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News from the Protein Structure Initiative, Nature News and other NPG publications.
September 2009
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SG in the SpotlightThis column presents announcements and other notable news related to the Protein Structure Initiative.
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Crystals grown in a flashA nanopulse of laser light is enough to trigger crystallization.
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Who speaks for science in Europe?Questions remain over whether researchers have a coherent enough voice to influence European science policy. Natasha Gilbert reports.
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Lab worker charged with destroying protein crystalsA former employee at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, was arrested and charged last week with wilfully ruining government property.
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Sequencing push brings new UK genome analysis center$22 million facility hosts biologists and bioinformaticians who will perform genome sequencing on plants, animals and microbes.
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From cells, secrets of the secretome leak outCells talk to each other, and understanding their language could spawn new therapies.