Astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works at the Protein Crystallization Research Facility (PCRF) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. high res (1.6 M) low res ...

Protein crystallization remains a cornerstone in structural biology and drug discovery, as its outcomes directly inform our understanding of protein structure and function. Recent advances have ...

Scientists at Tokyo Tech have developed a new cell-free protein crystallization (CFPC) method that is expected to advance research in structural biology. The technique will enable the analysis of ...

High throughput crystallization techniques are frequently employed to generate the large numbers of high purity protein crystals needed for protein crystallography. These attempt to crystallize ...

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization promoting and managing research on board the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, today ...

Remember science class when you had to grow salt or sugar crystals? Remember how some people would end up with fabulous crystals, while others would end up with--well, not so fabulous crystals, all ...

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization promoting and managing research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, today ...

The new cell-free protein crystallization (CFPC) method developed by Tokyo Tech includes direct protein crystallization and is a major headway in the field of structural biology. This technique will ...

If scientists could give living cells magnetic properties, they could perhaps manipulate cellular activities with external magnetic fields. But previous attempts to magnetize cells by producing ...