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  • New approach uses light to stabilize proteins for study

    Nov 4, 2019 8:30 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Graduate student Payel Mondal, left, biochemistry professor Kai Zhang and their colleagues developed a new optogenetic technique that will help scientists study protein function. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Graduate student Payel Mondal, left, biochemistry professor Kai Zhang and their colleagues developed a new optogenetic technique that will help scientists study protein function. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    Researchers have developed a way to use light to control the lifetime of a protein inside the cell. It will allow better observation of how specific proteins contribute to health, development and disease.