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A Look Back

Dark Matter Blog

Growing up in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, it was natural for me to attempt to get a summer job up the road at the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research, where the first oral contraceptive was created. I am now at the end of a career that has comprised nearly 10 years of academic research and 35 years in biotechnology.

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Cave Coronavirus in Wuhan Lab Seeded COVID – The Truth Has Always Been Out There, in the Genetics

PLOS: DNA Science

The virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, home of a premiere research institute that focuses on viruses. A year before the initial outbreak, Wuhan researchers proposed nurturing a coronavirus with enhanced ability to attach onto, and enter, human cells. ” So ended my 2021 blog post a month later. Her points: 1. Coincidence?

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Codon Digest: Discovering Antibiotics with Deep Learning

Codon

Codon Digest is my weekly roundup of research, news, and industry highlights about engineered biology. An engineered version of this protein can convert DNA bases with efficiencies up to 92%. Researchers introduced between 5 and 11 mutations in the PLD enzyme to make a series of superPLD variants. Nucleic Acids Research.

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Codon Digest: Discovering Antibiotics with Deep Learning

Codon

Codon Digest is my weekly roundup of research, news, and industry highlights about engineered biology. An engineered version of this protein can convert DNA bases with efficiencies up to 92%. Researchers introduced between 5 and 11 mutations in the PLD enzyme to make a series of superPLD variants. Nucleic Acids Research.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

Codon

Link Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics , by Lienert F. Nucleic Acids Research (2010). FEMS Yeast Research (2015). Link The coming of age of de novo protein design , by Huang P-S. Link Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold , by Jumper J.

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What is Protein Nitration? | BMG LABTECH

BMG Labtech

The introduction of a nitro- group into a protein molecule is also implicated in different diseases including cardiovascular disease , lung disease, diabetes, cancer and some neurodegenerative conditions. While protein nitration is linked to disease, in many cases its precise physiological function is often unknown.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

Codon

Link Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics , by Lienert F. Nucleic Acids Research (2010). FEMS Yeast Research (2015). Link The coming of age of de novo protein design , by Huang P-S. Link Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold , by Jumper J.

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