Biology

Who among us has not read Harry Potter while growing up? A theme that was recurrent in the Harry Potter series dealt with a fundamental question: whether it is desirable to achieve immortality, or to accept a dignified death on your own terms. This theme is explored in various aspects…

No artistic skill required! — Grant proposals are all about sharing a vision of something that might not exist yet, which makes communication of the ideas all the more important. However, the word limit can be, well, limiting. Thankfully figures can do a lot of the heavy lifting. Pattern held a workshop for the Khera…

I have heard a lot about gene editing in the past few years. Before 2018, I had no clue that our genes could be edited for genetic defects through strands of our DNA, just like video shots are edited for smooth and seamless clips. As time progresses, so do technology…

On today’s publication of The Modern Issue: understanding / leveraging our brain’s biology to break the cycle of chronic worry. Stick with me on this one, you won’t regret it. Our news feed are inundated with articles on how to stop worrying, ruminating, stressing, depressing etc… Yet at the same…

“Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion.”- Leon Kass Contrastive Representation Learning for 3D Protein Structures(arXiv) Author : Pedro Hermosilla, Timo Ropinski Abstract : Learning from 3D protein structures has gained wide interest in protein modeling and structural bioinformatics. Unfortunately, the number of available structures is…

Scientists explore current research on antibiotic resistance genes in bioaerosols with a focus on the sources, detection strategies, and future research direction While there are many studies that discuss antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in soil and water environments, there is currently very little research that focuses on ARG in aerial…