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Molecular Biology Consortium (MBC) is a nonprofit corporation,
incorporated in the states of Illinois and California, dedicated
to basic and applied research in biological science and synchrotron
technology. The MBC was founded over two years ago to further
high-throughput analysis of biomolecular and subcellular structures.
The Consortium is headquartered in the Illiniois Medical District
in Chicago, and it has additional facilities in Berkeley, California.
SYNCHROTRON BEAMLINE
Under the leadership of Dr. Edwin Westbrook,
The MBC has been responsible for construction of beamline
4.2.2 at the Advanced Light Source in the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory . This beamline generates high-quality
structural molecular biology information, to solve structures
that are important for our understanding of life processes
at the molecular level.
LABORATORY OF SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE
The major research focus of the laboratory
of supramolecular structure is the development of computer
algorithms for analysis of macromolecular assemblies visualized
by electron microscopy. At the light microscope level, the
laboratory has developed algorithms to quantify motile responses
of single cells to time-resolved stimuli.
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