Made in Montana, Electric Peak is the fastest genetically encoded voltage sensor to date, and is brought to you by Thom Hughes’ Lab at Montana State University.
Many diseases that impact millions of people still lack effective treatments. New treatments could be developed if better tools for drug discovery were available. The more we can learn about the cell signals that impact disease and the mechanism of how drugs...
Activating a signaling pathway with light is one of the brightest ideas to come along. Pietro de Camilli’s and Bertil Hille’s labs collaborated on a brilliant example of this illuminating technique! Optogenetic control of phosphoinositide...
Despite the importance to our health, the biology of how drugs work at the cellular level, remains largely a mystery. In a recent Public Library of Science (PLoS One) article, Montana Molecular describes new diacylglycerol sensors to help unravel some...
Imagine the possibilities! In an impressive feat of rational engineering and directed evolution, Spencer C. Alford et.al. from Bob Campbell’s lab at the University of Alberta developed ddRFP, a dimerization dependent bright new red that can be used to image...
There are advantages to starting up a biotech company in Montana. For instance, companies like Montana Molecular that receive federal SBIR Phase 1 grants are eligible for state matching funds and can be used to help cover patent applications, business development...
