Laboratory of Molecular Nanodynamics LND

Our group uses time-resolved electron microscopy to study dynamics at the nanoscale. We are especially interested in systems whose dynamics have a molecular origin. Please take a look around!

Time-resolved and Ultrafast Electron Microscopy – Dynamics of nanoscale systems

 

Shouts & Murmurs

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Just out in Nature Communications!

— Ultrathin Liquid Cells for Microsecond Time-resolved Cryo-EM work gets published in Nat Comm! Read the full text here!

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Jakub wins the Best YSS Talk Prize at LS2 AM 2026

— Our PhD student Jakub received the Best YSS Talk Prize at the LS2 Annual Meeting in Zürich! Congratulations!

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Alpion CryoSolutions is growing!

— Alpion CryoSolutions is an emerging spinoff from LND, aiming to bring microsecod time-resolved Cryo-EM on the market.

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Tools of the Trade review out!

— Constantin was invited to write a short review for the Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, highlighting our recent advances in microsecond time-resolved Cryo-EM.

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Just out in Nature Methods!

— Work done at the LND reveals that laser flash melting of cryo-samples can be used to overcome preferred particle orientation, an important bottleneck for protein structure determination by cryo electron microscopy. Read the full story here!

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Nature Technology Feature mentions our work!

— Freeze frame: cracking molecular motion. That is the name of the latest Nature Technology Feature that highlights our work on microsecond time-resolved cryo-EM.

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Wyatt wins 2025 M&M Postdoctoral Scholar Award!

— We are proud to announce that Wyatt received a Postdoctoral Scholar award to attend the 2025 Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting!

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Publication on Ultrathin Liquid Cells is out!

— Our latest work on creating ultrathin liquid cells (not only) for microsecond time-resolved Cryo-EM is now available as a preprint on bioRxiv! Check it out under this link!

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Harry arrives as our new postdoc!

— Harry Williams joined our group as a postdoc specialized in Cryo-EM!

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Arthur joins the group!

— Arthur Niedermayr recently joined our group as a postdoc!

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