Scientists uncover for the first time how the body's energy makers are made using Cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) at eBIC within Diamond which is based in Oxfordshire.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 18, 2021
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A new method has enabled the natural structure of particularly large and complex enzymes to be revealed. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and TU Berlin have published their findings in the journal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 10, 2021
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Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) allows scientists to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional images of tiny molecules such as proteins. This technique works best for imaging proteins that exist in only one conformation, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 04, 2021
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How do molecules involved in activating our immune system discriminate between our own DNA and foreign pathogens? Researchers from the Thomä group, in collaboration with the EPFL, deciphered the structural and functional ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 26, 2020
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What does the defense against bacterial infections have in common with hearing or fertilization? Key players in these and many other crucial biological processes belong to a large family of extracellular proteins using a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 16, 2020
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Holger Stark from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and his team have broken a crucial resolution barrier in cryo electron microscopy. For the first time, his group succeeded in observing individual ...
General Physics
Oct 22, 2020
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We've all seen that moment in a cop TV show where a detective is reviewing grainy, low-resolution security footage, spots a person of interest on the tape, and nonchalantly asks a CSI technician to "enhance that." A few keyboard ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 08, 2020
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There are billions of bacteria around us and in our bodies, most of which are harmless or even helpful. But some bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella can cause infections. The ability to swim can help bacteria to seek ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 15, 2020
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Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in advancing our understanding of how bacteria move and perform genetic exchange—that could potentially lead to the development of new antimicrobial drugs.
Cell & Microbiology
May 06, 2020
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How do you capture a cellular process that transpires in the blink of an eye? Biochemists at MIT have devised a way to trap and visualize a vital enzyme at the moment it becomes active—informing drug development and revealing ...
Biochemistry
Mar 31, 2020
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