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
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.