3D printing protein models made simple

By Fábio Madeira in 3D Printing on

tldr; 3D printing protein structure models is made simple with the help of powerful Molecule Viewers and affordable 3D printing services… … 3D printing is an emerging technology that has been in my mind for years as a way of printing physical three-dimensional models of proteins. These not only are…

Moved to Cambridge

By Fábio Madeira in Academia on

I recently move to Cambridge, to start my work at the European Bioinformatics Institute. I had been to Cambridge before and EBI was on my top list places to work after my PhD, which I carried out in Dundee. Sometimes your wishes become true and here I am! Photo by…

I seem to be doing good at poster sessions

By Fábio Madeira in Academia on

I seem to be doing good at poster sessions firstly because I got selected for oral poster presentation at the ISMB/ECCB 2015 conference in Dublin. That was in addition to a travel fellowship generously awarded by ECCB. As if that was not enough, now I got a poster prize by…

Organized the first ever TEDx University of Dundee

By Fábio Madeira in Academia on

Me and a bunch of other students and staff members of the University of Dundee organized the first ever TEDx University of Dundee. Together with my buddy Thiago, my main task was to design and develop the event’s website and organize ticket sale. The event was a great success and…

Paper on new methods to predict 14-3-3-binding sites out!

By Fábio Madeira in Bioinformatics on

After many months of hard work, the day is here! Our new paper on methods to predict 14-3-3-binding sites is out in Bioinformatics Journal. This project originated as a collaboration between the Barton Group and the MacKintosh Group on the quest for improving the quality of predictions on 14-3-3-binding sites.…