Cryo-Electron Microscopy Achieves Unprecedented Resolution Using New Computational Methods
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 13:51
in Physics & Chemistry
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)--which enables the visualization of viruses, proteins, and other biological structures at the molecular level--is a critical tool used to advance biochemical knowledge. Now Berkeley Lab researchers have extended cryo-EM's impact further by developing a new computational algorithm instrumental in constructing a 3-D atomic-scale model of bacteriophage P22 for the first time.