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News from the Protein Structure Initiative, Nature News and other NPG publications.
December 2010
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PSI:Biology in the spotlightnew SBKB Functional Sleuth, 2011 Enabling Technologies moving to ACA, and more...
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Structural biology: A walk through the genomeA study of a viral enzyme that methylates histones suggests that it functions by 'walking' from one methylation site to the next.
- Synthetic biology: Bacterial cyborg transmits electrons
One idea for biosensors and bioenergy is to combine living cells with inorganic materials.
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Biochemistry: Zooming in on proteinsHigh-resolution optical imaging of single molecules has been achieved in living cells.
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UK scientists celebrate budget reprieveCore science funding has escaped cuts, but capital budgets will feel the squeeze.
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1000 Genomes Project reveals human variationAn international effort to map variability in the genome hits its first landmark.
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UK science saved from deepest cutsResearch councils are spared but other government funding is under threat.
