Group leader, EMBL Heidelberg
Appears in 2 stories
Led the study; heads cryo-ET research on gene expression in minimal cells
For decades, structural biologists had to purify molecules before they could image them. The ribosome's structure was solved from isolated particles, frozen in test tubes. Two papers in Cell now show the same machinery at work inside intact bacterial cells, exposing coordination that was only theorized before.
Updated 3 hours ago
For forty years, the bacterial protein transport channel — the Sec translocon — was studied as an isolated molecule, purified out of cells and pinned in crystals. A new study watched the whole machine work inside a living bacterium and found it hitched to a dome-shaped folding chamber nobody had seen before.
No stories match your search
Try a different keyword
How would you like to describe your experience with the app today?
