Cute molecules and the scientists who adore them: Deepti Gupta

Deepti Gupta, Project Manager & Database Curator at EMBL-EBI, talks about her favourite protein which helps us perceive the world around us
Side photo of a woman wearing a white top and blowing into a handheld pinwheel but instead of the plastic windmill we can see the PIEZO1 protein structure which looks like a propeller with three arms.
Deepti Gupta and PIEZO1. The PIEZO1 protein (PDBe 6B3R) made an impression on Deepti Gupta from EMBL-EBI due to the role it plays in helping organisms perceive their surroundings. PIEZO1 has been proposed as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease. Credit: Isabel Romero Calvo (illustration),hellip;

Tags: bioinformatics, cute proteins, embl-ebi, pdbe, protein structure, structural biology, women in science,