Huilin Li
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On March 24, 1882, German physician Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), a deadly disease that at…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (June 3, 2020) — Van Andel Institute scientists have revealed the first known atomic structure of a “molecular machine” responsible for installing…
February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Feb. 4, 2020, is World Cancer Day. To mark the occasion, Van Andel Institute scientists shared…
The human body is immensely complex, comprising trillions of cells, proteins and molecules that work in concert to keep all of our systems up and…
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (October 3, 2018) — A common gut bacterium uses a unique assembly apparatus to build hair-like structures that help it infect the…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., and ATHENS, Ga. (May 10, 2018) — Ancient microbes that thrive in some of the world’s most extreme environments and modern-day humans…
There is an old adage in science — structure informs function, meaning the shapes of individual molecules are closely linked to their jobs in the…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 22, 2018)—Scientists have revealed the atomic-level structure of a molecular complex responsible for modifying proteins, possibly paving the way for the…