Bioimaging

Researchers with the Doudna group used SSRL to uncover how viruses use special enzymes to evade a host's defenses. 

His visit highlighted the breadth of our world-class research and the people and collaborations that make it possible. A key theme of the day: how SLAC and the National Labs are advancing AI to accelerate discovery.

Oxidizing chemicals break this cellular power plant into useless bits, leading to  Parkinson’s disease, ALS, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. A small molecule could block the process.

Cryogenic electron microscopy showed for the first time that large RNA complexes can assemble without the help of proteins. 

The new findings highlight the need for ongoing monitoring of H5N1’s evolution in nature. 

Researchers found a protein that's essential for an enterovirus to enter human cells. That could help the search for vaccines and treatments. 

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 for the autoimmune disorder.

Researchers figured out how to spray and freeze a cell sample in its natural state in milliseconds, helping them capture basic biological processes in unprecedented detail.

Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections.

Scientists developed a new method to unlock the secrets of RNA. The implications are wide-reaching, from better understanding diseases to designing new therapeutics. 

Peter Dahlberg has combined two complex imaging techniques into one. The 2021 Panofsky Fellow adds cryo-ET and biosensors to fluorescence microscopy to give context to high-resolution images of individual proteins in cells.

With up to a million X-ray flashes per second, 8,000 times more than its predecessor, it transforms the ability of scientists to explore atomic-scale, ultrafast phenomena that are key to a broad range of applications, from quantum materials to clean...