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active: 2015-12-07 → 2026-06-30

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Mapping bacteriophages

SBGrid member Mihnea Bostina helps to uncover the first high-resolution, head-to-tail structural map of a Felixounavirus bacteriophage.

Nov 30, 2025 · 2 min read · 50 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #bacteriophages

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Promising small molecule may help with sudden cardiac death

SBGrid Member Chuck Sanders reports on a small molecule that may change the trajectory of LQTS intervention research.

Jan 29, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #lqt

Promising small molecule may help with sudden cardiac death

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New insights into how antibodies regulate GPCR signaling

SBGrid member Andew Kruse from Harvard Medical School, explores the use of engineered antibodies, called nanobodies, to enhance targeting…

May 30, 2024 · 2 min read · 1 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #gpcr

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Drugging the Undruggable

Dhirendra Simanshu

Jun 30, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #pancreatic-cancer

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Structure-guided Antibiotics

Andrés Palencia of National Institute of Health and Medical Reserves works to develop drugs to combat drug-resistant bacteria and…

Mar 29, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #tuberculosis

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The Stories Antibodies Tell

Jean-Philippe Julien from The Hospital for Sick Children interrogate antibodies that arise from natural infections and vaccine trials.

Jan 28, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #malaria

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How signals move through the brain

SBGrid member Edward Twomey characterizes structural features of the AMPA-subtype glutamate receptor GluA4 subunit.

Feb 26, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #ampar

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Understanding how positive allosteric modulators regulate metabotropic glutamate receptors

SBGrid member Joshua Levitz and colleagues examine how PAMs improve the function and internalization of mGluRs.

Aug 27, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #mglur

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Not Too Cold, Just Right!

This publication highlight is part of the SBGrid Communities Project focused on science education and demonstrating how structural biology…

May 28, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #temperature

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Kicking Arsenic to the Curb

This publication highlight is part of the SBGrid Communities Project focused on science education and demonstrating how structural biology…

Jun 29, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #toxins

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Molecular Proofreading: Mechanisms of Enzyme Binding

SBGrid member Jochen Zimmer describes the two-step mechanism CvHAS uses to navigate the balance between substrate specificity and…

Apr 28, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #cryoem #degeneracy #binding

Molecular Proofreading: Mechanisms of Enzyme Binding

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Could Treatment Inform Prevention? bNAB-Based Vaccines For People Living with HIV

This publication highlight is part of the SBGrid Communities Project focused on science education and demonstrating how structural biology…

Jun 29, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #hiv

Could Treatment Inform Prevention? bNAB-Based Vaccines For People Living with HIV

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How proteins work together to support our vision

SBGrid member Antonia Roll-Mecak analyzes the structure of the RPGR-TTLL5 complex to understand the pathomechanism of retititis pigmentosa.

Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #cytoskeleton

How proteins work together to support our vision

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Uncovering a Lung-to-Brain Pathway for Nicotine-Induced Neural Stress

This publication highlight is part of the SBGrid Communities Project focused on science education and demonstrating how structural biology…

May 28, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #smoking

Uncovering a Lung-to-Brain Pathway for Nicotine-Induced Neural Stress

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Getting rid of arsenic

SBGrid member William Clemons Jr. looks at how the ArsA enzyme reshapes itself to capture and expel toxic arsenic.

Sep 28, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #atpase

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Electric Bacteria: Biological “Power Cords”

SBGrid member Fengbin (Jerry) Wang of University describes their use of CryoEM to identify the biological “power cords” bacteria use.

Feb 26, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #cryoem

Electric Bacteria: Biological “Power Cords”

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Hidden in the muscle: The structure of myosin

SBGrid member Ivan Rayment and other researchers worked to elucidate the structure of the myosin rod by dividing it into smaller protein…

Dec 07, 2015 · 1 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #myosin

Hidden in the muscle: The structure of myosin

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Finding the Achilles heel: HIV-1 virus-cell entry machinery new target for development of HIV…

SBGrid member Peter Kwong and other researchers have been working to determine an epitope on the HIV viral transfusion machinery to which…

May 26, 2016 · 1 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #biomedical-research

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The movement of T cells

SBGrid member Timothy Springer and other researchers have been working to better understand how actin polymerization plays a role in…

Nov 26, 2016 · 1 min read · 0 claps #sbgrid #structural-biology #actin