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Full bacteriophage structure mapped by cryo-EM

Research Update

Bacteriophage characterization provides platform for rational design

Complete, intricate cryo-EM bacteriophage structures enable future phage engineering and AI design.

14 November 2025

OIST Associate Professor Paola Laurino

Institutional News

Unveiling the molecular survival strategies of earth’s most abundant marine bacteria — A paradigm shift in life sciences

Prof. Paola Laurino became a finalist in the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough 2025 in Life Sciences.

Image of oval squid, viewed from above on a white background

Research Update

Squid study sparks interdisciplinary insight into the physics of growth

Squid skin highlights the importance of growth on physical properties, helping researchers build a widely applicable model.

Graphical illustration of a natural scene viewed through a video camera viewfinder, with the focus indicator on a fish. Next to the fish is an energy meter. Other, small animals are visible in the background: squirrels in a woodland and birds in the sky.

Research Update

Animal energy usage made visible through video

Pairing video with simple, lab-based oxygen measurements vastly expands the study of movement energy in ecology, physiology, and beyond.

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