ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
Imaging Ultrafast Single Particle Macromolecular Dynamics with X-ray Lasers
Conformational dynamics are crucial for the functioning of most macromolecules and a deeper understanding of these motions holds great promise for future discoveries in biology. But it is difficult to probe the structure of macromolecules away from their most stable conformations, and time-resolved studies remain limited by the available techniques. Today a new generation of XFELs is growing. The extremely short pulse duration, high pulse intensity and repetition rate of these lasers offer new research opportunities in physics, chemistry, and biology. Since the first XFELs were proposed, the idea of obtaining images of individual proteins frozen in time has fascinated and inspired many, and…
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