Close-up, head-on shot of a mosquito perched on pale human skin

Scent of a Human

Researcher probes mysteries of smell through disease-carrying insects

SARS-CoV-2 particle in gray with spikes studding surface in red, against a black background

Unwanted Stability

Sturdier spikes may explain SARS-CoV-2 variants’ faster spread

Magnified image of a spherical cell with many protrusions on its surface, colored blue-green

B Side

Sharp images of immune protein pair promise to guide drug design

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Inner Workings

Harvard Cryo-EM Center helps researchers transform biomedical research, one structure at a time

Illustration shows a ring, side-on, with 9 columns in green, and other vertebrae-like studs in pink, blue and beige

Skeleton Key

Researchers reveal structures of skeletal components in hair-like cilia

An illustration of B-Raf's structure rotates in front of a cryo-EM field of the proteins

Caught in the Act

First snapshots of cancer protein B-Raf illuminate basic biology, drug design

18 square microscopy images of curly protein in different orientations

Swell Snapshots

First sharp images reveal structure of key inflammatory protein

A New Era

A New Era

Inaugural symposium lauds Harvard’s new cryo-EM center for structural biology

3-D depiction of the gasdermin pore

Guardians of the Ring

Researchers reveal structure of protein involved in inflammatory diseases

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