The Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Structural Biology is a research consortium specializing in the structural biology of membrane proteins and supramolecular complexes. It is funded by the Swiss Science Foundation (SNF), the University of Zürich (UZH), and the ETH Zürich (ETH). Its network includes 14 research groups at the UZH, ETH, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), the Swiss Light Source (SLS),
and the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. 

Structure of the large (60S) subunit of a eukaryotic ribosome

20.11.2011. NCCR scientists, in the theme of supramolecular complexes, have solved the crystal structure of the large (60S) subunit of a eukaryotic ribosome to a resolution of 3.5 Å.

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Aeschbacher T, Schubert M, Allain FH. (2012) A procedure to validate and correct the (13)C chemical shift calibration of RNA datasets. J Biomol NMR. Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed

Castaño-Díez D, Kudryashev M, Arheit M, Stahlberg H. (2012) Dynamo: A flexible, user-friendly development tool for subtomogram averaging of cryo-EM data in high-performance computing environments. J Struct Biol. Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed

A novel crystallization plate

The group of Markus Grütter at the University of Zurich developed a novel capillary crystallization plate - the CrystalHarp. Users of the NCCR Crystallization Facility interested in testing this plate may contact Beat Blatmann (email) or Mareike Kurz (email) for further information.