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  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt launches Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics

    The School of Medicine Basic Sciences has launched the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics, which is focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and macromolecular mechanism. It is helmed by Hassane Mchaourab, who holds the Louise B. McGavock Chair in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Read More

    Mar. 7, 2024

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    John Jumper, developer of AlphaFold, to present an Apex Lecture on August 30

    John Jumper, Ph.D. To highlight major inflection points in research, the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences launched the Apex Lecture Series earlier this year, which allows the Basic Sciences community to engage with researchers from around the world who are influencing the trajectory of their fields. John… Read More

    Aug. 8, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt launches Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics

    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences has launched the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics, which is focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning and macromolecular mechanism. It will be led by Hassane Mchaourab, who holds the Louise B. McGavock Chair… Read More

    Apr. 12, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Expert from Nowhere

    To understand a protein’s structure is to understand its function, says structural and chemical biologist Jens Meiler, PhD, distinguished research professor of Chemistry. It can take a PhD student up to five sleep-deprived years to determine the structure of a single protein, and of the 20,000 human proteins, only about… Read More

    Jan. 26, 2023