Lab`s magic
Dr.Oliver Bayfield
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Oliver has a PhD in the assembly mechanisms of viruses, which he obtained from the National Institutes of Health (USA) and University of York (UK). His undergraduate degree was in chemistry, and he then specialised in structural biology for his doctoral studies, combining elements of biology, physics, and chemistry to answer questions relating to the molecular mechanisms of infection.
Milton Ashworth
Graduated from the University of Liverpool.
Currently a PhD student at the University of York.
Graduated from the University of Liverpool.
Currently a PhD student at the University of York.
Here I am putting a small droplet of protein onto a grid which can be loaded into the microscope. This machine is called the vitrobot and is critical for cryoEM grid preparation. Samples are plunged rapidly into liquid ethane to produce a thin layer of vitreous ice. The protein of interest will then be suspended and frozen in this ice where electrons can be fired at it.
Dr. Pavol Bardy
graduated from Masaryk Univerzity, Czechia
graduated from Masaryk Univerzity, Czechia
Some microbes tamed their viruses and transformed them into gene-delivery vehicles. These particles mediate a horizontal gene transfer. This transfer enables microbes to rapidly acquire novel genes such as those conferring antibiotic resistance. I am studying how these particles function on a molecular level using structural methods of cryo-electron microscopy and tomography.
It's just a joke about suspenders!
Thank you for attention!
