Marisa Till
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About
Marisa Till has made a focused and impactful contribution to structural biology through her work on protein crystallization. Her primary research area centers on developing and refining techniques to overcome one of the field’s most persistent bottlenecks: the production of high-quality protein crystals for X-ray diffraction. Till’s key innovation is the development of Random Microseed Matrix Screening (rMMS), a method that dramatically improves the success rate of crystallization. By introducing seed crystals into random screening conditions, rMMS shifts crystal growth into the metastable zone of a protein’s phase diagram, yielding more and better crystallization leads. Her foundational 2013 paper on this technique has accumulated over 30 citations, reflecting its adoption as a valuable tool in the structural biologist’s toolkit. Till’s work is notable for its practical, problem-solving approach, directly enabling researchers to obtain crystals for challenging proteins that might otherwise remain intractable. Her contributions have helped streamline the path from protein to structure, making her a respected figure in the crystallization community.
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