spastin. EMBO J. 2013;32:2920–37. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Li C, Gotz J. Somatodendritic accumulation of Tau in Alzheimer’s disease is promoted…
Single-Protein Nanopore Method Detects Post-Translational Modifications
At the University of Oxford, scientists have developed a nanopore technology that can identify three different post-translational modifications (PTMs) in individual proteins, even deep within long protein chains. The scientists asserted that their technology “[lays] the groundwork for compiling inventories of the proteoforms in cells and tissues.” The technology was…
Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection
An engineered protein nanopore directed a water flux strong enough to capture, unfold and translocate proteins exceeding 1200 amino acids in length. Modulation of electrical current during protein translocation through the nanopore detected post-translational modifications deep within the proteins (shown as circle, triangle, and hexagon). Image credit: Wei-Hsuan Lan and…
Nanopore Tech Marks Breakthrough in Protein Variant Detection
A team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have achieved a significant breakthrough in detecting modifications on protein structures. The method, published in Nature Nanotechnology, employs innovative nanopore technology to identify structural variations at the single-molecule level, even deep within long protein chains. Human cells contain approximately 20,000…
How can I get the features of a certain protein from Uniprot?
Hey everyone. So I am trying to design a function in python that uses information from Uniprot in regards to the features a given protein has. The features I am interested in accessing are regions, domains, and secondary structures. I can access the API already and get the amino acid…
main-amd64-default][science/lammps] Failed for lammps-2022.06.23.1_7 in build
You are receiving this mail as a port that you maintain is failing to build on the FreeBSD package build server. Please investigate the failure and submit a PR to fix build. Maintainer: y…@freebsd.org Log URL: pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy18/data/main-amd64-default/p8fb94260154e_s510fd83138/logs/lammps-2022.06.23.1_7.log Build URL: pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy18/build.html?mastername=main-amd64-default&build=p8fb94260154e_s510fd83138 Log: =>> Building science/lammps build started at Fri Jul 14…
Cell-free synthetic DNA in mRNA manufacturing
By Ashish Dhir, PhD and Amy Walker, PhD, 4basebio The pace, efficacy and scalability with which the success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 was demonstrated opened endless possibilities for mRNA medicine in broad areas of infectious diseases, cancers, protein-encoding replacement therapies. The advantages of RNA medicine are obvious, with the…
De novo protein design by inversion of the AlphaFold structure prediction network
Abstract De novo protein design enhances our understanding of the principles that govern protein folding and interactions, and has the potential to revolutionize biotechnology through the engineering of novel protein functionalities. Despite recent progress in computational design strategies, de novo design of protein structures remains challenging, given the vast size…
Navigating Between BLAST and iCn3D
Explore protein structures and sequences quickly and easily Have you ever come across an unfamiliar protein in your BLAST results? With the newly added ‘AlphaFold Structure’ link (Figure 1), you can now explore its structure as predicted by AlphaFold in iCn3D. The iCn3D Structure Viewer is not only a web-based…
Avirmax Biopharma Inc. Will Present at the 26th ASGCT 2023 Annual Conference in Los Angeles
HAYWARD, Calif., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Avirmax Biopharma Inc. (ABI), Chief Executive and Scientific Officer, Shengjiang Shawn Liu will present results of a three-year study that systematically compared the recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector products manufactured using insect Sf9 and human HEK293 cell culture systems at the 26th ASGCT…
Streamlined quantitative analysis of histone modification abundance at nucleosome-scale resolution with siQ-ChIP version 2.0
In this section, we derive a simplified expression for the proportionality constant \(\alpha\) that enables quantitative ChIP-seq and we introduce some consequences for track building. This new expression is more intuitive to understand, easier to evaluate, and more accurate to sequencing outcomes than the previous expression. While values derived from…
IJMS | Free Full-Text | Engineering Human Cells Expressing CRISPR/Cas9-Synergistic Activation Mediators for Recombinant Protein Production
1. Introduction Peptides are employed for a multitude of therapeutic approaches and can be obtained from the native organ or tissue in which they are produced as well as through recombinant methods where nucleic acids encoding a candidate gene(s) are delivered to and expressed in cells in vitro. As an…
ColabFold local heterodimer prediction script making
ColabFold local heterodimer prediction script making 0 Hey Im writing a simple script (for dimers now – rater heterodimers) for ColabFold local (Release v1.5.0) similar to AlphaFoldPulldown. My motivation is that it is much easier to install and less complicated. And the results are very similar. So far I have…
LAMMPS produce memory error with ReaxFF and OpenMP – LAMMPS Development
jhill April 19, 2023, 2:00pm 1 When I try to run attached LAMMPS input with:lmp -sf omp -pk omp 12 -in input.datI get a segmentation fault (LAMMPS 28Mar2023). Without OpenMP or on a GPU the calculation runs. There is nothing attached to your message. Please try the KOKKOS package instead…
The Allis code | Nature Genetics
David Allis (1951–2023) was a leading figure in the field of chromatin biology. He inspired many generations of scientists both through his work and his own personal example as a mentor and colleague. His influential ‘histone code’ theory remains an important guiding principle to study and understand gene regulation. In…
PTM-aware protein folding / docking
PTM-aware protein folding / docking 0 I’m interested in the impact of protein post-translational modifications on structure, in particular on ligand binding. This includes both the affinity of small molecules to their active site if the target protein is modified, or novel protein docking that can occur if an amino…
Identify the exact number atoms simulation – LAMMPS General Discussion
Hi every one!I have problem the number of atom is increasing (diamond structure)for example i have 24 atom(0.1%) for other atom (nitrogen N) after simulation the number of atom becomes more at each step (7362)( 21.7%) be the increase =24 atom I don’t know why the number increased and where…
Friend or foe: role of pathological tau in neuronal death
Bredesen DE, Rao RV, Mehlen P. Cell death in the nervous system. Nature. 2006;443:796–802. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Fricker M, Tolkovsky AM, Borutaite V, Coleman M, Brown GC. Neuronal cell death. Physiol Rev. 2018;98:813–80. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar West MJ, Coleman PD, Flood DG,…
Etrasimod as induction and maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis (ELEVATE): two randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 studies
Results Patients in ELEVATE UC 52 were enrolled between June 13, 2019, and Jan 28, 2021. Patients in ELEVATE UC 12 were enrolled between Sept 15, 2020, and Aug 12, 2021. ELEVATE UC 52 and ELEVATE UC 12 screened 821 patients and 606 patients, respectively, with 433 and 354 subsequently…
Postdoctoral Scholar – Bioinformatics/Biomedical Data Science at University of Nevada, Reno in Reno, Nevada
Job Description: The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process,…
In Pursuit of Rare, Subtle, and Fleeting Post-Translational Modifications
Post-translational modifications (PTMs)—the chemical changes that proteins undergo following biosynthesis—account for most protein forms, or proteoforms. Indeed, according to conservative estimates, there are 1 million proteoforms, 90% of which are believed to be PTM-derived proteoforms. Estimates for the number of proteoforms and the percentage of PTM-derived proteoforms sometimes range quite…
Universal LAMMPS binaries for Linux – LAMMPS Installation
Dear LAMMPS Users, Today I would like to draw your attention to an experiment that may help people to get started with LAMMPS faster and lower the barrier to test your inputs with the latest LAMMPS versions before reporting a bug. Most people will need to compile LAMMPS themselves from…
Postdoctoral Scholar – Bioinformatics/Biomedical Data Science Job in Nevada, Molecular Biology Career, Full Time Jobs in University of Nevada, Reno
Postdoctoral Scholar – Bioinformatics/Biomedical Data Science R0127900 University of Nevada, Reno – Main Campus The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitted prior to the close of…
An R package for comprehensive data analysis of peptide- and protein-centric bottom-up proteomics data
Overview of protti functions. protti can be used on the output of any software package for quantitative analysis of bottom-up proteomics experiments and provides a flexible set of functions for quality control, as well as data pre-processing, data analysis and data interpretation. Credit: Bioinformatics Advances (2021). DOI: 10.1093/bioadv/vbab041 A recent…
Postdoctoral Scholar – Bioinformatics/Biomedical Data Science
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact…
deepmind alphafold github
The program handily beat all competitors, in what one . This will allow us to run alphafold only using CPU ( which is what our VM has). From the developers’ original publication: “The provided inference . The AlphaFold method. Found insideThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International…
Install alphafold on the local machine, get out of docker.
AlphaFold This package provides an implementation of the inference pipeline of AlphaFold v2.0. This is a completely new model that was entered in CASP14 and published in Nature. For simplicity, we refer to this model as AlphaFold throughout the rest of this document. Any publication that discloses findings arising from…
alphafold colab github
for the third time worked! Found inside – Page iiThe eight-volume set comprising LNCS volumes 9905-9912 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2016, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in October 2016. Please make sure you have a large enough hard drive space, bandwidth…
Arginine monomethylation by PRMT7 controls MAVS-mediated antiviral innate immunity
Innate immunity is the first line of defense against microbial infection. In response to RNA virus infection, mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS) plays an important role in innate antiviral immune responses. Arginine methylation is a Post-translational Modification (PTM) in histone and non-histone proteins that can affect numerous cellular activities. Previous…