Biomolecular condensates have been demonstrated as a ubiquitous phenomenon in
biological systems and play a crucial role in controlling cellular functions. However, the …

Proteins function as ensembles of interconverting structures. The motions span from
picosecond bond rotations to millisecond and longer subunit displacements …

Ice-nucleation active (INA) bacteria can promote the growth of ice more effectively than any
other known material. Using specialized ice-nucleating proteins (INPs), they obtain nutrients …

Understanding and controlling peptide aggregation are critical due to its neurotoxic
implications. However, structural information about the key intermediates, the oligomers, is …

The remarkable elastic properties of polymers are ultimately due to their molecular structure,
but the relation between the macroscopic and molecular properties is often difficult to …

Conventional and two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy are well suited to study
amyloid aggregates, because the amide I mode is a sensitive probe of the aggregate …

The vibrational coupling between protein backbone modes and the role of water interactions
are important topics in biomolecular spectroscopy. Our work reports the first study of the …

Amyloidal protein fibrils occur in many biological events, but their formation and structural
variability are understood rather poorly. We systematically explore fibril polymorphism for …

Tardigrades are unique micro-animals that withstand harsh conditions, such as extreme
temperatures and desiccation. Recently, it was found that specific cytoprotective proteins are …

The remarkable elastic properties of polymers are ultimately due to their molecular structure,
but the relation between the macroscopic and molecular properties is often difficult to …