Chemotherapy drug taxol reshapes microtubules to switch on a key cell signal
New research shows that taxane chemotherapy drugs expand the microtubule lattice and thereby release the signalling protein GEF-H1, rapidly activating ...
Tag: Cryo-EM
Graphene Reservoirs Bring Precise Ice Thickness Control to Cryo-EM
Researchers have engineered sagging graphene reservoirs that confine liquid films to precise, reproducible nanometer-scale thicknesses, solving a decades-old bottleneck in ...
Ancient Microbe’s Nitrogenase Caught in Action by Cryo-EM Reveals a Giant Off-Switch Supercomplex
The first cryo-EM structure of a native archaeal nitrogenase reveals a giant PII-bridged supercomplex that locks the enzyme inactive until ...
New Microfluidic ‘MISO’ Platform Achieves High-Resolution Cryo-EM Using Minimal Starting Material
In a groundbreaking advancement poised to redefine the landscape of structural biology, scientists at the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology ...
