Photobiology
We build and use x-ray technology to answer questions at the intersection of light and biology.
FS-CFEL-PBIO is the research group at CFEL focused on understanding photoactive biological systems, primarily isolated proteins. The group is led by TJ Lane (link: personal page) and works closely with others on the DESY campus, especially the Chapman/coherent imaging group, the Meents/biomedical x-ray group, and the HARBOR institute.
X-ray damage creates new structure in water
14 May 2024
Our paper describing a surprising new observation in liquid water: X-rays generate a new structure
Mpro responds to oxidation
14 May 2024
Our paper describing how Mpro responds to oxidation by forming disulfide and NOS/SONOS bonds is out in Nature Communications!
Protein structure prediction is at the single-structure frontier
13 January 2023
TJ's paper is out in Nature Methods!
RSC Horizon Prize Award to LCLS Team -- Including PBIO
15 January 2022
Ultrafast x-ray imaging of photoactive reactions in small molecules honored by UK's Royal Society of Chemistry