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European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching

European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching

23.02.2012
Biochemistry, Structural Biology
The Weizmann Institute is one of seven Instruct Core Centres
Experiments revealed multiple possible “paths” through a protein’s folding landscape

Protein Folding Makes Tracks

14.11.2011
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Structural Biology
How does a protein fold? Institute scientists count the ways
Levodopa in the active site of mitochondrial Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase. The lattice is the observed electron density corresponding to the L-Dopa

A Case of Mistaken Identity

04.10.2011
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
An accidental substitution in a new protein strand can spell disaster
Untitled (installation #3), from the Crystal Habit series | Assaf Evron. Archival inkjet print, 2010

Trojan Horse Ride

13.09.2011
Viruses & Microorganisms, Structural Biology
When a mimivirus forcibly ejects its genetic material into a cell, it sends along building materials to make a “virus factory”
(l-r) Dr. Benjamin Friedrich, Prof. Samuel Safran, Dr. Yair Shokef and Elon Langbeheim. Looking underneath

Just Stiff Enough

26.04.2011
Stem Cells, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Developing cells “feel” what is underneath and take shape accordingly
Engineered Enzyme Protects against Nerve Gas

Engineered Enzyme Protects against Nerve Gas

22.02.2011
Biochemistry, Structural Biology
“Natural selection” in a test tube improves the enzyme efficiency by a factor of thousands
Scanning electron microscope images of guanine plates from a silver spider. Arrow on top points to sandwich-like structure with amorphous guanine filling between two guanine crystals

Why Fish Scales Shine

01.02.2011
Space & Physics, Structural Biology
A normally dull white material becomes a silvery reflecting surface under the right conditions
Distribution of skeletal proteins in an artificial membrane resembling a long bacteria: The spontaneous curvature of the proteins (purple) drives them to move together to form rings that coalesce, increasingly constricting the membrane

A Prize for Crossing Boundaries

01.05.2010
Space & Physics, Structural Biology
"Multidisciplinary research" takes on new meaning in one student's work  
Prof. Ada Yonath

Looking Forward to deciphering the secrets of protein manufacture

01.11.2009
Structural Biology
Prof. Ada Yonath: "Ribosomes are the essence of life. In the future, we would like to understand how the very first ribosomes came into being."  
Sea urchin digging teeth are designed to stay sharp

Sea urchin digging teeth are designed to stay sharp

04.05.2009
Structural Biology
Sea urchins dig themselves hiding holes in the limestone of the ocean floor using teeth that don’t go blunt. Weizmann Institute scientists have now...

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