Julia Mahamid

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As of September 2026: Led the study; heads cryo-ET research on gene expression in minimal cells

For decades, structural biologists had to purify molecules before they could image them. The ribosome's structure was solved from isolated particles, frozen in test tubes. Two papers in Cell now show the same machinery at work inside intact bacterial cells, exposing coordination that was only theorized before.

Updated Sep 26