Stoichiometric Modeling of Artificial String Chemistries Reveals Constraints on Metabolic Network Structure

Machine learning: Python tools for studying biomolecules and drug design

The increasing adoption of computational methods and artificial intelligence in scientific research has led to a growing interest in versatile tools like Python. In the fields of medical chemistry, biochemistry, and bioinformatics, Python has emerged as a key language for tackling complex challenges. It is used to solve various tasks, such as drug discovery, high-throughput and virtual screening, protein and genome analysis, and predicting drug efficacy. This review presents a list of tools for these tasks, including scripts, libraries, and ready-made programs, and serves as a starting point for scientists wishing to apply automation or optimization to routine tasks in medical chemistry and bioinformatics.

In vivo, in vitro and in silico: an open space for the development of microbe-based applications of synthetic biology

Living systems are studied using three complementary approaches: living cells, cell-free systems and computer-mediated modelling. Progresses in understanding, allowing researchers to create novel chassis and industrial processes rest on a cycle that combines in vivo, in vitro and in silico studies. This design-build-test-learn iteration loop cycle between experiments and analyses combines together physiology, genetics, biochemistry and bioinformatics in a way that keeps going forward. Because computer-aided approaches are not directly constrained by the material nature of the entities of interest, we illustrate here how this virtuous cycle allows researchers to explore chemistry which is foreign to that present in extant life, from whole chassis to novel metabolic cycles. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of evolution.