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Google DeepMind releases AlphaFold 3 for academic use
AlphaFold 3 model weights now available for academic research, expanding access beyond the AlphaFold Server.
NVIDIA launches BioNeMo 2.0 with new foundation models
Updated platform includes ESM-2, MegaMolBART, and new tools for molecular generation and optimization.
OpenAI partners with Moderna on mRNA design
ChatGPT Enterprise deployed for vaccine development workflows, marking major pharma AI partnership.
Chai Discovery raises $30M to challenge AlphaFold
Startup launches with open model claiming competitive performance on drug-target prediction benchmarks.
Schrödinger reports positive Phase 2 results for AI-designed drug
SGR-1505 shows promising efficacy in B-cell malignancies, validating computational drug design approach.
Recursion acquires Exscientia in $688M all-stock deal
Major consolidation in AI drug discovery as Recursion absorbs Exscientia, combining their platforms and pipelines.
Bayesian AMMI-Based Simulation of Genotype x Environment Interactions
Genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI) has been studied to identify environment-stable/favorable genotypes. The GEI simulation could help refine the inference by incorporating tangible factors s...
Flipper: An advanced framework for identifyingdifferential RNA binding behavior with eCLIP data
Motivation: Crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (CLIP) methods remain the gold standard for characterizing RNA binding protein (RBP) behavior. As a result, many researchers rely on CLIP to assess ...
EBEx: an Ensemble-Based Explainable Framework for Gene Calling in Heterogeneous Diseases
Complex and clinically heterogeneous diseases pose significant challenges for gene prioritisation and patient stratification, as relevant genes often show weak or context-specific signals and trans...
RepliCNN: High-resolution inference of the DNA replication program from strand-specific 3' DNA end sequencing
During S phase, the genome is replicated in a tightly regulated spatiotemporal order described as DNA replication timing (RT). Discontinuous lagging-strand synthesis produces Okazaki fragments whos...
Lymph Node Dissection and Radiation in the Rat Popliteal Region Leads to Progressive Lymphatic Pump Failure and Lymphedema
Lymphedema, a chronic and incurable condition with limited therapeutic options, has limited options to quantitatively assess functional changes during its development; as a result, a deeper underst...
Pre-trained Vision Transformers for Seizure Prediction: A Reproducible Baseline with Event-Based Evaluation and Statistical Validation
Background: Scalp electroencephalography (EEG) based seizure prediction plays a critical role in improving the quality of life for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, offering the potential for ...
ACENet: a graph neural network for predicting enzyme pHmin using structure and sequence insights
The acid activity of enzymes, characterized by the minimum pH at which enzymes remain active (pHmin), is crucial for industrial applications in acidic environments. However, the rational design of ...
Nutraceutical and functional potential of the Apis mellifera L. royal pupae proteome
The objective of this research was to characterize the proteome of the Apis mellifera royal pupae to evaluate its potential as a nutraceutical and functional food. Six pupal instars (E1 to E6) were...
Multimodal spatial alignment and morphology mapping with MOSAICField
Recent efforts to build comprehensive tissue and tumor atlases leverage diverse spatial technologies to measure transcriptomic, proteomic, epigenetic, and other modalities with hundreds to thousand...
Image Analysis Tools for Electron Microscopy
Electron Microscopy (EM) is widely used in many scientific fields, particularly in life sciences, offering high-resolution information on the ultrastructure of biological organisms. Accurate charac...