10 December 2020

Prof. Vannini on AlphaFold

What potential does artificial intelligence hold for structural biologists to understand the structure of proteins? Prof. Alessandro Vannini, Head of our Structural Biology Research Centre spoke with Radio 3 Scienze and La Stampa to discuss the latest DeepMind developments, the AlphaFold software and its impact for structural biology.

Listen to the podcast https://bit.ly/3m3gANq and read his article: https://bit.ly/36ZCHAa (in Italian)

Image credit: DeepMind

Share:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

You could also like:

  • First Marie Curie Fellowships for Human Technopole

    Two Human Technopole researchers have been awarded the Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship, one of the most prestigious fellowships for early career researchers: Dr. Carlos Jiménez and Dr. Albert Navarro Gallinad. Dr. Navarro Gallinad’s research project, presented today on National Women’s Health Day, will investigate the environmental risks faced by pregnant women by analysing almost 1,000,000 births in Lombardy over the last twelve years. Dr. Jiménez will study how the spatial arrangement of nuclear proteins contributes to optimal cell functioning.

  • Human Technopole Celebrates its First PhDs

    Three young scientists from Human Technopole have, for the first time since its foundation, obtained a doctoral degree while pursuing their research within the institute: Alessandro Vinceti, Davide Castaldi, and Marco Tullio Rigoli, all enrolled in the systems medicine programme of the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM).

  • Research and Design Converge in Milan

    Milan also means research, and this year Human Technopole is taking part in the city’s promotional campaign for the Milan Design Week, which will take place from 15 to 21 April 2024.

  • HT Director’s Lectio Magistralis

    Human Technopole’s Director Marino Zerial was invited last week to give the Lectio Magistralis during the inauguration ceremony of University of Genoa’s academic year 2023-2024.

  • Profiling extrachromosomal circular DNAs

    A new sequencing method sheds light on the diversity and complexity of extrachromosomal circular DNAs (eccDNAs) in single cells.