SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein control cell invasion
SARS-CoV-2 entry mechanism is regulated by the spike protein glycosylation state

Scientists have simulated the transition of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein structure from when it recognizes the host cell to when it gains entry, according to a study published 8/31/21 in

CPRIT Award
Jason George Receives CPRIT Award

Jason George, a CTBP Postdoctoral Fellow, received the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) "Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members Awar

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CTBP Summer Undergraduate Research Day

The CTBP’s Summer Undergraduate Research Day was held Monday Aug 2, 2021, with over 100 attendees joining us to see the summer research accomplished by 14 undergraduates, in

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Only Two Interchangeable Ways to Fold Genomes into Nuclei

Precisely how genomes ranging from a few million to billion base-pairs, several meters long, can fold into minuscule cellular nuclei, on average 6 microns in size, is a baffl

Travel Grant Award
CTBP Graduate Students Win Competitive Travel Grants

Four graduate students (Carlos Bueno, James Liman, Jules Nde and Chengxuan Li) affiliated with Cen

AMD supercomputing
AMD COVID-19 HPC Fund to Deliver Supercomputing Clusters to Researchers Combatting COVID-19

Dr. José Onuchic and Dr.

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NSF's Physics Frontier Center, The Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, expands to Northeastern

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a five-year grant to support a Physics Frontiers Cent

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NSF renews Rice biological physics center

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4th Protein Biophysics at the end of the world

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Actin ‘avalanches’ may make memories stick

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