Centre of Biomolecular MetrologyLinking biomolecular structure to function in order to help biomedicine meet global health challenges.
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The Centre for Biomolecular Metrology aims to establish a comprehensive measurement system that will provide first design principles bridging polypeptide structure and function. This will enable the exploitation of properties and functionalities in a variety of biomedical contexts, including:
- Host defence and bacterial resistance mechanisms
- Self-assembly for cell-based therapies
- Protein aggregation implicated in neurodegenerative diseases
The Centre for Biomolecular Metrology stems from a new strategic research initiative: Lengthscale Bridging in Biophysical Systems
The initiative is between NPL and:
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