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RE: What Biologists do all Day - Structural Biology

in #science7 years ago

I'm no expert in this field, but I think a lot of the crystallography calculations are done on computers now. The main challenge for biologists now is to create good crystals, but they don't need to be expert bioinformaticians to solve a structure.

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Heh. The computer does certain things, yes, but it doesn't solve the structure by itself. It's still hours upon hours analyzing and adjusting structures. Although it's easier than it was some decades ago, it's still a pain in the ass.