Susann Meyer

21.10.2020

The cartoon illustration shows a part of the apoferritin protein (yellow) with a tyrosine side chain highlighted in grey. The amino acid tyrosine consists of several atoms that are individually recognizable in the structure (red grid structures).
© Holger Stark / MPI-BPC

21.10.2020

World record resolution in cryo electron microscopy

Holger Stark and his team at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry have broken a crucial resolution barrier in cryo electron microscopy. The scientists succeeded in observing single […]

20.10.2020

Cells cultured in the laboratory (cyan). Artificial viruses that mimic SARS-CoV-2 (magenta) infect the cells via ACE2 and neuropilin-1. Source: DZNE/ Liliana Pedro-Domingues

20.10.2020

Coronavirus: Study finds further door opener into the cell

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is known to infect cells via the receptor ACE2. An international research team under German-Finnish coordination has now identified neuropilin-1 as a factor that can facilitate SARS-CoV-2 […]

20.10.2020

Neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and infectivity

Cantuti-Castelvetri L, Ojha R, Pedro LD, Djannatian M, Franz J, Kuivanen S, van der Meer F, Kallio K, Kaya T, Anastasina M, Smura T, Levanov L, Szirovicza L, Tobi A, Kallio-Kokko H, Österlund P, Joensuu M, Meunier FA, Butcher SJ, Winkler MS, Mollenhauer B, Helenius A, Gokce O, Teesalu T, Hepojoki J, Vapalahti O, Stadelmann C, Balistreri G, Simons M

19.10.2020