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BioXFEL Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Sabine Botha is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the group of Prof. John Spence at Arizona State University. She completed her undergraduate education and masters program at the University of Oxford (UK) in Engineering Science, specializing in Biomedical and Information Engineering.

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Reach Out Semi-finals

We are all very proud of our BioXFEL Scholar, Tek Narsigh Malla and our BioXFEL interns and UPR undergraduates Gabriela Díaz Figueroa and Ana Sofía Santiago-Russe for making it into the Semi-final round of the Reach Out Science Slam Competition. They gave wonderful presentations and  did an excellent job representing the BioXFEL Center.

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BioXFEL Research Support Call for Proposals

The NSF BioXFEL Science and Technology Center has funding intended to support research at US institutions. This support is for the application of X-ray free electron lasers to structural biology in collaboration with the BioXFEL STC.

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Call for Papers on "Novel Structural Studies of Coronavirus Proteins"

This Special Issue, “Novel Structural Studies of Coronavirus Proteins”, will gather both research and review articles from experts in the field with the ultimate goal of creating an international platform that provides with rich and reference information on the latest advances and exciting discoveries in the field of X-ray crystallography.

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The Z to E isomerization in Phytochromes revealed by Femtosecond X-ray Pulses from an X-ray Free Electron Laser

Phytochromes are the molecular eyes of plants and bacteria that regulate cellular response to light, an essential environmental signal. Upon light absorption, the phytochromes change their structures substantially from a conformation that absorbs in the red-light called Pr to another  conformation that absorbs in the far-red light called Pfr, respectively.

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BioXFEL scientists make a molecular movie of a biological process to convert sunlight to chemical energy

Many organisms use sunlight to fuel cellular functions. But exactly how does this conversion of solar energy into chemical energy unfold?

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