Building the Next Generation of Fluorescent Proteins for Imaging in Cell Biology

Dr Nathan C. Shaner from San Diego's Scintillon Institute will be presenting on his research which focuses on expanding the base from which to engineer useful new fluorescent proteins (FP) variants from reef corals, including those with properties optimized for live-cell biomedical research and super resolution imaging. Investigations into the structure of some of these newly-cloned FPs are helping to guide the development of these advanced genetically encoded tools.