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Blood proteins may potentially forewarn of pregnancy complications
No pregnant woman gets excited about invasive procedures. But, for the diagnosis of some complications, pregnant women have to undergo procedures such as amniocentesis. Researchers have been aiming to...
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ASBMB survey of young scientists sparks Twitter conversation about gender...
View as slideshow biochem belle@biochembelle Interesting note from bit.ly/UncG27 – Men outnumber women as applicants for faculty positions in biochem by almost 3:1. #WiS #STEM Thu, Jan 24 2013...
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Glycomics guidelines and checklist now available for public comment
The journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics is establishing guidelines for reporting glycomics data. Before the guidelines become official, the editors would like scientists to give their...
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How glycoproteins get damaged during bacterial vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women could lead to preterm labor and birth. Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Premature_infant_with_ventilator.jpg Bacterial vaginosis is an imbalance of...
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Potential carbohydate-based vaccines against breast cancer
Researchers in Taiwan are testing potential cancer vaccines based on carbohydrates. Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Syringe2.jpg In a paper just out in Proceedings of the National Academy...
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Funny #SoGodMadeAScientist Tweets
View as slideshow Chemjobber@Chemjobber “I need someone who will endure failure, failure, failure in the lab and still not quit.” #SoGodMadeAScientist Sun, Feb 03 2013 19:58:25 · Original link...
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JBC Podcast: A new mechanism for cell death
Listen to the podcast Heart failure, brain ischemia, and strokes have one thing in common: an intracellular overload of calcium. In a recent Paper of the Week in the Journal of Biological Chemistry,...
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New arsenic-based compound for protein inhibition
The enzyme disulfide isomerase’s two pairs of vicinal thiols are about to interact with an unfolded protein has arsenical maleimide moeities attached to it. Image provided by Colin Thorpe. Over the...
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ASBMB’s Valentine’s Day summed up in tweets
View as slideshow ASBMB@ASBMB Let’s ditch these chaperone proteins and see what unfolds. #mybiovalentine Thu, Feb 14 2013 13:45:29 · Original link ReplyRetweetFavorite ASBMB@ASBMB You stabilize me at...
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Tomatoes engineered with mimic of good-cholesterol peptide benefit mice
Mice fed 6F-engineered tomato powder in a high-cholesterol diet had less plaque buildup (right) than mice who weren’t given the genetically engineered tomato powder. Image courtesy of Srinivasa Reddy....
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Biomarker for river blindness
Life cycle of the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus. Image from WHO: http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases-topics/onchocerciasis/en/ Onchocerciasis, also known as “river blindness,” is a parasitic infection...
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Ancient enzymes conferring antibiotic resistance re-created in the lab
Structure of a Streptomyces albus beta-lactamase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PDB_1bsg_EBI.jpg) Resistance against antibiotics, such as penicillin and cephalosporins, are haunting many hospitals...
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Podcast: Indian medicinal plant compound as a potential cancer drug
Listen to the podcast The chaperone protein Hsp90 is a potential cancer drug target but to date, the clinical efficacy of Hsp90 inhibitors has been less than satisfactory. In a recent Paper of the Week...
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Was lipid peroxidation compromised in Neanderthals?
Mounted Neanderthal skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History. Image by Claire Houck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neanderthalensis.jpg It very well may be possible that compromised...
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A proteomic probe for GTP-binding proteins
This affinity probe captures GTP-binding proteins for proteomics analysis. Image by Beth Cisar. GTP-binding proteins make up huge and ubiquitous portions of proteins that have essential functions in...
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Wnt signaling proteins act locally on embryonic stem cells
A dividing stem cell partitions and aligns its chromosomes according to the position of a bead coated with a Wnt protein. [Video courtesy of Shukry Habib, Roel Nusse, Bi-Chang Chen and Eric Betzig...
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Jon Lorsch to head National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Jon Lorsch, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, will be the next director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. He’ll arrive at the institute in Bethesda, Md., this summer....
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Name ASBMB’s knockout mouse!
The mascot for the American Society for Biochemisty and Molecular Biology needs a name for the upcoming Experimental Biology 2013 meeting. Who better to select one than you? Post your favorite name to...
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Biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome patient saliva?
Schematic to show biomarker identification in Down syndrome patients that link to Alzheimer’s disease. Image provided by Tiziana Cabras. In a paper just out in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics,...
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A biomaterial with neuron and muscle properties
Printing of extended droplet network: Time-lapse movie of an extended droplet network being printed in bulk lipid-in-oil solution. The interval between frames is 20 s. Each frame of the video was...
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