Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Lindsay Sawyer
: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Leonid Sazanov Sent: 11 December 2020 10:36 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)   Dear Randy, Can you comment on why for some of AplhaFold2 models with GDT_TS > 90 (su

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread James Holton
of 0.46 A. From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Leonid Sazanov Sent: 11 December 2020 10:36 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) Dear Randy, Can you comment on why for some of AplhaFold2 models with G

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Leonid Sazanov
e show pretty amazing agreement with the target. Best regards, Tristan *From:* Leonid Sazanov *Sent:* 11 December 2020 12:32 *To:* Tristan Croll ; CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] Alpha

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Brandstetter Johann
f its crystallization - and if it is only: difficult! Best, Hans -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board On Behalf Of Bryan Lepore Sent: Freitag, 11. Dezember 2020 15:03 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) >

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Bryan Lepore
> On Dec 11, 2020, at 07:42, Phil Evans wrote: > > But I’ve always thought the more interesting question is “this is the > structure, what does it do?” It sounds compelling though, that methods of the sort implemented in the CASP work are perfectly poised to make progress on the question: “ho

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Panne, Daniel (Prof.)
CP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) Dear Randy, Can you comment on why for some of AplhaFold2 models with GDT_TS > 90 (supposedly as good as e

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Phil Evans
CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Leonid Sazanov > > Sent: 11 December 2020 10:36 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and > less pipetting (?) > > Dear Randy, > > Can you comment on why for some of AplhaF

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Leonid Sazanov
you can align 109 of 134 CAs with an RMSD of 0.46 A. *From:* CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Leonid Sazanov *Sent:* 11 December 2020 10:36 *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] Al

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Tristan Croll
Sent: 11 December 2020 10:36 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) Dear Randy, Can you comment on why for some of AplhaFold2 models with GDT_TS > 90 (supposedly as good as experimental model) the RMS_CA (backb

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-11 Thread Leonid Sazanov
Dear Randy, Can you comment on why for some of AplhaFold2 models with GDT_TS > 90 (supposedly as good as experimental model) the RMS_CA (backbone) is > 3.0 Angstrom? Such a deviation can hardly be described as good as experimental. Could it be that GDT_TS is kind of designed to evaluate how wel

Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-10 Thread Randy John Read
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2020-12-09 Thread Patrick Shaw Stewart
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2020-12-09 Thread Harry Powell - CCP4BB
gt; cause humanity far bigger problems than corona ever will – i just hope i'm > wrong! > > best > > jon > > > > Von: CCP4 bulletin board Im Auftrag von Mark J van > Raaij > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2020 11:14 > An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK >

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-09 Thread Matthew Snee
vaerts Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9:37:17 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) Dear All After about 10 (!) years of (very) hard work we solved the structures of our dearest membrane transporter. Dataset

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-09 Thread Hughes, Jonathan
just hope i'm wrong! best jon Von: CCP4 bulletin board Im Auftrag von Mark J van Raaij Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2020 11:14 An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) on the day the news came out, I did won

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-09 Thread Mark J van Raaij
on the day the news came out, I did wonder if the AlphaFold2 team somehow had access to all the preliminary PDB files sent around via Gmail (which belongs to the same company), but more as a joke/conspirational thought. "our" target T1052, was also predicted very well by domains and as a monomer.

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-09 Thread Cedric Govaerts
Dear All After about 10 (!) years of (very) hard work we solved the structures of our dearest membrane transporter. Dataset at 2.9 And resolution, fairly anisotropic, experimental phasing, and many long nights with Coot and Buster to achieve model refinement. The experimental structure h

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Tristan Croll
... and of course I meant "between model and target". From: Tristan Croll Sent: 08 December 2020 16:35 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK ; Marko Hyvonen Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) An exampl

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Marko Hyvonen
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)   There was a little bit of pre

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Ian Tickle
things > right that are wrong in the experimental structure. > -- > *From:* CCP4 bulletin board > on behalf of Ian Tickle > > *Sent:* 08 December 2020 13:04 > *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb]

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Marko Hyvonen
experimental structure.  From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Ian Tickle Sent: 08 December 2020 13:04 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Ian Tickle
- > *From:* CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Ian > Tickle > *Sent:* 08 December 2020 13:04 > *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking > and less pipetting (?) > > > There was a little bit of press-release hype: the

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Artem Evdokimov
r they're a private company > > best > > jon > > > > *Von:* CCP4 bulletin board *Im Auftrag von *Goldman, > Adrian > *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 8. Dezember 2020 12:33 > *An:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > *Betreff:* Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinki

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Hughes, Jonathan
ompany best jon Von: CCP4 bulletin board Im Auftrag von Goldman, Adrian Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Dezember 2020 12:33 An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) My impression is that they haven’t published the code, and i

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Tristan Croll
ubject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) There was a little bit of press-release hype: the release stated "a score of around 90 GDT is informally considered to be competitive with results obtained from experimental methods" and "ou

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Harry Powell - CCP4BB
Since I didn’t actually read the press release (but “attended" the CASP event instead where the results were discussed in a little more detail…) this is news to me, but I’d agree that there is some hyperbole there. Alphafold2 (it’s probably important to distinguish it from AlphaFold since it’s

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Ian Tickle
There was a little bit of press-release hype: the release stated "a score of around 90 GDT is informally considered to be competitive with results obtained from experimental methods" and "our latest AlphaFold system achieves a median score of 92.4 GDT overall across all targets. This means that our

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Harry Powell - CCP4BB
Hi It’s a bit more than science by press release - they took part in CASP14 where they were given sequences but no other experimental data, and did significantly better than the other homology modellers (who had access to the same data) when judge by independent analysis. There were things wron

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-08 Thread Goldman, Adrian
My impression is that they haven’t published the code, and it is science by press-release. If one of us tried it, we would - rightly - get hounded out of time. Adrian On 4 Dec 2020, at 15:57, Michel Fodje mailto:michel.fo...@lightsource.ca>> wrote: I think the results from AlphaFold2, alth

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-04 Thread Nave, Colin (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI)
December 2020 15:58 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?) I think the results from AlphaFold2, although exciting and a breakthrough are being exaggerated just a bit. We know that all the information required for the 3

Re: [ccp4bb] External: Re: [ccp4bb] AlphaFold: more thinking and less pipetting (?)

2020-12-04 Thread Michel Fodje
I think the results from AlphaFold2, although exciting and a breakthrough are being exaggerated just a bit. We know that all the information required for the 3D structure is in the sequence. The protein folding problem is simply how to go from a sequence to the 3D structure. This is not a compl