The Tortured Proteins Department

State of Decay

August 30, 2026·1h 5m
Episode Description from the Publisher

We talk about a big travel month (including Stephanie winning the George Sheldrick Award for Structural Science), federal funding in light of the upcoming turnover of US political representation, pre-prints, and the use of AI with agentic workflows for science and LLMs for writing. News Links:Derek Lowe's Blog: The Assault On Science Funding ContinuesSenate votes to block rule giving White House more control over researchEstimating global article processing charges paid to 14publishers for open access between 2019 and 2025Preprints/Blogs:Atomic modeling of radiation damage in cryoelectron microscopy datasetsDynamic view of an allosteric intermediate in a positively cooperative dimerIncidental conformational switching in an allosteric enzymeAnthropic Protein Design PromptsThe Rise of Large Language Models and the Direction and Impact of US Federal Research Funding

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