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Tom Blundell
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Richard Farndale
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Ernest Laue
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Laue Group website overview
Using single cell Hi-C to study 3D genome organisation
Single-molecule imaging to study the function of the NuRD complex
Investigation of nucleosome remodelling by CHD4/NuRD
Peter Leadlay
Jim Metcalfe
Steve Oliver
George Salmond
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Philip Zegerman
Svetlana Khoronenkova
Alex Borodavka
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Hee-Jeon Hong
José Silva
Tom Monie
Karen Lipkow
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Natasha Murzina
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COVID-19 projects overview
Modulation of host cell RNA-binding proteins through the infectious cycle of SARS-CoV-2
Analysing the human-coronavirus RNA interactome
COVID-19 diagnostics for Africa
Development of multiplex serological assays for evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 immunity
Targeting conserved RNA elements in SARS-CoV-2 for therapy
Affinity reagents for functional neutralisation of nCoV-19
Structural and computational biology of COVID-19
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