Reprint of article originally published November 11, 2016 from The Scripps Research Institute Three groups at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop methods for computational modeling and to apply them to cutting-edge systems in biology and health. “The three projects are highly symbiotic,…
Reprint of article originally published October 27, 2016 from the Texas Advanced Computing Center By Faith Singer-Villalobos Even though it’s almost impossible to see, computational biophysicist Rommie Amaro is using the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin to model the largest atomic level system of the tumor suppression protein p53 to…
Reprint of article originally published October 5, 2016 in AAAS By Robert F. Service It has been nearly impossible to get a good look at Rommie Amaro’s favorite protein in action. Called p53, the protein sounds the alarm to kill cells with DNA damage and prevent them from becoming cancerous—one reason why it has been called…