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Claude Designs Protein Binders for 14 of 15 Drug Targets

Anthropic says its Claude model designed working protein binders against 14 of 15 targets, beating the industry hit rate with success validated by two independent labs.

https://pulseofnations.lol/claude-designs-protein/

#AiScience #Anthropic #Biotech #Claude #DrugDiscovery #ProteinDesign

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design
https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press-releases/tailor-made-enzyme
#Research #Enzymes #ProteinDesign #Biotechnology #Sustainability #UniversityOfBayreuth

🤖 Have we built AI powerful enough to design proteins, but too complicated for most scientists to use?

🔗 BioPipelines: Accessible Computational Protein and Ligand Design for Chemical Biologists. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0129

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#BioPipelines #ProteinEngineering #ComputationalBiology #ProteinDesign #SyntheticBiology #Bioinformatics #AlphaFold #SystemsBiology #AI

🦠 Can a redesigned bacterial platform reshape the future of protein engineering?

🔗 Optimized Quantitative Bacterial Two-Hybrid (qB2H) for Protein–Protein Interaction Assessment. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0098

📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

#ProteinEngineering #SyntheticBiology #ProteinDesign #DrugDiscovery #ProteinInteractions #TherapeuticDiscovery

🚀 PhD opportunity at the Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS)!

Doctoral Researcher / Research Assistant in AI-driven Protein Design (f/m/x)

🧬 AI + Protein Design + ML
📍 University of Cologne
⏳ Apply by 25 May 2026

🔗 https://uni.koeln/Z83TB

#AI #PhD #ProteinDesign #MachineLearning

Get to know Thomas Schlichthärle, our newly appointed professor of #AI-guided #ProteinDesign, in the latest NewIn episode. He wants to use custom-designed #proteins to advance the development of new #medicines: http://go.tum.de/484027

#HightechAgendaBayern

▶️ https://youtu.be/G-pt28HJpA8

📹& 📷ProLehre

Uncommon Thinkers: A scientist’s journey from rural India to turning ‘science fiction’ into drug candidates - Anindya Roy, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Lila Biologics, up to his... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-a-scientists-journey-from-rural-india-to-turning-science-fiction-into-drug-candidates/ #instituteforproteindesign #universityofwashington #health/lifesciences #uncommonthinkers #lilabiologics #proteindesign #anindyaroy #startups

(31 Oct) Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane https://s.faithcollapsing.com/b3v19 Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/sydso #ai #biochemistry #biology #chemistry #enzymes #neural-networks #polymers #polyurethane #protein-design #proteins #science

Our university established professorships in #Marketing & Technology and #AI-guided #ProteinDesign, supported by the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft. The professorships were appointed to David Finken and Thomas Schlichthärle (pictured): http://go.tum.de/670372

📷A.Eckert

💡 AI can predict protein structures — but can it predict how they behave?

🔗 AlphaFold3 prediction of protein-protein complex: Is it ready for thermodynamic analysis?. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.10.015

📚 CSBJ: https://www.csbj.org/

#AlphaFold3 #ProteinDesign #MolecularModeling #ComputationalBiology #StructuralBiology #Thermodynamics #ProteinProteinInteractions #Bioinformatics

Caltech doctoral student Vida Robertson highlighted a publication from Jens Meiler, from Vanderbilt University, who describes using Rosetta to design antibiotic peptides called lanthipeptides with antibiotic properties.

Read more here: https://medium.com/sbgrid-community-news/investigating-antibiotic-characteristics-from-the-computer-fdce15233c36

#SBGrid #NMR #ProteinDesign

Startup spun out from a Nobel Laureate’s lab partners with Eli Lilly to fight cancer with AI - Lila Biologics co-founders CEO Jake Kraft, left, and Chief Scientist Anindya Roy.... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-biotech-startup-collaborates-with-eli-lilly-in-pursuit-of-therapy-for-solid-tumors/ #health/lifesciences #lilabiologics #proteindesign #davidbaker #bakerlab #elililly #cancer #tumors

Since its release last year, the open-source platform BindCraft, developed by the Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering, has already disrupted the world of protein design.

Find out more: https://go.epfl.ch/b340be

#EPFL #ProteinDesign #AI

UW researchers discover AI-powered breakthrough that could boost precision cancer treatment - The co-lead authors of a study publishing today in Science describing AI-designed... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uw-researchers-create-ai-designed-proteins-to-hunt-down-cancer-and-viruses-plan-startup-spinoff/ #instituteforproteindesign #universityofwashington #health/lifesciences #proteindesign #davidbaker #uwmedicine #bakerlab

Finally there will be a center for protein design in Denmark.

Since at least a few years, progress in these techniques has been at the very front of scientific endeavours within engineering biosciences and has resulted in a Nobel prize to some of the most important contributors:

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/popular-information/

Novo Nordisk Foundation provides funding for research center (article in Danish)
https://novonordiskfonden.dk/nyheder/nyt-dansk-forskningscenter-skal-skabe-designede-proteiner-med-kaempe-potentiale/

#proteindesign
#structuralbiology

Will protein design tools solve the snake antivenom shortage?

https://www.owlposting.com/p/will-protein-design-tools-solve-the

#HackerNews #proteinDesign #snakeAntivenom #healthcare #innovation #biotechnology

🚀 What role does protein design play in advancing next-gen optogenetic tools?

🔗 Protein design accelerates the development and application of optogenetic tools. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.02.014

📚 CSBJ: https://www.csbj.org/

#Optogenetics #ProteinEngineering #Neuroscience #AlphaFold #ProteinDesign #SyntheticBiology

PhD Student Position: Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

#PhDStudentPosition: #DrugDevelopment for #Parkinson'sDisease using #ProteinDesign, #ComputerAidedDrugDesign, #GeneTherapy, #iPSCs

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev-27778-phd-student-posit...
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PhD Student Position: Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

#PhDStudentPosition: #DrugDevelopment for #Parkinson'sDisease using #ProteinDesign, #ComputerAidedDrugDesign, #GeneTherapy, #iPSCs

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev-27778-phd-student-posit...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev-27778-phd-student-position-drug-development-for-parkinsons-disease/?feed_id=92033

https://youtube.com/watch?v=P_fHJIYENdI&si=ECF7pagdnAgEwT4Z

Veritasium just released a great video of #ProteinFolding algorithms and #AlphaFold as part of the story.

The Veritasium team releases some of the best science videos around: accessible, clear and accurate. It's a great service to communicate this breakthrough to everyone.

#ScientificComputing #Bioinformatics #AI #MachineLearning #ScienceCommunication #ProteinDesign

P.S. shame about the anthropomorphic hype at the end

PhD Student Position: Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

#PhDStudentPosition: #DrugDevelopment for #Parkinson'sDisease using #ProteinDesign, #ComputerAidedDrugDesign, #GeneTherapy, #iPSCs

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev-27778-phd-student-posit...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev-27778-phd-student-position-drug-development-for-parkinsons-disease/?feed_id=91788

Computationally designed anti-snake venom proteins, work in mice. A template for all kinds of biologics. #AI #ProteinDesign
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08393-x