Movement is what sustains life. Organisms need to move to find food, seek shelter and to reproduce. Mobility is also essential inside organisms where cells are continuously dividing and migrating... More.
A special collection of protein spotlight articles
2018-10-15
Almost 20 years on, over 200 articles have been written and Protein Spotlight has thousands of readers across the world. We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to publish a collection of 100 of the best-loved articles.
New resource in Proteomics
2018-10-15
A new resource (WeStBESel) to select sequential B-cell epitope has been added.
New neXtProt data release 2018-09-03
2018-10-11
New release with updated Human Protein Atlas data and new post translation modification data. More
There are times in life when things are best left unsaid. So you bite your tongue or someone bites it for you. Either way, you are silenced and no - or less - harm is done. Nature also has its techniques for muffling genes .... More.
Left only to the passage of time, everything gravitates towards chaos. Gardens become overgrown. Roads gather potholes and cracks. Relationships wither, and teeth rot. We have ways of dealing with this however.... More.
Protein Spotlight: Life, a subtle balance
2018-07-27
Life is a continuous balance between what needs to remain, and what must disappear. We are not aware of it but our bodies unceasingly shed cells that have received orders to die, which is a necessary process if ... More.
It has happened to all of us. You are seated in a good restaurant and the waiter has just brought you the wine you ordered. He solemnly shows you the label. You nod, and he proceeds to slit open the lead seal... More.
Changes in neXtProt
2018-06-08
Exon view for entries revamped and new FASTA export option. See More.
Protein Spotlight: Giving in to time
2018-05-24
Time runs its treacherous fingers along everything. The smoothed edges of a pebble. The polished wood of a staircase. The worn joints in our bones. Sometimes, even, the erosion of our memory. Every day, every hour, every minute... More.
Multitasking is not limited to computers. On a day-to-day basis, humans frequently deal with more than one thing at a time - for the sake of speed, convenience and no doubt productivity. We brush our teeth while taking a shower...More.