News archive for The Department of Biomedicine

Structure of the memory regulator Arc (26.08.2018)

The post-synaptic protein Arc has been termed a master regulator of memory. In line with its homology to certain viral proteins, it has also been shown recently to form virus-like capsids. We have elucidated for the first time the 3D structure of full-length monomeric Arc.

Andor Dragonfly confocal in house and ready to use. (09.08.2018)

Thanks to funding from the Faculty of Medicine MIC recently got a new confocal in house. It was installed before summer and is ready to use.