Michal Maj group
Ultrafast multidimensional laser spectroscopic techniques and structural biological methods to obtain answers to fundamental questions in chemistry and biophysics.
About us
Within the research in our group we apply ultrafast multidimensional laser spectroscopic techniques and structural biology methods, such as cryogenic electron microscopy, in search for answers to fundamental questions in chemistry and biophysics.
More information can also be found on our external website: www.majgroup.net
Our research
The structure and function of molecules are largely determined by the way their chemical bonds move and interact with each other. Chemical bonds are dynamic entities, exhibiting collective structural changes on timescales as short as a trillionth of a second.
The ultrashort pulsed lasers used in our laboratory are designed to observe such fast events, both under equilibrium conditions and following an instantaneous external perturbation. Our research interests are diverse, covering a wide spectrum of topics at both the molecular and cellular levels, with a keen focus on understanding both the structure and dynamics of the studied molecules.
Group members
Publications
Part of Nature Chemistry, p. 624-632, 2024
- DOI for Directed ultrafast conformational changes accompany electron transfer in a photolyase as resolved by serial crystallography
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Improving cryo-EM grids for amyloid fibrils using interface-active solutions and spectator proteins
Part of Biophysical Journal, p. 718-729, 2024
- DOI for Improving cryo-EM grids for amyloid fibrils using interface-active solutions and spectator proteins
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Protein cohabitation: long-term immunoglobulin G storage at room temperature
Part of Journal of materials chemistry. B, p. 5400-5405, 2023
- DOI for Protein cohabitation: long-term immunoglobulin G storage at room temperature
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Part of Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023
- DOI for Ground-state heterogeneity and vibrational energy redistribution in bacterial phytochrome observed with femtosecond 2D IR spectroscopy
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Contact
- If you have any questions regarding our research, you are welcome to contact Michal Maj.
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