Dunedin City, New Zealand
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Just 5 days left to make a submission to the Gene Technology Bill.
I am very happy with the overall direction the government has taken with this legislation.
Let's get more people riding! Join Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2025 - the online community for getting more people enjoying riding. lovetoride.net/dunedin?ic=dc…
Dr Ben Peters retweeted
You are looking at the first planting of a gene-edited crop in Italy! CRISPR grapes resisting Downey mildew disease. @annameldolesi
mycrispr.blog/2024/09/30/cri…
Dr Ben Peters retweeted
Super excited to share our latest work on the native in-cell organization of the mitochondrial respiratory chain 🥳
Using cryo-electron tomography🔬, we show how the respiratory complexes (and other complexes) are organized inside native mitochondria!
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
You can now write a story (excluding the letters B, J, O, U, X and Z) and then feed it into alphafold and make a folded protein out of your story:
Someone just email 1844 uni staff members by accident. Within 2 minutes I have 20 reply alls including people telling other staff members to stop replying all.
Sapere Aude @otago
Dr Ben Peters retweeted
Was great to work on the #Alphafold3 announcement video, made with #b3d and #MolecularNodes #GeometryNodes
How could #AlphaFold 3 transform drug discovery?
Most drugs are small molecules known as ligands that bind to proteins to change how they interact in human health and disease.
AlphaFold 3 can predict these interactions to atomic accuracy.
Alphafold 3 just dropped: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Dr Ben Peters retweeted
Gene editing of tomatoes roughly halves their water demand (presumably increasing drought resistance as well) without sacrificing yield. This didn't involve transferring any genes from another species. As such, (if I understand current regulations correctly) this wouldn't be considered a GMO in the US.
Given the pressure that climate change is going to create on food production, agricultural biotech remains one of our most important tools to build resilience - and also to help lift nearly a billion people out of poverty and food insecurity.
phys.org/news/2024-01-crispr…
Dr Ben Peters retweeted
In a major victory for science, a French court dismissed a defamation lawsuit by the notorious French anti-GMO activist scientist Séralini, finding instead in favor of three fact-finding journalists whom Séralini had sued for calling his work “fraudulent.” allianceforscience.org/blog/…
