Arron Bale

Arron Bale

PhD Student with Durham University (MoSMed CDT) and Diamond Light Source.

Talks and Presentations

2024

Carbonara: Predicting protein tertiary structure from BioSAXS data.

8th May - SiDur Symposium, Durham University

Annual SiDur symposium for students from mathematics and computer science to share their research. I gave an overview of my project, and highlighted some of the key opportunities for further progress for students to collaborate on.

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Simple topological tools for complex protein folding problems.

8th May - PGR Research Day, Durham University

Annual postgraduate research day for students to share their research. I gave an overview of my project so far, and highlighted some of the key opportunities for further progress for students who may be interested to move into applied mathematics.

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A writhe based approach to realistic protein structure predictions from BioSAXS data and flexible structure comparison.

8th February - BPS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia

I presented a poster at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. This highlighted the developments to our protein structure prediciton software with a focus on attracting new users.

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Using writhe to provide limits on entanglement for protein backbones and identify shared helical domains.

8th January - GEOTOP-A, UADY Merida

GEOTOP-A is a web-seminar series on applications of geometry and topology. I gave an invited talk on my recent publication involving applications of writhe to protein tertiary structure study.

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2023

Applications of writhe to protein structure predictions from BioSAXS data.

July - ISMB/ECCB, Centre de Congrès de Lyon

The ISMB/ECCB is a multidisciplinary forum for disseminating the latest developments in computational tools for data-driven biological research. A poster presenting my work on applications of the writhe to protein structural questions, with some open questions on Roadie geometries.

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Using Writhe to Produce Realistic Protein Structures from BioSAXS data.

16th May - MoSMed Annual Conference, Newcastle University

A talk for students, supervisors, and industry partners of the MoSMed CDT, an interdiscplinary group interested in molecular sciences for medicine. A brief overview of the carbonara software and some of my work in its development.

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2022

Using Writhe to Produce Realistic Protein Structures from BioSAXS data.

25th November - Young Modeller's Forum, Oxford University

A talk for early career researchers in the field of molecular modelling. A brief overview of the carbonara software and some of my work in its development.

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Using Writhe to Produce Realistic Protein Structures from BioSAXS data.

6th September - Workshop on Topological Methods in Mathematical Physics, Majorana Centre

A talk for researchers interested in applications of geometric and topological methods in various fields of modern mathematical physics. A brief overview of the protein structural prediciton problem, and some details of the use of writhe in this area.

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Writhe to Drive: Using entanglement to guide protein structure predictions.

12th July - MoSMed Annual Conference, Durham University

A poster presentation students, supervisors, and industry partners of the MoSMed CDT, an interdiscplinary group interested in molecular sciences for medicine. A brief overview of the applications of writhe to the study of protein structural predictions.

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2021

How to zoom out the Ramachandran constraints for BioSAXS data.

1st September - S4SAS, Diamond Light Source

A poster presentation at a conference for technological advancement, as well as showcasing the current state-of-the-art in data analysis for all users of Small Angle Scattering. My poster detailed some of the earliest work in my PhD, reassessing the Ramachandran constraints to work on the resolution of SAS data, for which I was awarded the Biologal Prize.