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Andy DeLaitsch
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antibodies, viruses, cryo-EM -- habitually curious -- BMB graduate student at Caltech
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There's a new best-in-class HIV-1 antibody out today! Happy to have contributed to the structural characterization of this, and two other distinct VRC01-class bNAbs isolated from a single individual. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
a, Schematics illustrating the position and length of FWRH1 and/or FWRH3 insertions of 04_A06 (left), 01_D03 (middle) and 05_B08 (right; top), EM maps showing side views of 04_A06, 01_D03 and 05_B08 bnAb Fabs in complex with BG505SOSIP.664 Env trimers (middle) and insets illustrating a close-up of bnAb interactions with the adjacent gp120 protomer (gp1202; bottom); HC, heavy chain; LC, light chain. b, Canonical interactions of CD4 and bnAbs to the CD4bs (04_A06, IOMA and VRC01) with Env gp120 D368, the F43 pocket and gp120 N280/R456. c, Interactions between the CDRH1s of 04_A06 (blue cartoon representation) and 1-18 (red cartoon representation) with the secondary (gp1202) Env protomer, shown as a surface colored by percent conservation. The inset (top right) shows the Env trimer–04_A06 complex as a surface representation for orientation. d, Crystal structure of unbound 04_A06 Fab (bottom) and inset highlighting the 04_A06 CDRH1, with electron density contoured at 1.5σ (top). e, Molecular surface representation showing the surface area buried by VRC01-class bnAbs (04_A06, 01_D03, 05_08, 3BNC117 and VRC01) on primary (gp1201) or secondary (gp1202) Env protomers (top). Listing of Protein Data Bank (PDB) accession codes, breadth (%), heavy chain insertion length and position, buried surface area (BSA) on gp1201 and gp1202 as well as total BSA for VRC01-class bnAbs (bottom).
October 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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100 years ago, De Broglie published his thesis, "On the Theory of Quanta". The ideas in it catalyzed the development of electron microscopy, though Ernst Ruska was apparently unaware of De Broglie's "material waves" when he and Max Knoll first started toying with the electron microscope.
December 10, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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Caltech looking nice tonight!
November 26, 2024 at 2:01 AM