
The Cell Wall - iBiology - by Siobhan Braybrook
DOE IGP Faculty Member Siobhan Braybrook hosts videos at iBiology…

Methanospirillum hungatei cells and flagella structure
The archaeal motility structure (flagellum /archaellum)
During…

Genome-wide transcriptomics in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during day-night cycles reveals new metabolic patterns in light and stress response (Merchant lab)
A day in the life of Chlamydomonas
The unicellular green alga…

Development of a new enzyme reagent that labels proteins with peptides via a specific lysine-isopeptide bond at high yield (Clubb lab)
Proteins that are site-specifically modified with peptides and…

New method to create stable enzyme coated B. subtilis cells for biotechnological applications.
Microbes engineered to display heterologous proteins could be…

Near-atomic cryo-EM imaging of a small protein displayed on a designed scaffolding system
Significance
New electron microscopy (EM) methods are making…

Atomic structures of low-complexity protein segments reveal kinked β sheets that assemble networks
Interactions of LARKS protein domains
More than 1500 human proteins…

Low-complexity domains adhere by reversible amyloid-like interactions between kinked β-sheets
Control of metabolism by compartmentation is a widespread feature…

Structure-based inhibitors of tau aggregation
Published in Nature Chemistry
Aggregated tau protein is associated…

Protocols for some Crystallization Stock Solutions
Dan Anderson
We have our own water machine to make HPLC…

How to Prepare Heavy Atom Derivatives with Dimethyl Mercury and Tetraethyl Lead
How to Prepare Heavy Atom Derivatives with Dimethyl Mercury and…

De novo phasing with X-ray laser reveals mosquito larvicide BinAB structure
Publication in Nature, view here
Abstract
BinAB is a naturally…

UCLA-DOE PI's visit the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
UCLA-DOE PI's visit the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory…

Eisenberg lab produces Ab Initio protein structure from prion nanocrystals at atomic resolution by MicroED
We illustrate a method to access the long unrealized potential…

Todd Yeates work highlighted in Science
Todd Yeates lab published in Science and highlighted on the…

UCLA CORES
UCLA Core Technology Centers have created a new database of campus…

UCLA Scientists Test New Strategy That Could Help Fight Ovarian Cancer
Approach borrows from technique of inhibiting protein…

Uncovering the Mechanism of Aggregation of Human Transthyretin
Published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the work of…

Professor David Eisenberg was awarded the Legacy Award at the 2nd Annual UCLA Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) Awards Dinner on November 12th.
The Legacy Award honors outstanding MBI faculty mentors who…

2015 Postdoctoral Awardees
Three Postdocs from MBI Labs were recipients of the 2015 Postdoc…