News tagged with computational biochemist

Solving the Nuclear Pore Puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computational biochemist Frank Alber compares determining the architecture of a macromolecular machine to solving a jigsaw puzzle.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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In race to predict protein structure, computers take lead

A flood of data is emerging from genome research, including sequence data on proteins. To help science keep pace with this flow of knowledge, computer scientists, biophysicists and biochemists across the world have been developing ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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Researchers demonstrate versatility of solid-state protein sensor

A novel type of sensor, based on nanometer-scale pores in a semiconductor membrane, is a step closer to practical use in applications such as analyzing the protein contents of a single cell. Researchers pioneering ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Active compounds against Alzheimer's disease

More than half of all cases of dementia in the elderly can be attributed to Alzheimer's disease. Despite vast research efforts, an effective therapy has not been developed, and treatment consists of dealing with the symptoms. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Optimism on solar energy: Energy secretary suggests ways domestic firms can prosper

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu struck an optimistic note about the future of solar energy Thursday but said the economic benefits of the emerging clean-energy industry will be reaped elsewhere if the business ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Biochemists create computer controlled feedback loop with yeast

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of many varied backgrounds have been hard at work in recent years trying to figure out a way to control the intricate processes that go on in cells so as to allow them to manipulate ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

TACC supercomputers help researchers find deeper insight into structure and behavior of protein, DNA and RNA

In 1926, Theodor Svedberg won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a novel method of separating proteins based on experiments performed on a new device he invented: the analytic ultracentrifuge.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Opening the data bank -- scientists try to match new protein structures

Imagine playing Go Fish with 3,000 cards. Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology and Dowling College are engaged in a similar game with higher stakes. Instead of cards, they are matching the protein to the job it ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering bio hacker group finds home

(PhysOrg.com) -- A garage lab for research in biotechnology seeking bigger digs for an open science lab has opened its doors in Sunnyvale, California. Instead of sponsorship from big corporations and government, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Biochemists identify new genetic code repair tool

Clemson University researchers recently reported finding a new class of DNA repair-makers.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Long-standing plant biochemistry mystery solved

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have discovered how an enzyme "knows" where to insert a double bond ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

The AlloSphere offers an interactive experience of nano-sized worlds

What would it be like to dive into the veins and arteries of the human body or weave through the layers of the brain? With the AlloSphere, a 33-foot diameter sphere built inside of a three-story echo-free ...

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created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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