By locking down certain movable parts of a modular drug-building protein, researchers learned new details about how carrier proteins transfer the product protein between modules. The results offer insights that could enable scientists to design and create new and improved medicines, such as antibiotics, using synthetic biology. Read more »
ALS News Vol. 468
April 30, 2025
Building a Gated-Access Fast Lane for Ions
In organic conductors where charge is carried by both electrons and ions, scientists have discovered a way to make the ions move more than ten times faster than in comparable ion-transport methods. The results could apply to a host of areas, including improved battery charging, biosensing, soft robotics, and neuromorphic computing. Read more »
ALS Structural Biology Beamlines Surpass 10,000 Protein Structures in the PDB
Today, the nine structural biology beamlines at the ALS passed a major milestone of collectively depositing over 10,000 protein structures into the Protein Data Bank (PDB), a worldwide, open-access repository of protein structures. Read more »
Submit Nominations for 2025 User Meeting Awards
Help us recognize members of the ALS community by submitting nominations for the Shirley Award, Halbach Award, Renner Award, and the Early Career Award. Deadline: May 16. Read more »