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javierutges.bsky.social
Final year PhD Student in the @gjbarton.bsky.social Group at University of Dundee Ligand site prediction benchmark: tinyurl.com/Utges-LBS Fragment screening sites: tinyurl.com/Utges-FRAGSYS Ankyrin repeats: tinyurl.com/Utges-ANKS
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My #PhD #Thesis: "Computational methods for the characterisation and evaluation of protein-ligand binding sites" is now #publicly #accessible! I also shared the #GitHub #repository I used during the writing period. 📖 Thesis: tinyurl.com/utges-thesis 🔗 Repo: tinyurl.com/utges-thesis...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I'll be attending the @iscb.bsky.social #ISMBECCB2025 conference in Liverpool from July 20-24. Who else is coming? Register here and don't miss it. It's going to be great! invt.io/1bxbm6fohph I'll present my PhD work at the @bartongrp.bsky.social on protein-ligand interactions at the 3DSIG panel!

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

🌼 Jalview and The Daffodil DNA Project were at the 2025 Conference @associationscied.bsky.social this weekend with colleagues from James Hutton. 🧬Lots of chats with folks about all things bioinformatics, DNA sequencing, multiple sequence alignment and protein structure!

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I am #exhilarated to share that our new paper "LIGYSIS-web: a resource for the analysis of protein-ligand binding sites" is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social! After almost two years of development and more than 600 commits, LIGYSIS-web is out! 📜 : tinyurl.com/utges-LIGYSI...

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Accessing a wealth of structure data to integrate with your #MSA is possible accessing the #3DBeacons network through #Jalview. Get experimentally determined structures from @pdbeurope.bsky.social as well as predicted structure models from #AlphaFoldDB, @swiss-model.bsky.social and other providers!

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Two weeks ago, I reached a significant #milestone my career, marking my most substantial #achievement yet. Following four and a half years of dedicated work at the University of #Dundee and a successful #PhD viva defence, I attained the title of Doctor of Philosophy in #Structural #Bioinformatics

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

With Jalview you can explore how genetic variants map to protein structure - directly from the multiple alignment of both coding DNA and protein sequences. Seamlessly integrate your structure viewer and dive into the molecular story of the sequence! From ACGT to 3D — Jalview takes you all the way!

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

What a day this was! Filled with emotions with colleagues, friends and family present and ending a really important chapter of my life. Happy with the work we did and thankful for what Dundee, the University, the School and this excellent Division has brought to my life in the last 6 years!

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

#Jalview goes the extra mile! Remember the integration with @chimerax.ucsf.edu or #PyMOL? Well, you can use these viewers to inspect #AlphaFold confidence scores #pLDDT and #PAE in multiple #sequence alignment and #structure! Multiple structure prediction confidence analysis made easy with Jalview!

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

I love the @chimerax.ucsf.edu #tile view. Such an elegant and dynamic way to visualise multiple structures at the same time. Here are 32 #biological #assemblies of bovine rhodopsin #P02699 (www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P0...) beautifully structurally aligned and downloaded from @pdbeurope.bsky.social.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

It was so great to meet the #researchers behind some of the most #novel, #relevant and #impactful work in the protein-ligand interactions field. This picture was taken a few weeks ago at the @iscb.bsky.social #3DSIG + #ELIXIR #3DBioinfo meeting at @bsc-cns.bsky.social in #Barcelona! PLIs #Avengers!

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

I have already submitted mine. Still months away, but I am so excited! Join us in Liverpool for a great conference!

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

🧬 FAMILY PICTURE 📸 It was so nice that my #PhD #supervisor @gjbarton.bsky.social came to support me to the @iscb.bsky.social #3DSIG + #ELIXIR #3DBioinfo meeting last week in Barcelona. Mike Sternberg was there too and I managed to get the family picture I wanted. Mike was Geoff’s PhD supervisor! 🎊

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

It was a pleasure and honour to give a talk at the #ELIXIR #3DBioinfo + @iscb.bsky.social #3DSIG meeting last week in @upc.edu and @bsc-cns.bsky.social in beautiful #Barcelona. I presented my PhD work in the @bartongrp.bsky.social in the #SLS of #Dundee on protein-ligand interactions.

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Deadline was just extended to 30th March! :)

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

What a great event this was: #ELIXIR #3DBioinfo + @iscb.bsky.social #3DSIG bringing together the two communities of interest of structural bioinformatics. A great selection of speakers and posters and the best way to find out what’s going on in the field. And no better place than Barcelona to do so!

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

We’ve been benchmarking deep learning co-folding methods for protein-ligand complex prediction, leading to the creation of 🌹Runs N’ Poses🌹. Great effort by @peterskrinjar.bsky.social and @jeeberhardt.bsky.social putting this together so quickly. Please have a look, excited for community feedback!

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

👩‍🎓Last month, 60% of our YouTube audience was women. This International Women's Day, we are celebrating all the trailblazing women who watch our training videos online. 💕 Thank you for supporting our educational content! Watch here: www.youtube.com/@jalviewtrai... #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

As my PhD journey comes to an end, I can say I have no regrets. These 6 years in the @bartongrp.bsky.social in Dundee have been an immensely enriching experience. I believe @hajkdrost.bsky.social has a spark and vision and talent and an opportunity of working with him is truly worth considering!

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments