Structural basis of cell division and energy metabolism

In recent years, cryo-electron microscopy has been proven to be an extremely powerful tool to obtain unprecedented high-resolution information of particular challenging protein targets, such as large macro-molecular machines or membrane proteins, many of which seemed inaccessible to structural studies only a few years ago. Technological advances including commercially available direct electron detector (DED) in combination with the development of new computational algorithms have revolutionized the field of cryo-electron microscopy and structural biology in general. Recently published structures of putative pharmaceutical targets have emphasized the potential of cryo-electron microscopy for structure-based drug design.

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Andreas BOLAND, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Geneva
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sc3 2034
30, quai Ernest-Ansermet
CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 379 61 27
Fax: +41 22 379 68 68
E-mail: Andreas.Boland@unige.ch

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