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"New Methods to Reveal the Nanoscale Motions of Macromolecules"
Dr. Prigozhin develops new physical and molecular tools to “peer into the blind spots of cell signaling.” Max studied Chemistry & Physics at the University of Toronto before getting a PhD in Chemical Physics from UIUC. There he worked with Martin Gruebele, developing a multi-probe labeling strategy to reveal mechanisms of tertiary protein folding. He then moved to Steve Chu's lab at Stanford, where he has developed a new class of nanoparticle probes for multicolor biological electron microscopy. These nanoprobes make it possible to visualize cellular ultrastructure and localize over a dozen individual proteins in a single experiment. Today we’ll hear about his work bringing biological structures and processes to light.