GEN Magazine

Volume 44, Issue No. 12, December 2024

GEN December 2024 cover

“In sight, in mind.” If the December issue of GEN has a theme, that’s it. Consider our cover story, which focuses on super-resolution microscopy technologies. Not only are they visualizing what was once too small to visualize, they are also generating data to clarify the relationships between molecules, revealing interactions and pathways of interest to drug developers. And just as seeing induces knowing, knowing can induce seeing, as when AI sifts through data to help drug developers “see” the vulnerabilities of high-value targets and the structural features that advantage some drug candidates over others. This “in mind, in sight” theme is developed in an article that summarizes a discussion from The State of AI in Drug Discovery, a GEN virtual summit. The theme is also evident in this issue’s A-List, “Ten Companies to Watch in AI Drug Discovery.” Other insightful content in this issue includes an interview with Illumina’s CEO, Jacob Thaysen.

Website Content from This Issue

Bringing Advanced Research to Laboratories Worldwide

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Super-Resolution Microscopy More Than Pretty Pictures

3D Tubulin

Gene and Cell Therapies Take Aim at Parkinson’s Disease

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Key Drivers of AI Drug Discovery

Empress Therapeutics computational team

Illumina’s Jacob Thaysen Describes His First Year as CEO

Jacob Thaysen

Downstream Processing: From Byway to Royal Road

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Weaving Textiles from Recombinant Spider Silk

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Next-Generation Size Selection for Optimized Long-Read Sequencing Workflow

Overcoming the Plague of Counterfeit Medications

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Science Advocates Need to Make Up for Lost Time

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Simple and Precise pDNA Analytics and Quality Control

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Empowering Scientific Research with Nextflow + AI

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Automated Cell Culture Analyzer

Automated Single-Use Hydration System

Nanofiber-Based Cell Culture Systems for Viral Vector Production

Bioluminescence Imager

NGS Profiling System

Ten Companies to Watch in AI Drug Discovery

Artificial Intelligence. Medicine Capsule

Six Companies Worthy of Note in AI Drug Discovery

Artificial Intelligence

CRISPR Study Reveals Yet Another Antiviral Mechanism

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Prime Medicine Spat with Tessera Rumbles on at ESGCT

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“Give Cas a Chance”: Fyodor Urnov Says He Wants a CRISPR Revolution

Fyodor Urnov

Wave Clinical Trial Shows First Successful RNA Editing in Humans

Caloric Restriction vs. Intermittent Fasting: Large Mouse Study Offers Insights and Raises Questions

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