Computational biology

Artificial intelligence translates protein sequences into natural language descriptions

Artificial intelligence translates protein sequences into natural language descriptions

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The BetaDescribe system, developed by researchers from the Technion and Tel Aviv University, takes a sequence of amino acids and produces a verbal description of the protein's function, chemical activity, and possible binding sites. The researchers hope the system will help choose
Robot in a biological laboratory. Illustration: depositphotos.com

An artificial intelligence system wrote scientific software that outperformed human code

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Researchers from Google and Harvard have developed ERA, an artificial intelligence system that runs and improves thousands of versions of code for scientific tasks. In experiments, it has improved models for predicting coronavirus hospitalizations, integrating single-cell RNA data, and predicting neural activity.
Zebrafish embryos in the first hours after fertilization – a transparent model that allows us to examine how temperature changes the “rate” of development and RNA control. Photo: Talia Ratzin

When the fetal clock changes pace: How the beginning of life synchronizes with the environment

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At the Hebrew University and with the support of a grant from the National Science Foundation, research on zebrafish embryos is examining how temperature change “turns the speed knob” of development, which RNA processes remain in constant ratios between species, and how

Bats in a traffic jam: This is how they manage to avoid colliding with each other during the mass exit from the cave

New research led by Tel Aviv University reveals how bats change their echolocation patterns when leaving the cave and maneuver with amazing skill even when surrounded by tens of thousands of their friends — without air crashes
Prof. Michal Feldman. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

An impressive achievement: six researchers from Tel Aviv University won ERC Consolidator Grants for 2024

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Left: cells with a mutant FUS protein that causes accumulations (in green) and leads to ALS disease. Right: the cells with the protein/chaferon (in pink) that manages to prevent the accumulations

fight degenerative diseases

The proteins and mechanisms required to fight the protein accumulations that lead to neurodegenerative diseases have been identified
Disease at first glance: when a cell of the immune system (macrophage, in blue) meets a bacterium (in red), what happens in the first 48-24 hours is crucial

An algorithm that may predict the chance of contracting tuberculosis

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New models based on deep learning predict the interactions between atoms in organic molecules. These models will help computational biologists and drug developers understand diseases and treat them more efficiently. Courtesy of University of Florida

Artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics will help discover drugs

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Illustration of acetylcholinesterase. Source: pdb101.

between calculation and delay

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Huge importance for science, medicine and industry. Prof. Aryeh Warshel (on the right) and Prof. Michael (Michael) Levitt. Photos: Keilana, Catgunhome -- Wikishare

We have a pupa in a test tube

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A photograph of a mouse's brain while he was building the world and diagrams of the movement of mice arriving at a new place. Illustration: Tel Aviv University

Why do mice make "bonds" during exploration of a new environment?

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

The computer we have in every cell

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

IBM scientists have developed DNA component technology to build tiny chips for computers

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Ancient galaxy caught as environment robs it of raw material for star formation

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