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Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance & Biomolecular Section

of the Laboratory of Chemical Physics

Robert Tycko.
Expanding the capabilities of experimental techniques for probing structural and physical properties of molecules with central roles in biology and human disease.
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Experimental Evidence for Millisecond-Timescale Structural Evolution Following the Microsecond-Timescale Folding of a Small Protein.
Wilson CB, Yau WM, Tycko R.
Phys Rev Lett (2024 Jan 26) 132:048402. Abstract/Full Text
Structures of brain-derived 42-residue amyloid-β fibril polymorphs with unusual molecular conformations and intermolecular interactions.
Lee M, Yau WM, Louis JM, Tycko R.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2023 Mar 14) 120:e2218831120. Abstract/Full Text
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Lab Members

Jaekyun Jeon, Ph.D.; C. Blake Wilson, Ph.D.; Kent R. Thurber, Ph.D.; Wancheng Zhao, Ph.D.; Motahareh G. Larimi, Ph.D.; Wai-Ming Yau, Ph.D.

From left: Jaekyun Jeon, Ph.D.; C. Blake Wilson, Ph.D.; Kent R. Thurber, Ph.D.; Wancheng Zhao, Ph.D.; Motahareh G. Larimi, Ph.D.; Wai-Ming Yau, Ph.D. This is a photo of group members as of March 2024.

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Last Reviewed April 2025