Giulia Palermo
@giuliapalermo.bsky.social
https://palermolab.com
Giulia Palermo Lab at the University of California, Riverside. Biophysicist passionate about Science & Art! In love with Nucleic Acids and Computational Science!
Giulia Palermo Lab at the University of California, Riverside. Biophysicist passionate about Science & Art! In love with Nucleic Acids and Computational Science!
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Giulia Palermo
@giuliapalermo.bsky.social
· Jun 19
New study @biorxivpreprint
We revea, how TnsC filaments form and grow in #CRISPR-associated transposons using #FreeEnergy sims & introduce #DeepLearning-based Graph Attention Networks for decoding biomolecular systems!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#GNN #MolecularDynamics #StructuralBiology
We revea, how TnsC filaments form and grow in #CRISPR-associated transposons using #FreeEnergy sims & introduce #DeepLearning-based Graph Attention Networks for decoding biomolecular systems!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#GNN #MolecularDynamics #StructuralBiology
Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @uclacb.bsky.social as Professor in July 2026!
Grateful to my amazing students, postdocs, colleagues @UCR, collaborators, and mentors.
A new chapter begins, advancing #compchem, #AI to explore #RNA, #DNA, #CRISPR, and emerging directions in #Biophysics.
Grateful to my amazing students, postdocs, colleagues @UCR, collaborators, and mentors.
A new chapter begins, advancing #compchem, #AI to explore #RNA, #DNA, #CRISPR, and emerging directions in #Biophysics.
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome world-renowned computational biophysicist Prof. Giulia Palermo, who will join the UCLA faculty as a Full Professor on July 1, 2026! @giuliapalermo.bsky.social www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcomi...
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @uclacb.bsky.social as Professor in July 2026!
Grateful to my amazing students, postdocs, colleagues @UCR, collaborators, and mentors.
A new chapter begins, advancing #compchem, #AI to explore #RNA, #DNA, #CRISPR, and emerging directions in #Biophysics.
Grateful to my amazing students, postdocs, colleagues @UCR, collaborators, and mentors.
A new chapter begins, advancing #compchem, #AI to explore #RNA, #DNA, #CRISPR, and emerging directions in #Biophysics.
Developed by the multi-talented @pabloarantes.bsky.social & @SouvikSinha members of my lab:
ParametrizANI brings #MachineLearning - based #ForceField parametrization available to everyone
Available on Github: github.com/palermolab/P...
ParametrizANI brings #MachineLearning - based #ForceField parametrization available to everyone
Available on Github: github.com/palermolab/P...
🧠💥 ParametrizANI found a home!
Our paper is now published in JCIM!
Making ML-based force field parametrization open and easy for everyone.
With TorchANI, @rdkit.bsky.social & @openmm.org
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
@acs.org @giuliapalermo.bsky.social
Our paper is now published in JCIM!
Making ML-based force field parametrization open and easy for everyone.
With TorchANI, @rdkit.bsky.social & @openmm.org
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
@acs.org @giuliapalermo.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Developed by the multi-talented @pabloarantes.bsky.social & @SouvikSinha members of my lab:
ParametrizANI brings #MachineLearning - based #ForceField parametrization available to everyone
Available on Github: github.com/palermolab/P...
ParametrizANI brings #MachineLearning - based #ForceField parametrization available to everyone
Available on Github: github.com/palermolab/P...
🚀 Many thanks to @SDSC_UCSD and @HPCwire for highlighting our work using @NSF supercomputers to uncover how “jumping genes” can transform #GeneEditing technologies!
www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...
#Supercomputing #HPC #CRISPR #RNA #CompChem
www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...
#Supercomputing #HPC #CRISPR #RNA #CompChem
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚀 Many thanks to @SDSC_UCSD and @HPCwire for highlighting our work using @NSF supercomputers to uncover how “jumping genes” can transform #GeneEditing technologies!
www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...
#Supercomputing #HPC #CRISPR #RNA #CompChem
www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...
#Supercomputing #HPC #CRISPR #RNA #CompChem
✨Best way to end the week! Just learned from Kevin Freedman @ucriverside.bsky.social that, at the end of the exam, students in his Dynamics of Biological Systems class draw their favorite professor.
Guess who got picked...
♥️♥️♥️
#biophysics #TeachingJoy #STEM #LoveScience
Guess who got picked...
♥️♥️♥️
#biophysics #TeachingJoy #STEM #LoveScience
August 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
✨Best way to end the week! Just learned from Kevin Freedman @ucriverside.bsky.social that, at the end of the exam, students in his Dynamics of Biological Systems class draw their favorite professor.
Guess who got picked...
♥️♥️♥️
#biophysics #TeachingJoy #STEM #LoveScience
Guess who got picked...
♥️♥️♥️
#biophysics #TeachingJoy #STEM #LoveScience
🚀New from our lab @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social!
We reveal a cryptic metal binding pocket that dinamically forms in #CRISPR-Cas9 and regulates the metal-dependent activity of #Cas9.
#MarkovModels & #QuantumChemistry corroborated by biochem & #NMR experiments.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We reveal a cryptic metal binding pocket that dinamically forms in #CRISPR-Cas9 and regulates the metal-dependent activity of #Cas9.
#MarkovModels & #QuantumChemistry corroborated by biochem & #NMR experiments.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🚀New from our lab @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social!
We reveal a cryptic metal binding pocket that dinamically forms in #CRISPR-Cas9 and regulates the metal-dependent activity of #Cas9.
#MarkovModels & #QuantumChemistry corroborated by biochem & #NMR experiments.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We reveal a cryptic metal binding pocket that dinamically forms in #CRISPR-Cas9 and regulates the metal-dependent activity of #Cas9.
#MarkovModels & #QuantumChemistry corroborated by biochem & #NMR experiments.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New from our lab!
🚀 ParametrizANI - a #NeuralNetworks tool for molecular parametrization.
Predicts potential energy surfaces with near-DFT/CC accuracy, at a fraction of the computational cost!
#AI #QuantumChemistry #CompChem #ML 🤖
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Try it:
github.com/palermolab/P...
🚀 ParametrizANI - a #NeuralNetworks tool for molecular parametrization.
Predicts potential energy surfaces with near-DFT/CC accuracy, at a fraction of the computational cost!
#AI #QuantumChemistry #CompChem #ML 🤖
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Try it:
github.com/palermolab/P...
GitHub - palermolab/ParametrizANI: ParametrizANI - Fast, Accurate and Free Dihedral Parametrization in the Cloud with TorchANI
ParametrizANI - Fast, Accurate and Free Dihedral Parametrization in the Cloud with TorchANI - palermolab/ParametrizANI
github.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New from our lab!
🚀 ParametrizANI - a #NeuralNetworks tool for molecular parametrization.
Predicts potential energy surfaces with near-DFT/CC accuracy, at a fraction of the computational cost!
#AI #QuantumChemistry #CompChem #ML 🤖
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Try it:
github.com/palermolab/P...
🚀 ParametrizANI - a #NeuralNetworks tool for molecular parametrization.
Predicts potential energy surfaces with near-DFT/CC accuracy, at a fraction of the computational cost!
#AI #QuantumChemistry #CompChem #ML 🤖
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Try it:
github.com/palermolab/P...
So exciting to be @proteinsociety.bsky.social meeting with my lab!
June 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So exciting to be @proteinsociety.bsky.social meeting with my lab!
🔬🧬 Excited to be at the @proteinsociety.bsky.social meeting in SF! Curious how #NeuralNetworks can decode biomolecular mechanisms? Don’t miss the poster by ChinmaiPindi and AmunPatel ! #Proteins #AI #CRISPR #DNA
June 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🔬🧬 Excited to be at the @proteinsociety.bsky.social meeting in SF! Curious how #NeuralNetworks can decode biomolecular mechanisms? Don’t miss the poster by ChinmaiPindi and AmunPatel ! #Proteins #AI #CRISPR #DNA
New study @biorxivpreprint
We revea, how TnsC filaments form and grow in #CRISPR-associated transposons using #FreeEnergy sims & introduce #DeepLearning-based Graph Attention Networks for decoding biomolecular systems!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#GNN #MolecularDynamics #StructuralBiology
We revea, how TnsC filaments form and grow in #CRISPR-associated transposons using #FreeEnergy sims & introduce #DeepLearning-based Graph Attention Networks for decoding biomolecular systems!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#GNN #MolecularDynamics #StructuralBiology
June 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New study @biorxivpreprint
We revea, how TnsC filaments form and grow in #CRISPR-associated transposons using #FreeEnergy sims & introduce #DeepLearning-based Graph Attention Networks for decoding biomolecular systems!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#GNN #MolecularDynamics #StructuralBiology
We revea, how TnsC filaments form and grow in #CRISPR-associated transposons using #FreeEnergy sims & introduce #DeepLearning-based Graph Attention Networks for decoding biomolecular systems!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#GNN #MolecularDynamics #StructuralBiology
New paper from our lab just out @pnas.org! 🚀
Using free energy simulations, #AIphaFold and #cryoEM refinement, we uncovered a key conformational change in a paradigm-shifting #CRISPR-associated #transposon capable of precise gene knock-ins. 🔍🧬
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Using free energy simulations, #AIphaFold and #cryoEM refinement, we uncovered a key conformational change in a paradigm-shifting #CRISPR-associated #transposon capable of precise gene knock-ins. 🔍🧬
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
April 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New paper from our lab just out @pnas.org! 🚀
Using free energy simulations, #AIphaFold and #cryoEM refinement, we uncovered a key conformational change in a paradigm-shifting #CRISPR-associated #transposon capable of precise gene knock-ins. 🔍🧬
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Using free energy simulations, #AIphaFold and #cryoEM refinement, we uncovered a key conformational change in a paradigm-shifting #CRISPR-associated #transposon capable of precise gene knock-ins. 🔍🧬
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Thrilled to join #ACSSpring2025 and meet my friends! Don't miss my talk on how #AI & #EnhancedSampling can describe gene editing & refine #cryoEM maps. We’ll be presenting our latest research on #CRISPR-associated transposon systems + other exciting advancements! #compchem #RNA
#compchem #RNA
#compchem #RNA
March 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thrilled to join #ACSSpring2025 and meet my friends! Don't miss my talk on how #AI & #EnhancedSampling can describe gene editing & refine #cryoEM maps. We’ll be presenting our latest research on #CRISPR-associated transposon systems + other exciting advancements! #compchem #RNA
#compchem #RNA
#compchem #RNA
Reposted by Giulia Palermo
#BPS2025 waiting for the national lecture 🥳 @giuliapalermo.bsky.social @labvanni.bsky.social @sriraksha.bsky.social @sesamedusa.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
#BPS2025 waiting for the national lecture 🥳 @giuliapalermo.bsky.social @labvanni.bsky.social @sriraksha.bsky.social @sesamedusa.bsky.social
🚀 Exciting new poster from our lab at #BPS2025!
🧬 @Ahsan09966804 showcases how #MolecularDynamics & #AI can enhance #CryoEM map refinement.
📍 Catch it at Board 18 (1824-Pos) today, don’t miss out! #Biophysics #CompBio
🧬 @Ahsan09966804 showcases how #MolecularDynamics & #AI can enhance #CryoEM map refinement.
📍 Catch it at Board 18 (1824-Pos) today, don’t miss out! #Biophysics #CompBio
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🚀 Exciting new poster from our lab at #BPS2025!
🧬 @Ahsan09966804 showcases how #MolecularDynamics & #AI can enhance #CryoEM map refinement.
📍 Catch it at Board 18 (1824-Pos) today, don’t miss out! #Biophysics #CompBio
🧬 @Ahsan09966804 showcases how #MolecularDynamics & #AI can enhance #CryoEM map refinement.
📍 Catch it at Board 18 (1824-Pos) today, don’t miss out! #Biophysics #CompBio
Carolina Sarto @carosarto.bsky.social, a brilliant student from the University of Buenos Aires, will be presenting her work on #RNA synthesis in #DengueVirus🦠 at #BPS2025.
Don’t miss her poster today L3074-Pos (LB13). She’s looking for a postdoc, and I have no doubt she’ll thrive!
Don’t miss her poster today L3074-Pos (LB13). She’s looking for a postdoc, and I have no doubt she’ll thrive!
February 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Carolina Sarto @carosarto.bsky.social, a brilliant student from the University of Buenos Aires, will be presenting her work on #RNA synthesis in #DengueVirus🦠 at #BPS2025.
Don’t miss her poster today L3074-Pos (LB13). She’s looking for a postdoc, and I have no doubt she’ll thrive!
Don’t miss her poster today L3074-Pos (LB13). She’s looking for a postdoc, and I have no doubt she’ll thrive!
Excited to be at #BPS2025! 🚀 Our lab is contributing to the #cryoEM symposium, showcasing how computational methods and AI are revolutionizing cryo-EM analysis. See you there! 🔬💡 #Biophysics #AI
Read our papers to know more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read our papers to know more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Excited to be at #BPS2025! 🚀 Our lab is contributing to the #cryoEM symposium, showcasing how computational methods and AI are revolutionizing cryo-EM analysis. See you there! 🔬💡 #Biophysics #AI
Read our papers to know more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read our papers to know more:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New paper from our lab @elife.bsky.social . We show how #DirectedEvolution reshaped #CRISPR for expanding DNA recongition.
This is work by Kazi Hossain, an incredibly talented student visiting my lab from the Czub lab, now in Orozco's lab & Lukasz Nierzwicki.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is work by Kazi Hossain, an incredibly talented student visiting my lab from the Czub lab, now in Orozco's lab & Lukasz Nierzwicki.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
February 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
New paper from our lab @elife.bsky.social . We show how #DirectedEvolution reshaped #CRISPR for expanding DNA recongition.
This is work by Kazi Hossain, an incredibly talented student visiting my lab from the Czub lab, now in Orozco's lab & Lukasz Nierzwicki.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is work by Kazi Hossain, an incredibly talented student visiting my lab from the Czub lab, now in Orozco's lab & Lukasz Nierzwicki.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
New paper from our lab @naturecomms.bsky.social!
We reveal the dynamics and mechanism of target DNA traversal in #CRISPR Cas12a, a conundrum in the field!
nature.com/articles/s41...
#compchem
We thank the amazing #HPC resources of PSC #Anton2 and SDSC
We reveal the dynamics and mechanism of target DNA traversal in #CRISPR Cas12a, a conundrum in the field!
nature.com/articles/s41...
#compchem
We thank the amazing #HPC resources of PSC #Anton2 and SDSC
February 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New paper from our lab @naturecomms.bsky.social!
We reveal the dynamics and mechanism of target DNA traversal in #CRISPR Cas12a, a conundrum in the field!
nature.com/articles/s41...
#compchem
We thank the amazing #HPC resources of PSC #Anton2 and SDSC
We reveal the dynamics and mechanism of target DNA traversal in #CRISPR Cas12a, a conundrum in the field!
nature.com/articles/s41...
#compchem
We thank the amazing #HPC resources of PSC #Anton2 and SDSC
Do you want to know why #ABE 8e is the most efficient adenine base editor? Read our paper with the amazing
Audrey Lapinaite!
@narjournal.bsky.social
The dimerization of TadA8e and its exclusive interactions with #CRISPR Cas9 boost #BaseEditing efficiency!
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Audrey Lapinaite!
@narjournal.bsky.social
The dimerization of TadA8e and its exclusive interactions with #CRISPR Cas9 boost #BaseEditing efficiency!
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Dimerization of the deaminase domain and locking interactions with Cas9 boost base editing efficiency in ABE8e
Abstract. CRISPR-based DNA adenine base editors (ABEs) hold remarkable promises to address human genetic diseases caused by point mutations. ABEs were deve
academic.oup.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do you want to know why #ABE 8e is the most efficient adenine base editor? Read our paper with the amazing
Audrey Lapinaite!
@narjournal.bsky.social
The dimerization of TadA8e and its exclusive interactions with #CRISPR Cas9 boost #BaseEditing efficiency!
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Audrey Lapinaite!
@narjournal.bsky.social
The dimerization of TadA8e and its exclusive interactions with #CRISPR Cas9 boost #BaseEditing efficiency!
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Happy Bluesky! Nel blu dipinto di blu 🩵🩵🩵
February 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Happy Bluesky! Nel blu dipinto di blu 🩵🩵🩵