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The Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center will host an advanced cryo-EM image processing workshop.

News Brief

Wheat and other sources of gluten can spell trouble for people with the disease, but new findings could aid the development of first-ever drugs...

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It is a mystery how the earliest organisms on earth evolved the means to thrive, grow and reproduce under the sparse conditions of the...

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Register to watch in person in the Kavli Auditorium, or watch the lecture live on our YouTube page. Plants supply us with food, clothing...

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SLAC Deputy Director for Science and Technology Alberto Salleo's lab at Stanford is creating artificial synapses to replicate the brain’s efficiency and learning capacity...

Alberto Salleo and graduate student Scott Keene in the lab

Feature

SLAC and Stanford scientists used it to zoom in on an iconic RNA catalyst and a piece of viral RNA that’s a potential target...

A high-res 3D ribbon diagram showing the structure of part of an RNA molecule

Past Event

Presented by Franklin Fuller. Over billions of years, plants and cyanobacteria changed the Earth’s atmosphere by inhaling carbon dioxide, storing the carbon in solid...

SLAC Experts

Areas of research: Science of life; cryo-EM; bioimaging; RNA structure; cryo-ET of neuronal cells; atomic-resolution cryo-EM; pandemic-related structures

Photo of Professor Wah Chui with a cryo-electron micrcoscope

SLAC Science Explained

Taking pictures of tiny, flash-frozen things with electrons is revolutionizing biology and technology. SLAC and Stanford host one of the world’s leading facilities for...

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SLAC is uniquely equipped to study viruses like SARS-CoV-2; in fact, we’ve been doing it for decades. This news collection gathers the latest information on COVID-19 research at SLAC.

A photo-collage featuring a technician at SLAC's cryo-EM facilities.

News Release

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding.

A pom-pom like object with curly tangles in purple and blue shades and yellow tangles at center, reminiscent of a zinnia blossom.

Past Event

Presented by Peter D. Dahlberg. Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale.

Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) Image Processing Workshop

SLAC and Stanford researchers advance understanding of a key celiac enzyme

Primordial Pathway: A Legacy of Ancient Life on Earth

Microbes Mining Minerals: A New Route to Plant Cultivation

One surprising fact about the human brain

A fast, accurate system for quickly solving stubborn RNA structures from pond scum, the SARS-CoV-2 virus and more

Photosynthesis: How Plants Build the Air We Breathe – Atom by Atom

Wah Chiu

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM): amazing views of life’s machinery

COVID-19

SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

What in the cell is going on?