Astbury researchers at the University of Leeds have used cryoEM to determine the structures of fibrils formed from three different variants under identical conditions in vitro.
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The aggregation of β2-microglobulin (β2m) into amyloid fibrils is associated with human disease, but subtly different variants of β2m are...
Congratulations to Megan who has recently been promoted to Associate Professor following the completion of her University Academic Fellowship.
A spin out company called CalTIC has been launched by the University of Leeds and its research partners in Germany...
The five-year project will lead to a better understanding of fundamental biochemical processes of gene regulation and will identify new...