Discover how new developments in cryo-electron microscopy are set to transform biological imaging by supporting more targeted ...

Scientists at IOCB Prague are uncovering new details of gene transcription. They have identified a previously unknown ...

Adaptor protein (AP) complexes play central roles in intracellular vesicular trafficking by coupling cargo selection to ...

The cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) field exploded in popularity during the 2010s' "resolution revolution." The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and ...

In order to expand access to cutting-edge research technology, the University of California, Santa Cruz, is welcoming institutions in the United States and abroad to use its powerful ...

Particles (encircled in green) are spaced at a distance from the noise surrounding the nanobeads (purple), which would otherwise obscure them. Sample loss has been a persistent problem in cryo-EM, a ...

Structural biology is used to understand the three-dimensional shape of biological molecules and how their shape enables them to function both inside and outside of cells. Furthermore, the ...

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has revolutionalized our understanding of the intricate molecular machinery that governs life. It has elucidated the three-dimensional (3D) structure of biological ...

Most people have witnessed -- or rather smelled -- when a protein enzyme called sulfite reductase works its magic. This enzyme catalyzes the chemical reduction of sulfite to hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen ...