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New type of artificial binding proteins for blocking sugar structures on cell surfaces

The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological Chemistry, has its focus on designing artificial binding proteins for therapeutic applications.

17 Mar 2020

Cannabinoid 1 receptor expression displays sexually dimorphic pattern in the mouse brain

A major challenge in neuroscience lies in understanding how molecular and circuit differences in the brain synergistically contribute to sex differences in behavioral phenotypes. Sex differences in the brain may arise from the identity, distribution and relative abundance of cell types.

17 Mar 2020

Scientists use artificial intelligence to create new proteins unseen in nature

Researchers have presented a artificial intelligence method for developing new proteins that have never been seen in nature.

17 Mar 2020

Scientists engineer silkworms to produce different variants of adhesion molecules

Silkworms are useful for more than just making strong and absorbent strings of silky thread for the textiles industry.

16 Mar 2020

Two brain-signaling molecules control anemonefish fathering and aggression

Two brain-signaling molecules control how anemonefish dads care for their young and respond to nest intruders, researchers report in a new study.

16 Mar 2020

Researchers show possibility of blending two incompatible components in one nanofiber

Russian researchers from the Federal Research Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Lomonosov Moscow State University showed the possibility of blending two incompatible components -- a protein and a polymer -- in one electrospun fiber.

16 Mar 2020

Study provides new insights into brain evolution

Their researches on the lamprey brain has enabled researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to push the birth of the cortex back in time by some 300 million years to over 500 million years ago, providing new insights into brain evolution.

16 Mar 2020

Max Planck researchers identify mechanistic basis of antigen receptor gene assembly

Adaptive immunity is a powerful defense mechanism in vertebrates. A finely tuned interplay of different cell types provides a pathogen-specific immune response to eliminate for example bacteria and viruses.

13 Mar 2020

SPRK1 enzyme plays role in reorganizing the paternal genome during fertilization

A sperm enters an egg, an embryo develops and eventually a baby is born. But back up a second -- how does the mother's half-genome actually merge with the father's half-genome to form one new human genome?

13 Mar 2020

Researchers reveal nerve circuitry regulating worms' response to changing temperatures

Nagoya University researchers and colleagues have revealed the nerve circuitry regulating the response of a tiny soil worm to changing temperatures.

13 Mar 2020

Researchers uncover possible pitfalls of common hormone analysis in animal hair

Similar to humans, wild animals' reaction to disturbance is accompanied by releasing hormones, such as cortisol.

12 Mar 2020

New biochemical mechanism in cells is crucial component of anti-aging program

Aging is an inevitable part of life, yet some species are aging very differently than others, even than very similar ones.

11 Mar 2020

Researchers probe how specific genes can impact early brain development

When brains begin developing, there are a lot of moving parts -- and when mutations happen in early neurodevelopment, it can lead to disorders like macrocephaly and autism.

11 Mar 2020

Retino-cortical mapping shown to be prime determinant in the topography of cortical organization

Researchers have explained how visual cortexes develop uniquely across the brains of different mammalian species.

11 Mar 2020

Study shows JNK protein as a stress sensor in synapses

New study from Eleanor Coffey's lab at Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland identifies that the JNK protein triggers nerve cells to withdraw their synapses when stressed.

11 Mar 2020

New toolkit to repair DNA breaks linked to aging, cancer and MND discovered

A new 'toolkit' to repair damaged DNA that can lead to aging, cancer and Motor Neurone Disease has been discovered by scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford.

9 Mar 2020

Research sheds light on molecular mechanisms that enable bacteria to compete and establish symbiosis

Two factors that control the expression of a key gene required by luminescent bacteria to kill competing bacterial cells have been identified.

7 Mar 2020

Study shows how series of ‘clutches’ in the motor cortex help our brains initiate movement

For decades, scientists have wondered why specific cells in the brain that control movement fire when people simply plan or imagine making a movement, or observe someone else making a movement - but do not actually move themselves.

7 Mar 2020

Scientists map novel structure of so-called 'neurotransmitter: sodium symporter’

A novel structure of a so-called 'neurotransmitter: sodium symporter’ has been mapped at the University of Copenhagen.

6 Mar 2020

Molecule-sized drills can target diseased cells and kill them in minutes

Molecule-sized drills do the damage they are designed to do. That's bad news for disease.

5 Mar 2020

Molecular & Structural Biology

New type of artificial binding proteins for blocking sugar structures on cell surfaces

Cannabinoid 1 receptor expression displays sexually dimorphic pattern in the mouse brain

Scientists use artificial intelligence to create new proteins unseen in nature

Scientists engineer silkworms to produce different variants of adhesion molecules

Two brain-signaling molecules control anemonefish fathering and aggression

Researchers show possibility of blending two incompatible components in one nanofiber

Study provides new insights into brain evolution

Max Planck researchers identify mechanistic basis of antigen receptor gene assembly

SPRK1 enzyme plays role in reorganizing the paternal genome during fertilization

Researchers reveal nerve circuitry regulating worms' response to changing temperatures

Researchers uncover possible pitfalls of common hormone analysis in animal hair

New biochemical mechanism in cells is crucial component of anti-aging program

Researchers probe how specific genes can impact early brain development

Retino-cortical mapping shown to be prime determinant in the topography of cortical organization

Study shows JNK protein as a stress sensor in synapses

New toolkit to repair DNA breaks linked to aging, cancer and MND discovered

Research sheds light on molecular mechanisms that enable bacteria to compete and establish symbiosis

Study shows how series of ‘clutches’ in the motor cortex help our brains initiate movement

Scientists map novel structure of so-called 'neurotransmitter: sodium symporter’

Molecule-sized drills can target diseased cells and kill them in minutes

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