Scientists of the Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging develop a new biosensor capable of detecting the transmission of human α-synuclein, a key protein associated to Parkinson’s disease. Published in Nature Communications.

The lab of Dr. Opazo develops new probes from alpaca antibodies (nanobodies) to be used as tools in neurosciences and super-resolution microscopy. The Alpacas Pepe, Atahualpa, James and Castano (l-r), NanoTag Biotechnology GmbH. Photo: Dr. F. Opazo, BIN.