SmartProSys Research Insights: Chemists and process engineers from Magdeburg University together with researchers at Greifswald University are using enzymes and medium engineering to modify the product spectrum during PET depolymerization.

https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202401759

#enzyme #biocatalysis #polymer #plastics #depolymerization #reactionengineering #greenchemistry #selectivity #processcontrol

Jan von Langermann | Christof Hamel | Uwe Bornscheuer | Ren Wei | Tobias Heinks | Luise Blach

[EN] We are at a crossroads in history and the Western culture is being questioned recently due to its selective approach. There needs to be a redefinition of the value system adopted and to explain what each value means explicitly in order for this culture to avoid the downward path which it has set for itself.

#westernculture
#cultureevolution
#superiority
#selectivity
#valuesystem

https://www.tiktok.com/@hayan.harb/video/7303603699434130721

A quotation from Chamfort, Nicolas:

«
Most collectors of verses and sayings proceed as though they were eating cherries and oysters, choosing the best first, and ending by eating them all.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/22441/

Are single neurons independent modules of cognition, or are representations mixed like mom's spaghetti?

Join us at our workshop at #cosyne23 on March 13th to find out what our stellar lineup thinks about disentangled representations and single-neuron interpretability!

Co-organized with James Whittington and Jeff Johnston!
#neuroscience #neurons #mixed #selectivity #workshop #cosyne #cosyne2023

Free link (50 days) to the final version of our paper about monovalent ion permeation in NaK mutants emulating glutamate receptor selectivity filters https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gYpQ54HFRkZC

The preprint is free for the long term (and it's quite similar):

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.08.502946v2