Microscope Hardware Improvements for Single Particle CryoEM

  • Date: Sep 2, 2021
  • Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ka Man Yip
  • present position: Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
  • Location: web-talk
  • Room: Zoom-Meeting
  • Host: Max Planck BioImaging Core Unit Network - Spotlight Talks
Microscope Hardware Improvements for Single Particle CryoEM
Meeting ID: 917 5931 1312 Passcode: 647064

Ka Man Yip will talk about the following topic

Microscope Hardware Improvements for Single Particle CryoEM

Novel technique developed by Max Planck researchers in Göttingen visualizes individual atoms in a protein with cryo-electron microscopy for the first time

A crucial resolution barrier in cryo-electron microscopy has been broken. Holger Stark and his team at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry have observed single atoms in a protein structure for the first time and have taken the sharpest images ever with this method. Such unprecedented details are essential to understand how proteins perform their work in the living cell or cause diseases. The technique can in future also be used to develop active compounds for new drugs.

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