Andrea Thorn
Group Leader
Andrea is a specialist for crystallography and Cryo-EM structure solution, having contributed to programs like SHELX, ANODE and (a little bit) to PHASER in the past. Her group develops the diffraction diagnostics tool AUSPEX, a neural network for secondary structure annotation of Cryo-EM maps (HARUSPEX) and enables other scientists to solve problem structures. Andrea is very passionate about structural biology and good at bringing people together. This is (among other things) why she is the main coordinator of this project.
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Posts of Andrea Thorn
Babelian SARS-CoV-2 confusion
by Dr. Andrea Thorn on 2021/05/20
There is a secret code that virologists use to talk about the new coronavirus. This code is made up of synonymous words and abbreviations for each of the 28 proteins which facilitate the viral life cycle. In this article, we will shed some light on this mythical language. First of all, SARS-CoV-2 has three classes […]
Opinion: Press release about "Coronavirus Origin Study" by Prof. Wiesendanger and Hamburg University
by Dr. Andrea Thorn on 2021/02/22
“The coronavirus has led to a worldwide crisis for over a year. In a new study, nanoscientist Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger illuminates the origins of the virus. His findings conclude there are a number of quality sources indicating a laboratory accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the cause of the current pandemic.” This […]
The new mutation of SARS-CoV-2
by Dr. Andrea Thorn on 2020/12/23
The new strain of Coronavirus - what do we know?
What does the Pfizer press release really mean?
by Dr. Andrea Thorn on 2020/11/09
A press release came out today from Pfizer and Binotech with a very exciting announcement, but what does it say? Andrea shares her insights.