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Titel This scientific ‘power couple’ has one of the largest publishing networks in biology Land/Regio Belgium Release datum 7/05/20 Beschrijving Structural biologists Jan Steyaert and Els Pardon have developed protein-imaging techniques using nanobodies.
Biologists Jan Steyaert and Els Pardon are using miniature versions of antibodies – components of the immune system – to visualize the delicate architecture of different types of proteins.
Known as nanobodies, they crystallise protein structures as a way of protecting them against the effects of invasive imaging procedures – a technique that has become highly sought-after by researchers working in drug design. Steyaert and Pardon, who are based at the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology at the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, have been working together on this approach for more than two decades.
Steyaert draws on his bioengineering background to generate what he calls “wild ideas”, while Pardon uses her expertise in molecular biology to turn them into experiments.
Together, they produce libraries of nanobodies that structural biologists can use to visualize proteins that are notoriously difficult to analyse.URL https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/this-scientific-power-couple-has-one-of-the-largest-publishing-networks-in-biology Personen Jan Steyaert