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June 11, 2026
Making the invisible visible
A landmark achievement in microscopy is poised to reveal the molecular machinery of life inside cells, at near-atomic detail.
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Science: Laser-boosted microscopes could reveal new drug targets, sharpen views inside cells
Enhanced cryo–electron microscopy promises to bring previously elusive proteins into view
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C&EN: A new, ultrabright laser powers a cryo-EM advance 15 years in the making
Phase contrast enables structures of smaller proteins, could drive in-cell proteomics
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Making the invisible visible
A landmark achievement in microscopy is poised to reveal the molecular machinery of life inside cells, at near-atomic detail.
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Microscope Breakthrough Will Open Unprecedented View into Our Cells
Biohub and UC Berkeley show that the laser phase plate, a revolutionary device with a laser 100 million times brighter than the Sun, dramatically improves images obtained through cryo-electron microscopy, giving scientists a new window into the molecular underpinnings of disease
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Nature: Move over, AlphaFold: open source model predicts shape of 1 billion proteins
The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe.
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Biohub releases a world model of protein biology
Biohub’s open models map the protein universe and design functional binders with therapeutic-level affinity in the lab.
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Biology’s blind spot
Inflammation drives nearly every major disease, yet we’ve never been able to directly watch it progress in living tissue. These researchers are building the technologies to change that.
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The immune cell engineers
Fifteen research teams are building the molecular toolkit to reprogram the body’s own defenders across diverse disease areas.
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Biohub Launches the Virtual Biology Initiative to Galvanize a Global Effort to Create the Open Data Foundation for AI-Accelerated Biology
A $500 million commitment — and a call for the global scientific community to join — aims to unlock predictive models of the human cell to accelerate the cure and prevention of all disease.
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Axios Exclusive: Zuckerberg-backed Biohub bets $500M on AI biology
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Time: If AI Can Model Cells, Science Can Deliver Cures
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Chronicle of Philanthropy: How Small Grants Can Bridge a Gap — and Lead to Big Changes