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Flemming Hansen’s research group published a paper titled ‘Intrinsic structural dynamics dictate enzymatic activity and inhibition’ in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Journal on 2 October 2023. The full paper is available here.

ISMB's Josie Ferreira was recently awarded the Wellcome Career Development Award. The CDA is an 8 year award for Josie to start her own research group at the ISMB, based in UCL. Josie's award proposal was titled "How does the malaria parasite transform its unique cytoskeleton to ensure disease transmission?" Josie's research uses in situ structural biology
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NVIDIA is hosting an event about AI in drug discovery. Discuss your next AI breakthroughs across topics like drug discovery, medical image analysis, genomics and personalized medicine, and more. The half-day event begins with check-in at 4pm and ends with an opportunity to network with experts at 8pm. There will be demos & learning sessions about
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Vilde Leipart has been awarded Alf Bjørseth's Inspiration Award for her doctoral work, entitled "Understanding the structure-function relationship of honey bee Vitellogenin". Her research examined the protein vitellogenin in honey bees by using artificial intelligence - an article summarising her research was published in the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Full article of Vilde's award can
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We are pleased to announce an ISMB Special Event taking place on Wednesday, 27th September 2023.    Title: The Industry of Science Fraud    Guest speaker: Prof. Enrico Bucci, Temple University College of Science and Technology  Host: Prof. Franca Fraternali  Date: 27 September 2023  Time: 2-3pm Venue: JZ Young Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building   Format: The event will kick off with an introduction by Prof. Franca Fraternali,
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The ISMB LiDO showcase will be held on Tuesday, 26th September 2023, from 11am to 4pm. Venue of the showcase is Room MAL G16, Birkbeck main building. The event will start with a welcome coffee at 11am, followed by an introduction to ISMB by Prof. Franca Fraternali, Director of ISMB. There will be multiple 10 min presentations
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Christine Orengo and John Christodoulou will be hosting a seminar by Dr Stephen Fried on 18th September 2023. Speaker: Dr Stephen Fried, John Hopkins University Date: Monday, 18th September 2023 Time: 1-2pm Location: Birkbeck Central Building, Room BCB307 Title: How to Fold Every Protein – Proteome-Wide Measurements of Folding Call for a Post-Anfinsen Paradigm Abstract: Though protein folding has been at the heart of biophysical
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Professor Kostas Thalassinos' research group published a paper titled 'Genomic investigations of unexplained acute hepatitis in children' in the Nature Journal on 30 March 2023. The full paper is available here.

Professor Helen Saibil's research group published a paper titled 'Structural journey of an insecticidal protein against western corn rootworm' in Nature Communications on 13 July 2023. The full paper is available here. Her group published two other papers recently, the paper titled 'Structural basis of ubiquitin-independent PP1 complex disassembly by p97' was published in The EMBO
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Everyone is invited to a special ISMB seminar given by Dr Thomas Löhr from the Molecular AI group at AstraZeneca. This seminar is hosted by Gabriella Heller. Speaker: Dr Thomas Löhr Title: Computational tools to study disordered proteins, small molecules, and their interactions Date & Time:   19th June, 3-4pm Location: Anatomy Building, Room 249 Abstract: Disordered proteins and regions are highly
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We are delighted to invite you to Professor Kostas Thalassinos’s inaugural lecture, “My Time of Flight – From Genes to Proteins via Mass Spectrometry”, on Thursday 8th June at 5pm in the J Z Young Lecture Theatre (UCL Anatomy Building, Gower Street), followed by a drinks reception. Tickets are free and everyone is welcome but please
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There will be a special seminar by Professor David Eliezer from the Weill Cornell Medicine School, New York. The title of his seminar is "IDP membrane interactions in neuronal function and dysfunction". Date and Time:  Friday 9th June at 2pm Venue:  Gavin de Beer LT  Hosts:  John Christodoulou and Dan Raleigh