Anne Bertolotti’s group in the LMB Neurobiology Division have revealed the substrate recruitment mechanism of major phosphatase non-catalytic subunit, PPP1R15B, by using full-length eIF2 and a combination of approaches.
Phosphatase study solves substrate recruitment puzzle
Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy tau filament assembly intermediates revealed by cryo-EM
Time-resolved study of in vitro assembly of truncated tau by the groups of Sjors Scheres and Michel Goedert, from the LMB’s Structural Studies and Neurobiology Divisions, identifies formation of many different disease-specific intermediate amyloid filaments.
Molecular mechanics of mitotic error correction revealed by cryo-EM
Structure of the outer kinetochore bound to microtubules, determined by David Barford’s group in the Structural Studies Division, reveals how phosphorylation regulates mitotic spindle chromosome attachment errors to ensure DNA is equally segregated into two daughter cells.
Discovery of a new amyloid-forming protein in neurodegenerative disease
The discovery of TAF15 amyloid filaments in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration by the group of Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division establishes this protein as a diagnostic and therapeutic target for this neurodegenerative disorder.
Low energy cryo-EM to widen accessibility for fast and accurate structure determination
A collaborative team lead by Chris Russo’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division has developed a new electron cryo-microscope, capable of solving atomic structures at a fraction of the energy and cost of existing models.
First map of wireless communication in the nervous system
The entire wireless neuropeptide signalling network of a whole animal, the nematode worm C. elegans, has been mapped for the first time by William Schafer’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division and collaborators.