{"id":32276,"date":"2023-04-28T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=32276"},"modified":"2025-04-28T17:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:41:40","slug":"nnlm-discovery-episode-9-molecular-transformers-switching-form-and-function-a-conversation-with-dr-lauren-porter","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/nnlm-discovery-episode-9-molecular-transformers-switching-form-and-function-a-conversation-with-dr-lauren-porter\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecular \u201cTransformers\u201d Switching Form and Function &#8211; A Conversation with Dr. Lauren Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/04\/Capture-222.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32279\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/04\/Capture-222-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/04\/Capture-222-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/04\/Capture-222-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/04\/Capture-222-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/04\/Capture-222.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do proteins and Transformers have in common?\u00a0 Yes we\u2019re talking about the Optimus Prime and his fellow autonomous robotic life forms originating from the artificial planetoid Cybertron\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In this special episode of NNLM Discovery, we have partnered with the NIH <a href=\"https:\/\/irp.nih.gov\/podcast\"><em>Speaking of Science<\/em> podcast<\/a> to bring you the story of a special NLM researcher, Dr. Lauren Porter, a Stadtman investigator jointly appointed at the National Library of Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, who is helping redefine the way we understand how proteins behave.<\/p>\n<p>She is looking at a new class of proteins that can change their structure and function much like the famous Transformer robots that morph into different machines. Understanding how these proteins switch their shape could help scientists understand the molecular basis of certain diseases like cancer and Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IeX5ebadgiA\">here<\/a> to watch a video about Dr. Lauren Porter\u2019s work on the NLM YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/irp.nih.gov\/podcast\/2022\/02\/dr-lauren-porter-molecular-transformers-switching-form-and-function\">here<\/a> to listen to the complete episode from the NIH <em>Speaking of Science<\/em> podcast about Dr. Lauren Porter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do proteins and Transformers have in common?\u00a0 Yes we\u2019re talking about the Optimus Prime and his fellow autonomous robotic life forms originating from the artificial planetoid Cybertron\u2026 In this special episode of NNLM Discovery, we have partnered with the NIH Speaking of Science podcast to bring you the story of a special NLM researcher,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/nnlm-discovery-episode-9-molecular-transformers-switching-form-and-function-a-conversation-with-dr-lauren-porter\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,40,9,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32276","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-community-collegeacademic-libraries","category-health-interest","category-health-sciences-libraries","category-public-k12","category-all-members"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32292,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32276\/revisions\/32292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}