Specimen movement reduces the quality of structural data produced by cryo-EM. Chris Russo’s group presents a physical theory for the causes of this movement, and creates a new specimen support that eliminates it.
Freezing molecules completely still for cryo-EM
Patrick Chitwood wins the Birnstiel Award
Patrick was nominated for making a “fundamental discovery of broad importance and impact” in his doctoral research on membrane proteins, while in Manu Hegde’s group.
Telling the tale of tangled tau in Alzheimer’s disease
A film about the work of Michel Goedert’s and Sjors Scheres’ groups on the structures of tau filaments in disease is the first in a series of short films about the LMB.
RNA Society Spotlight on LMB postdoc Jailson Brito Querido
This month’s RNA Society Spotlight features Jailson Brito Querido, a postdoctoral researcher in Venki Ramakrishnan’s group. Jailson describes how he became interested in RNA biology, why he wanted to come to the LMB, and who his scientific hero is. More…
Julian Gough wins Academic Entrepreneur of the Year award
Julian Gough has been named the Cambridge Enterprise Academic Entrepreneur of the Year for his work with Mogrify.
Structural clues for influenza virus assembly and disassembly
John Briggs’ group has uncovered the atomic structure of M1 matrix proteins, and their ordered arrangement within the influenza A virus, suggesting mechanisms for two critical processes in the infection cycle.