Technology and innovation Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor integrates Google DeepMind’s new AlphaMissense Database for better predictions of genetic variant pathogenicity.
2023
technology-and-innovation
Science, Technology and innovation A third of all known proteins are either completely or partially unstructured. EMBL scientists contributed to a new set of guidelines – Minimum Information About a Disorder Experiment (MIADE) – that will help researchers share data on unstructured proteins in a more useful way and will enable…
2023
sciencetechnology-and-innovation
Updates from data resources The AlphaFold Database boasts improved user experience, including better search filters and an improved 3D viewer.
2023
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Announcements, Lab Matters In recognition of Janet Thornton’s retirement, we look back at some of her biggest accomplishments shaping the field of bioinformatics.
2023
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Updates from data resources EMBL-EBI's metagenomics data resource increases in size and supports groundbreaking AI tools for protein structure prediction.
2023
updates-from-data-resources
Research highlights, Science Researchers use social media to share findings on how useful AlphaFold predictions are for different applications.
2022
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Lab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
2022
lab-matters
Perspectives, Science Ewan Birney, Deputy Director General of EMBL and Director of EMBL-EBI, reveals the key factors that enabled AlphaFold to change the world of biology.
2022
perspectivesscience
Science, Technology and innovation AlphaFold database offers a look at 3D protein universe.
2022
sciencetechnology-and-innovation
Updates from data resources New dataset of predicted protein complexes accessible through 3D-Beacons Network.
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Science DeepMind visits EMBL Heidelberg to discuss current and future implications of Artificial Intelligence for life science research.
2022
science
Science EMBL Hamburg’s Grzegorz Chojnowski from the Wilmanns Group developed software called findMySequence, which identifies proteins’ amino-acid sequences based on electron cryo-microscopy and X-ray crystallography data. It’s useful for identifying unknown proteins in samples from natural sources.
2022
science
Updates from data resources Latest AlphaFold database update adds 27 new organisms and almost 200,000 new protein structure predictions relevant to neglected tropical diseases and antimicrobial resistance
2022
updates-from-data-resources
Science The systematic application of AI in life sciences as in the AlphaFold algorithm for predicting protein structures has been named '2021 Breakthrough of the Year' by Science magazine.
2021
science
Science Scientists at EMBL Hamburg determined the molecular structure of Peptide Transporters 1 and 2. The findings will enable developing drugs that more efficiently pass from the gut to target tissues.
2021
science
Science The Graham and Crump groups at the University of Cambridge and the Svergun Group at EMBL Hamburg have discovered a mechanism by which the herpes simplex virus takes control of the molecular machinery of human cells. Their work reveals how a dedicated viral protein hijacks key host proteins, forcing…
2021
science
Science Structural biology provides insights into the diverse functions of fibrous protein in humans, amphibians, and bacteria.
2021
science
Lab Matters Hundreds of school children explore the beauty of proteins through art
2021
lab-matters
Science 3D-Beacons Network acts as a one-stop shop for protein structures by combining and standardising data from several providers.
2021
science
Lab Matters Giulia Zanetti from the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB) in London explains how the collaboration with the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform enabled her group to reveal the structure of protein transport complexes.
2021
lab-matters
Science Partners use AlphaFold, the AI system recognised last year as a solution to the protein structure prediction problem, to release more than 350,000 protein structure predictions including the entire human proteome to the scientific community.
2021
science
Science DeepMind and EMBL-EBI to make millions of protein structure predictions freely available to the scientific community.
2021
science
Science A discussion of the applications that AlphaFold DB may enable and the possible impact of the resource on science and society.
2021
science
Science Researchers at EMBL Hamburg reveal how peg-like proteins clasp and reshape the cell membrane
2021
science
Picture of the week What does coronavirus’s spike protein look like in 3D? EMBL scientists and colleagues used cryo-electron tomography and molecular dynamics simulations to find out.
2021
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