Dr. Li Xue joined our group this month after receiving a prestigious NWO (Dutch Reseach Council) VENI grant to work on 3D models of protein-RNA complexes.
Protein-RNA interactions are key to cellular function and involved in various human diseases when disrupted. Gaining structural knowledge about the involved complexes is essential for drug design, but remains challenging both experimentally and computationally. Using artificial intelligence, Li will tackle this problem and build 3D models of protein-RNA complexes.