Today, since we’re going to talk about Anfinsen’s experiments I thought I would talk about the interesting concept of renatured proteins. I still think that this ability to renature after being denatured is a pretty amazing concept, almost paradoxical, simply … Continue reading
Last weekend, I attended a session from TEDxWellesleyCollege and was able to listen to Janet Iwasa, a fellow biochemist, along with a few other amazing speakers. Janet Iwasa is a molecular animator, and works to create scientifically accurate animations in … Continue reading
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/crystallography-1.14540?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20140225
This week, we had the opportunity to work with the model kits to see how proteins are structured and with the noodles to make the proteins ourselves. I think that now I have a better idea of how mutations affect … Continue reading