Qiangjun Zhou
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Redefining synaptic architecture: Nanoblocks as key organizing units in the postsynaptic density
In a new paper postdoctoral fellow Rong Sun and members of the Qiangjun Zhou lab used cryo-electron tomography to better understand the precise structural arrangement of synapses of excitatory primary hippocampal neurons. Read MoreMay. 13, 2025
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Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets
A team of Vanderbilt researchers discovered that C. diff produces the spheres, called ferrosomes, and that these structures are important for infection in an animal model. The findings are a rare demonstration of a membrane-bound structure inside a pathogenic bacterium. Read MoreNov. 15, 2023