Wankowicz Lab Posts

The third episode of The Tortured Proteins Department is out now!

We discussed grant cancellations, exciting regional meetings and reunions, two fun new preprints, community norms surrounding code release, and the importance of giving kudos.

The pre-prints discussed in this episode:

• Structures of protein folding intermediates on the ribosome

• AF2χ: Predicting protein side-chain rotamer distributions with AlphaFold2

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The second episode of The Tortured Proteins Department is out now!

We chatted about the continued chaos of science infrastructure and dived into some cool science from recent meetings Jaime and Stephanie attended. We introduce two new segments: preprints and how to do science.

The pre-prints discussed in this episode:

• Counting particles could give wrong probabilities in Cryo-Electron Microscopy
• Enthalpy-entropy trade-offs in the evolution of ligand specificity in a superfamily of transcription factors

• Conserved energetic changes drive function in an ancient protein fold

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Jaime Fraser have started a podcast called the Tortured Proteins Department. The first episode is out now!

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We discuss the declining support of science in the US and how it may impact the future of graduate science education.