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New high-tech lab at Fred Hutch creates 3D maps of proteins to aid therapeutics and vaccine research
April 24, 2021 at 12:10 am
Assistant Professor Melody Campbell prepares a sample in the Shared Resources Cryo-EM Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (Fred Hutch Photo)
Dr. Melody Campbell was an undergraduate student when she first noticed the beauty and power of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique that uses extreme temperatures and an electron microscope to create 3D maps of proteins.
The image was stunning, and Campbell decided in that moment to focus her career on the revolutionary technique.
“I’m a visual person,” said Campbell, now an assistant professor in the Basic Sciences Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. “You can learn so much about proteins by looking at them.”