BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

The discoveries by Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman – awarded the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine – were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020. Through their groundbreaking findings, this year’s

“Ten years ago I was kicked out and forced to retire.” Our new medicine laureate Katalin Karikó (Katalin Kariko) told us how much it means to be awarded the Nobel Prize after a scientific career that has been full of challenges. Ten years ago, Karikó was still doing all her

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Learn about #Nanobodies and their diverse #applications in highly effective #therapeutics through Bio-protocol #webinar on synergistic nanobody combinations against SARS-CoV-2: bio-protocol.org/webinar/detail… by Fred D. Mast with Peter C. Fridy and Natalia Ketaren. #bioprotocol

This is a really enjoyable historical perspective from Edmond Fischer on his discovery, with Edwin Krebs, of Reversible Protein Phosphorylation as a Regulatory Mechanism. #iBiology ibiology.org/cell-biology/r…

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Check out this great work led by Barak Raveh, a first of its kind, integrative spatiotemporal map of the NPC explains the main molecular mechanisms underlying nuclear transport! A NCDIR @IntActOme special with our friends Andrej Sali lab, David Cowburn and Elizabeth Villa

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GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 SUMMER MCINTOSH HAS DONE IT The 17-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh wins her first Olympic gold medal. Her second medal of the Games. She’s the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold in the 400m individual medley.

ASCB announces John D. Aitchison, PhD, as the new Editor-In-Chief of its flagship journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), starting Jan 1, 2025. Dr. Aitchison's extensive research and editorial experience will help advance MBoC's legacy. Read more: ascb.org/society-news/a…

ASCB Announces John Aitchison as New Editor-In-Chief for its Flagship Journal MBoC ascb.org/society-news/a…

I might be biased, but John is an excellent choice for Editor-in-Chief of MBoC. The future of this flagship cell biology journal looks bright! ascb.org/society-news/a…

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

Wonderful (and long overdue) news. Proud day for University of Washington Institute for Protein Design

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work designing new proteins that can neutralize viruses, target cancer cells, and more. Read more from @uwmedicine: go.uw.edu/2024NobelPrize #NobelPrize #GoHuskies

PHOTO: David Baker UW Biochemistry Institute for Protein Design @uwmedicine taking via computer at his Seattle home early this morning shortly after learning that he had received #NobelPrize2024 in chemistry for computational protein design

A hearty congratulations to our colleague, David Baker, on receiving the The Nobel Prize for his visionary work in protein design. Institute for Protein Design