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thelaxiankeyyesterday at 5:20 PM1 replyview on HN

this is literally not possible. while I'm excited for these kinds of things, alphafold is already imperfect, and this basically side-steps actual structural predictions. it sounds good, but frankly biology is not there yet. in practice not even alpha fold can tell me if my gfp fusion will work...


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tejtmyesterday at 6:47 PM

gfp --- green fluorescent protein

glow in the dark jelly fish bits that biologist stick in other critters to see if, when and where it shows up (under a blacklight).