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The Tortured Proteins Department, Episode 13

Stephanie Wankowicz
29 March 2026
tags: #podcast

Episode 13: Long Live!

We chat about preprints, AI grad students, the diffUSE project, an April Fools blog, NIH funding news, and the Fraser Lab “broken monitor” April Fools’ Day prank — caught live during recording!

Fraser Lab broken monitor April Fools' Day prank - James Fraser photographing his cracked monitor screen during the recording session with Stephanie Wankowicz

Preprints:

  • Intrinsic dataset features drive mutational effect prediction by protein language models
  • Ribosome Molecular Aging Shapes Translation Dynamics

AI Grad Student Articles:

  • Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student
  • Vibe physics: The AI grad student

Other Links:

  • diffUSE Project
  • April Fools Blog

NIH News:

  • Funding Curve
  • How the 2025 NIH grant terminations varied by researchers’ demographic groups

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