Lignocellulose bio-refinery developed for value-added chemical overproduction in yeast
Fatty acids and 3-hydroxypropionic acid were efficiently produced by engineering co-utilization of glucose and xylose...
Stampede2, Bridges simulations show weak spots in Ebola virus nucleocapsid
The deadly Ebola virus shields its RNA genetic material in coils of proteins called nucleocapsids...
Engineers reveal molecular secrets of cephalopod powers
“This research can be viewed as a valuable conceptual framework for using this class of...
Scientists get the most realistic view yet of a coronavirus spike’s protein structure
This image shows the detailed structure of a "spike" from a coronavirus that causes cold...
How a very ‘sociable’ protein can hold clues about Alzheimer’s origin
Using the ESRF cryo-electron microscope and Small Angle X-ray Scattering at the ESRF's beamline BM29,...
New synthetic molecule can kill the flu virus
Francesco Stellacci in his lab. Credit: EPFL EPFL scientists have developed a synthetic molecule capable...
After more than a decade, ChIP-seq may be quantitative after all
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For more than a decade, scientists studying epigenetics have used a...
Illuminating tiny proteins in living cells using single-residue labeling tags
Universal single-residue terminal labels for fluorescent live cell Imaging of microproteins. Credit: Simon Elsasser SciLifeLab...
Two-birds-one-stone strategy shows promise in RNA-repeat expansion diseases
Alicia Angelbello and Matthew Disney, PhD, in the Disney lab on Scripps Research's Jupiter, Florida,...
This red light means ‘go’ for medical discoveries
UVA’s Hui-wang Ai, PhD, and Shen Zhang, PhD, have developed a simple and effective improvement...