Posts tagged protein

The eccentric nucleus

Ankita Patil studies mircrotubules, which as the name suggests are small tube-like structures. They can assemble and disassemble in neurons to transport things around cells. Outside of her research though, Ankita is a mentor to other women in STEM as part of the Philadelphia chapter of the Association for Women in Science. She is also the City Coordinator for taste of science in Philadelphia and in whatever time she has left, she draws cartoons, often about science.

Season 7ScientistsIncFebruary 27, 2020Good Karma Cafescience, scicomm, #2scis, neuroscience, structure, protein, sciartComment

The protein folding biologist: Marie Kondo of the cell

Part I of our Stanford Special.

Dr. João Rodrigues decided early on that as much as he loved biology, he didn’t want to get his hands too dirty, so now he studies the shapes that proteins make by using computer models. He works with biologists and chemists to look at the way the proteins in our cells go from being like beaded necklaces to more complex structures to help them do what they need to do.

Season 6ScientistsIncFebruary 20, 2019Stanford universityscience, scicomm, podcast, #2scis, biology, biochemistry, modeling, computational, protein, folding Comment