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🎉 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
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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...
www.utsouthwestern.edu
July 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Scientists discovered the endopunctum, a type of hemifusome in human cells that temporarily holds misfolded proteins, revealing a key step in how cells protect themselves from stress damage.
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Scientists discover unknown organelle inside our cells
The discovery of an unknown organelle inside our cells could open the door to new treatments for devastating inherited diseases.
phys.org
June 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
amir-tavakoli.bsky.social
Grateful to have contributed to this work alongside a fantastic team. Exciting to see it out!
June 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM