🚨 Today we report cryo-EM structures of Bxb1 integrase complexed with its attB/attP DNA substrates before, during and after recombination.
We engineer Bxb1 mutants with improved recombination and altered sequence recognition properties.
Out today @MolecularCell ⬇️
Cheers, chills, and a standing ovation when RASolute 302 showed unprecedented survival on daraxonrasib for patients with progressive pancreatic cancer
Seldom do you sense you’re witnessing a historic moment in cancer care but this feels like ras targeting has arrived
#ASCO26
What if AI could invent enzymes that nature hasn’t seen? 👩🔬🧑🔬
Introducing 🪩 DISCO: Diffusion for Sequence-structure CO-design
14 rounds of directed evolution and over a year of wet lab work. That's what it took to engineer an enzyme for selective C(sp³)–H insertion, one of the most challenging transformations in organic chemistry.
DISCO surpasses this with a single plate. No pre-specified catalytic residues, no template, no theozyme, no inverse folding, just joint diffusion over protein sequence and structure.
📝 Blog: https://t.co/j9Za0JigfO
📄 Paper: https://t.co/ficrYNBBrM
💻 Code: https://t.co/p81sSwoaPH
The Red Sox really said to themselves, “I know it’s been five years and everyone already hates us for it and thinks we’re complete idiots, but how do we make the Mookie Betts trade look even worse? I got it. Let’s trade Rafael Devers a year and a half into his 10-year deal.”
By combining high-throughput protein engineering with machine learning, bespoke SpCas9 enzymes are identified that outperform evolution-based and engineered nucleases and base editors in human cells. https://t.co/49qlqDxfDA #NBTHighlight
I've been waiting for the day I could make this video!
Retrotransposons are reprogrammed for pretty efficient gene insertion up to 12.7kb in user-defined genomic targets. Small deletion + insertion possible too.
Awesome work from @jgooten@omarabudayyeh@ChrisWFell@lukas_villiger in @Nature