Image of the Month: Crystal Maze
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A 2,5-hidroxybenzoic acid matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization matrix cocrystallized with a fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated peptide. The sample was created by Ben Katz, a proteomics specialist at the University of California, Irvine, to improve resolution and lower background noise. Follow Ben on Twitter @ProteinMassSpec.
Credit: Nicole Green, Iowa State University, USA.
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After studying biology at Imperial College London, I got my start in biomedical publishing as a commissioning editor for healthcare journals, and I’ve spent my career covering everything from early-stage research to clinical medicine.