Nicastro Lab
@nicastrolab.bsky.social
We use Cryo-ET to characterize protein function and spatial orientation at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Lab website: https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/nicastro-lab
Lab website: https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/nicastro-lab
We are in the news! UT Southwestern’s #NicastroLab, led by Drs. Nicastro, Zhang & Zhao, just unveiled the complete 3D structure of the once mysterious “radial spoke 3” in mouse motile cilia! See more at: www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...
Study sheds light on cilia’s function in cells, role in diseases
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the su...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We are in the news! UT Southwestern’s #NicastroLab, led by Drs. Nicastro, Zhang & Zhao, just unveiled the complete 3D structure of the once mysterious “radial spoke 3” in mouse motile cilia! See more at: www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/art...
🎉 Congrats to Yanhe, Kangkang, @amirtavakoli.bsky.social, Long & co-authors for revealing the atomic structure of RS3, a Giga-sized complex in motile cilia! A tour de force in #cryoET, #cryoEM, #proteomics & modeling. Out now in Nat Struct Mol Biol! doi.org/10.1038/s415... @CellUtsw
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🎉 Congrats to Yanhe, Kangkang, @amirtavakoli.bsky.social, Long & co-authors for revealing the atomic structure of RS3, a Giga-sized complex in motile cilia! A tour de force in #cryoET, #cryoEM, #proteomics & modeling. Out now in Nat Struct Mol Biol! doi.org/10.1038/s415... @CellUtsw