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Visualizing Molecular Machines and Cells
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Wah Chiu, PhD
Alvin Romansky Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director, National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Director, Center for Protein Folding Machinery
Co-Director, W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
A public lecture in the Distinguished Scholars Series
A virus is a nanoparticle that infects a host cell and replicates itself inside the cell. Dr. Chiu's team visualizes the 3-D structures of virus particles in a cellular environment. Multiple 3-D snapshots of a virus infecting a bacterium uncover a detailed mechanism of viral protein rearrangements to accommodate DNA packaging and release. A structural comparison of bacterial and animal viruses provides a basis for designing a synthetic nanoparticle containing DNA for biotechnology applications.
Live Webcast: http://research.vtc.vt.edu/live-webcast
A public reception will be held in the VTC Cafe at 5:00 p.m.
Hosted by: Michael J. Friedlander, PhD, Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
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