We have been using DNA self-assembly for a while now. DNA-origami is a wonderful technique to build nanoscopic optical breadboards for our experiments. While DNA is highly versatile, it has the disadvantage of being fluffy... In fact, life uses proteins to build stuff, not DNA. So why not trying to direct protein self-assembly to build [...]
We are glad to welcome Dr. Marcelo Nollmann from the Center for Structural Biochemistry in Montpellier (CNRS/INSERM) as visiting Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Buenos Aires During his stay, Dr. Nollmann will give a course for graduate and undergraduate students of the Faculty of Exacts and Natural Sciences on "Molecular [...]
As part of our collaboration with the group of Prof. Stefan Maier, Dr. Mariano Barella travelled to London for a research stay at Imperial College. During his stay, Mariano will discuss and perform kick-off experiments for a new project with Dr. Julian Gargiulo, an ex-member of our lab currently working at Stefan Maier's lab. [...]
The Argentine Physics Association (AFA) has elected the thesis of Julián Gargiulo as the best doctoral thesis on Experimental Physics of Argentina for the period 2016-2017. Every year, the AFA awards the Juan José Giambiagi Prize to the best doctoral thesis on Physics carried out in Argentina. Alternately, one year the Prize goes to a [...]
Luciano Masullo participated in the 11ᵗʰ Advanced Scientific Programming in Python, taking place in Camerino, Italy, from 3rd to 8th of September The school focused on advanced Python programming for scientific application and was aimed at scientific investigators, not professional programmers. Among other topics, the participants learned strategies and methods to develop and test projects, [...]
Cecilia Zaza and Luciano Masullo participated in the 8th Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Symposium, presenting the software Gollum for the automated quantification of periodic protein structures The meeting took place at the beautiful Harnack Haus of the Max-Planck Society in Berlin, Germany. More information about the symposium at https://2018.smlms.org/ More info about the work: Federico M. [...]
Estrogen receptor α (ERα) is expressed in tissues as diverse as brains and mammary glands. In breast cancer, ERα is a key regulator of tumor progression. Therefore, understanding what activates ERα is critical for cancer treatment in particular and cell biology in general. In this interdisciplinary work, a collaboration led by Dr. Marina [...]
Dr. Ianina Violi and Cecilia Zaza obtained a travel grant to attend the 1st Summer School on Photothermal Effects in Plasmonics, taking place in Porquerolles’ Island, France, and they made the sacrifice to represent the group... The school gathered more than 60 researchers from around the world, including our former mate Julián Gargiulo!
The membrane-associated periodic skeleton (MPS) of neurons is a supramolecular protein structure that we study using fluorescence nanoscopy. Together with our friends, the neurobiologist Dr. Alfredo Cáceres and Dr. Nicolás Unsain, we explain what we know so far about this neuronal nano-structure, what proteins are involved, how are they organized at the molecular level, and [...]
Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt foundation honors researchers from all over the world and all disciplines with its prestigious Research Awards. This year, 4 argentine researchers were among the 45 awardees:Dra. Vanesa Gottifredi, Prof. Dr. Carlos Ballare, Prof. Dr. Daniel De Florian, and Prof. Dr. Fernando Stefani. The award ceremony was held during the [...]