Laboratory of Molecular Nanodynamics LND

Just out in Nature Methods!

Published:28.08.25 — 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!

Nature Technology Feature mentions our work!

Published:19.06.25 — 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.

Wyatt wins 2025 M&M Postdoctoral Scholar Award!

Published:19.05.25 — We are proud to announce that Wyatt received a Postdoctoral Scholar award to attend the 2025 Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting!

Publication on Ultrathin Liquid Cells is out!

Published:12.05.25 — 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!

Harry arrives as our new postdoc!

Published:24.04.25 — Harry Williams joined our group as a postdoc specialized in Cryo-EM!

Arthur joins the group!

Published:24.04.25 — Arthur Niedermayr recently joined our group as a postdoc!

Jakub wins poster prize at XXI Discussions!

Published:28.03.25 — Jakub presented our recent work on overcoming preferred orientation in Cryo-EM at the latest Discussions in Structural Molecular Biology and received the best poster prize award!

PhD Thesis completion of Dr. Nathan Mowry and Dr. Constantin Krüger

Published:25.03.25 — Nathan and Constantin completed their PhD degree just one week apart with the public defenses held in late February and early March.

Jakub wins poster prize at the LS2 Annual Meeting 2025

Published:25.03.25 — We are proud to announce that Jakub received the best poster prize at the LS2 Annual Meeting 2025! 

Now out in Physical Review Research!

Published:31.01.25 — The first direct measurement of the cooling rate needed to vitrify water!