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2022-01-17

The Importance of Effective Team-Based Interprofessional Communication for Safe & Competent Patient Care (International Online Exchange with NUS)

The 2nd international online exchange event between YCU and NUS was held on November 12th, 2021. This event aimed at encouraging students from different backgrounds to exchange opinions and broaden their perspectives. We are proud of carrying out this event for the second time after the outbreak of COVID-19, in a situation where we are forced to keep social distancing from each other.

2022-01-13

Improved clearing method contributes to deep imaging of plant organs

Tissue clearing methods are increasingly essential for the microscopic observation of internal tissues of thick biological organs. We previously developed TOMEI, a clearing method for plant tissues; however, it could not entirely remove chlorophylls nor reduce the fluorescent signal of fluorescent proteins.

2021-12-20

Machine learning to estimate the local quality of protein crystal structures

Low-resolution electron density maps can pose a major obstacle in the determination and use of protein structures. Herein, we describe a novel method, called quality assessment based on an electron density map (QAEmap), which evaluates local protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography and could be applied to correct structural errors using low-resolution maps.

2021-12-20

Machine learning to estimate the local quality of protein crystal structures

Low-resolution electron density maps can pose a major obstacle in the determination and use of protein structures. Herein, we describe a novel method, called quality assessment based on an electron density map (QAEmap), which evaluates local protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography and could be applied to correct structural errors using low-resolution maps.