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

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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!

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TR-SFX of Photolyase out in Science!

01 December 2023

Filming DNA repair in action

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Protein structure prediction is at the single-structure frontier

13 January 2023

TJ's paper is out in Nature Methods!

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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

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