Ran Meged
Papers
2
Total Citations
14
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2
About
Ran Meged is a structural biologist whose work has advanced high-throughput methods for determining protein structures critical to human health. At the Israel Structural Proteomics Center (ISPC), Meged focuses on solving the three-dimensional structures of proteins in their functional context—often in complex with natural partners or DNA—to reveal mechanisms underlying disease. A key contribution is the development of systematic pH optimization strategies for protein crystallization, a bottleneck in X-ray crystallography. By refining robotic sitting-drop techniques, Meged’s research has improved the success rate of obtaining diffracting crystals, enabling more efficient structure determination. Though citation counts for individual papers (10 and 4) reflect the specialized, technical nature of this work, its impact is felt across the structural biology community, where these methods underpin studies of therapeutic targets. Meged’s achievements include helping establish the ISPC as a hub for protein structure discovery, bridging basic research and biomedical application. For students and researchers, Meged’s work exemplifies how methodological innovation—particularly in crystallization optimization—can accelerate the structural understanding of proteins linked to human health.
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- 2High Throughput pH Optimization of Protein Crystallization4 citations · 2008