Photobiology
We build and use the massive facilities of DESY 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 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.
Given the massive investment Germany, Europe, the US, Japan, and others are making in large-scale equipment for ultrafast studies, it's an exciting time to shape the future of photo/bio research... if you think so too, consider joining us!
RSC Horizon Prize Award to LCLS Team -- Including PBIO
09 April 2021
Ultrafast x-ray imaging of photoactive reactions in small molecules honored by UK's Royal Society of Chemistry
Mechanism and dynamics of FAP in Science
09 April 2021
Cyanobacteria use light to decarboxylate fatty acids
COVID Results Reported in Science
02 April 2021
The results of our massive x-ray screening campaign against the COVID protein Mpro are out in Science!
PBIO continues to fight COVID
15 January 2021
PBIO continues to assist DESY in screening compounds against COVID proteins. We've collected >1600 more crystals at PETRA-III and are crunching the data now! We all hope to get vaccinated soon, but small molecules could still be an tool in the global fight against this coronavirus, not to mention future variants.
Two kinds of liquid water?
23 November 2020
Are there two kinds of liquid water? In 2019, while on sabbatical in Stockholm, TJ joined Anders Nilsson's group to find out. Read about what we discovered in our trip to PAL XFEL in Korea in the latest issue of Science. doi.org/10.1126/science.abb9385.