Jennifer Brookes

A nice intro to rhodopsin

admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:20:34 +0000

http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/101/motm.do?momID=147

…with jmol viewing of different structures!

G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCR’s)

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:21:04 +0000

On GPCR’s and some characteristics by the Structural Biology Knowledgebase:

http://sbkb.org/kb/featured_molecule_latest.html

and the GPCR network:

http://gpcr.scripps.edu/

namely the importance of proline to ‘kink’ the helices inward at various places of the transmembrane (TM) domain.

Nasal Fossa

admin — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:28:39 +0000

Review paper in Contemporary Physics

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:31:22 +0000

Please see my recently published article review, “Olfaction: the physics of how smell works?”

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00107514.2011.597565

Empirical Zeal: great blog

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:22:34 +0000

http://www.empiricalzeal.com/2011/07/14/what-it-feels-like-for-a-sperm/

Day of the moon jellyfish

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:20:58 +0000

An invasion of ‘moon’ jellyfish have been washed up on the shores in more-than-usual amounts. This is seen as an implication of climate change. Like with humans the way they are can depend on their environment; in the sea beautiful but washed up on shore they are quite ugly.

Cool video on jellies:

Alex’s sticks and balls…

admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:13:13 +0000

Read and delight in the blog which is Alex Connor’s:

http://alexconnor.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/sticks-and-balls/

I have moved..

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:18:56 +0000

not far… from the Zhang lab at MIT to Prof. Alan Aspuru-Guzik’s group at the department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard. Please see new contact details!

A new perspective for hormone discrimination by computation..

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:36:17 +0000

…and so do the nuclear receptors somehow detect and distinguish the differences in conformational states of small ligand hormones?

http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/05/20/rsif.2011.0183.abstract?keytype=ref&ijkey=ARyEMHztzjzzfxu

UCL determined best international institute…

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:39:42 +0000

…for post-doc’s:

http://www.the-scientist.com/2011/3/1/45/1/