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Breadcrumb Research Topics Structural Biology & Biophysics Close-up of X-ray crystallography equipment in the Structural Biology Science Technology Platform. Toggle to view hero caption Research groups Joerg Albert Mosquito Hearing and Vector Control Laboratory David Balchin Protein Biogenesis Laboratory Paul Bates Biomolecular Modelling Laboratory Mike Blackman Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory Paula Booth Membrane Protein Folding laboratory Luiz Pedro Carvalho Mycobacterial Metabolism and Antibiotic Research Laboratory Peter Cherepanov Chromatin Structure and Mobile DNA Laboratory Alessandro Costa Macromolecular Machines Laboratory Erika Alden DeBenedictis Biodesign Laboratory John Diffley Chromosome Replication Laboratory Alberto Elosegui Artola Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology Laboratory Radoslav Enchev Visual Biochemistry Laboratory Fermentation Fabian Fröhlich Dynamics of Living Systems Laboratory Steve Gamblin Structural Biology of Disease Processes Laboratory Sergi Garcia Manyes Single Molecule Mechanobiology Laboratory Zena Hadjivasiliou Mathematical and Physical Biology Laboratory Jeannine Hess Biological Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Neil McDonald Signalling and Structural Biology Laboratory Charlie McTernan Artificial Molecular Machinery Laboratory Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Science Technology Platforms Chemical Biology Proteomics Structural Biology IntroDetermining the shape, structure and activity of large biomolecules - and how they assemble into larger structures - can reveal how they carry out the complex biological processes at work in our cells and tissues. Related content Shaping science | How cryoEM has shaped the way the Crick does science Type: Feature 17 August 2022 Body building at the Crick | Advancing research with nanobodies Type: Feature 7 April 2022 Pangolin coronavirus could jump to humans Type: News 5 February 2021 Scientists uncover the structural mechanism of coronavirus receptor binding Type: News 17 September 2020 Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Scientists uncover the structural mechanism of coronavirus receptor binding Type: News 17 September 2020
