A quick, purification-free method was developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, to capture the detailed 3D structures of flexible sugar molecules. By growing crystals of galectin-10 ...

Protein cages found in nature within microbes help weather its contents from the harsh intracellular environment -- an observation with many bioengineering applications. Researchers recently developed ...

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that ...

Space LiinTech said on the 9th that it successfully completed the automated protein crystallization experiment of the space medicine research module BEE-PC1 conducted on the International Space ...

Down a nondescript hallway in the Weintraub building on the Fred Hutch campus, there is an ordinary-looking side room filled with sparkling crystals. Before you go looking for a ski mask and hatch ...

Many proteins have a complex architecture that enables biological functions. Molecules can bind to specific sites on a protein and alter its function. A team at HZB has now investigated the Nsp1 ...