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Authors Ghosh S, Oleksiievets N, Enderlein J, Chizhik AI Journal Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Citation J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, XXX, 7356–7362. Abstract Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are nanoparticles that consist of a nanometer-sized core of graphene with diverse chemical groups on its boundary. Due to their advantageous

Authors Cramer P Journal Cell Citation Cell. 2020 Aug 20;182(4):787-789. Abstract Rosalind Franklin provided the key data for deriving the double helix structure of DNA. The English chemist also pioneered structural studies of colloids, viruses, and RNA. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Franklin’s birth, I summarize her work, which

Authors Eckermann M, Frohn J, Reichardt M, Osterhoff M, Sprung M, Westermeier F, Tzankov A, Werlein C, Kuehnel M, Jonigk D, Salditt T Journal Elife Citation eLife 2020;9:e60408. Abstract We present a three-dimensional (3D) approach for virtual histology and histopathology based on multi-scale phase contrast x-ray tomography, and use this

Authors Frohn J, Pinkert-Leetsch D, Missbach-Güntner J, Reichardt M, Osterhoff M, Alves F, Salditt T Journal Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Citation J. Synchrotron Rad. (2020). 27, 1707-1719. Abstract A multiscale three-dimensional (3D) virtual histology approach is presented, based on two configurations of propagation phase-contrast X-ray tomography, which have been implemented

Authors Dijkman PM, Muñoz-García JC, Lavington SR, Kumagai PS, Dos Reis RI, Yin D, Stansfeld PJ, Costa-Filho AJ, Watts A Journal Science Advances Citation Sci Adv. 2020 Aug 14;6(33):eaav8207. Abstract G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest and pharmaceutically most important class of membrane proteins encoded in the human genome,

Authors Pape JK, Stephan T, Balzarotti F, Büchner R, Lange F, Riedel D, Jakobs S, Hell SW Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Citation PNAS, Aug 2020, 202009364. Abstract The mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) is a multisubunit protein complex that is essential for the

Authors Morato Torres CA, Wassouf Z, Zafar F, Sastre D, Outeiro TF, Schüle B Journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences Citation Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(16), 5724. Abstract Neurodevelopmental and late-onset neurodegenerative disorders present as separateentities that are clinically and neuropathologically quite distinct. However, recent evidence hashighlighted surprising commonalities

Authors Salfer M, Collado JF, Baumeister W, Fernández-Busnadiego R, Martínez-Sánchez A Journal PLoS Computational Biology Citation PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 Aug 10;16(8):e1007962. Online ahead of print. Abstract Curvature is a fundamental morphological descriptor of cellular membranes. Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is particularly well-suited to visualize and analyze membrane morphology in a

Authors Koss DJ, Bondarevaite O, Adams S, Leite M, Giorgini F, Attems J, Outeiro TF Journal Brain Pathology Citation Brain Pathol. 2020;10.1111/bpa.12890. Abstract Loss of function mutations within the vesicular trafficking protein Ras analogy in brain 39B (RAB39B) are associated with rare X‐linked Parkinson’s disease (PD). Physiologically, RAB39B is localized

Authors Lubetzki C, Zalc B, Williams A, Stadelmann C, Stankoff B Journal The Lancet. Neurology Citation The Lancet. Neurology. 2020 Aug;19(8):678-688. Abstract The treatment of multiple sclerosis has been transformed by the successful development of immunotherapies that efficiently reduce disease activity and related clinical relapses during the relapsing-remitting phase of