Work from the Institute's facilities has been featured in both theSydney Morning Herald and the ABC over the last few days, with the headlines "Hospital hero?
This frog has the makings of a lifesaver" and "Frog skin protein may help fight superbugs", respectively.
This media attention results from a recent paper entitled "Structural Studies of the Antimicrobial Peptide Maculatin 1.1 in Supported Lipid Bilayers" in the European Biophysical Journal, resulting from a collaboration between Frances Separovic's group at University of Melbourne, researchers at Monash University and Anton Le Brun, Paramjit Bansal and Mike James in the Bragg Institute.
The research made use of our PLATYPUS neutron reflectometer, our X-ray reflectometer and our quartz crystal microbalance in the National Deuteration Facility.
Published: 17/03/2012