PSI in the spotlight: October 2008

This column presents announcements, recent appearances, and other notable news related to the Protein Structure Initiative.

PSI-SGKB 15 October 2008

NIH soon to be leaderless

Experts speculate about who will take charge when Zerhouni leaves.

Nature News 1 October 2008

Wellcome boost for open-access chemistry

Philanthropic acquisition gives the academic chemogenomics community invaluable access to well-curated proprietary data.

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery October 2008

US election: Questioning the candidates

Barack Obama accepted Nature's invitation to answer 18 science-related questions in writing; John McCain's campaign declined. Obama's answers to many of the questions are printed here; answers to additional questions (on topics including biosecurity, the nuclear weapons laboratories and US participation in international projects) can be found at http://www.nature.com/uselection. Wherever possible, Nature has noted what McCain has said at other times on these topics.

Nature News 24 September 2008

US election: Agencies of change

A new president could bring radical shifts to America's major research entities. Nature profiles some of the agencies in need of a makeover.

Nature News 24 September 2008

US health agency gets creative with grants

Nature News 17 September 2008

Data on display

Two researchers explain why they're posting their experimental results online.

Nature News 15 September 2008

Protein engineering: The fate of fingers

Proteins with 'zinc fingers' designed to bind almost any DNA sequence will soon be available to any lab that wants them — from two very different sources. Helen Pearson reports on a revolution in designer biology.

Nature News 10 September 2008