Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica

Jasminka Boskovic Jefe de Unidad
T +34 917328000 (Ext 3080)
jboskovic@cnio.es

Becarios Post-doctorales

Johanne Le Coq

The principal goal of the Electron Microscopy (EM) Unit is to offer scientific-technical support to researchers to resolve their scientific questions using different transmission EM techniques. We routinely use cryo-EM and negative staining to prepare samples. We also perform data collection and help in image processing, through 2D analysis and 3D reconstruction. Support is offered in choosing adequate EM techniques and performing sample preparation. Moreover, we manufacture our own sample supports (EM grids) for better quality control and lower cost. In addition, we provide the training necessary for the use of our microscopes and auxiliary equipment. More advanced structural studies are generally carried out through research collaboration.

Publicaciones

Rivera-Calzada A, Arribas-Bosacoma R, Ruiz-Ramos A, Escudero-Bravo P, Boskovic J, Fernandez-Leiro R, Oliver AW, Pearl LH, Llorca O. (2022). Structural basis for the inactivation of cytosolic DNA sensing by the vaccinia virus.. Nat Commun 13, 7062. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Rodriguez CF, Escudero-Bravo P, Díaz L, Bartoccioni P, García-Martín C, Gilabert JG, Boskovic J, Guallar V, Errasti-Murugarren E, Llorca O, Palacín M (2021). Structural basis for substrate specificity of heteromeric transporters of neutral amino acids.. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118, e2113573118. Publicación CNIO.
Villasante A, Godier-Furnemont A, Hernandez-Barranco A, Coq JL, Boskovic J, Peinado H, Mora J, Samitier J, Vunjak-Novakovic G (2021). Horizontal transfer of the stemness-related markers EZH2 and GLI1 by neuroblastoma-derived extracellular vesicles in stromal cells. Transl Res 237, 82-97. Publicación CNIO.
Le Coq J, López Navajas P, Rodrigo Martin B, Alfonso C, Lietha D (2021). A new layer of phosphoinositide-mediated allosteric regulation uncovered for SHIP2.. FASEB J 35, e21815. Publicación CNIO.
Acebrón I, Righetto RD, Schoenherr C, Buhr S, Redondo P, Culley J, Rodríguez CF, Daday C, Biyani N, Llorca O, Byron A, Chami M, Gräter F, Boskovic J, Margaret C Frame, Stahlberg H, Lietha D (2020). Structural basis of Focal Adhesion Kinase activation on lipid membranes.. EMBO J 39, e104743. Publicación CNIO.
López-Perrote A , NHug N, González-Corpas A, Rodríguez CF , Serna M, García-Martín C , Boskovic J, Fernandez-Leiro R, Caceres JF , Llorca O (2020). Regulation of RUVBL1-RUVBL2 AAA-ATPases by the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factor DHX34, as evidenced by Cryo-EM. Elife 9, e63042. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
González-Martínez J, Cwetsch AW, Martínez-Alonso D, López-Sainz LR, Almagro J, Megías D, Boskovic J, Gilabert-Juan J, Graña-Castro O, Pierani A, Behrens A, Ortega S, Malumbres M (2020). Lack of adaptation to centriolar defects leads to p53-independent microcephaly in the absence of Cep135. bioRxiv (in press). Publicación CNIO.
García-Silva S, Benito-Martín A, Sánchez-Redondo S, Hernández-Barranco A, Ximénez-Embún P, Nogués L, Mazariegos MS, Brinkmann K, Amor López A, Meyer L, Rodríguez C, García-Martín C, Boskovic J, Letón R, Montero C, Robledo M, Santambrogio L, Sue Brady M, Szumera-Cieckiewicz A, Kalinowska I, Skog J, Noerholm M, Muñoz J, Ortiz-Romero PL, Ruano Y, Rodríguez-Peralto JL, Rutkowski P, Peinado H (2019). Use of extracellular vesicles from lymphatic drainage as surrogate markers of melanoma progression and BRAF V600E mutation. J Exp Med 216, 1061-1070. Publicación CNIO.
Bauer MS, Baumann F, Daday C, Redondo P, Durner E, Jobst MA, Milles LF, Mercadante D, Pippig DA, Gaub HE, Gräter F, Lietha D (2019). Structural and mechanistic insights into mechanoactivation of focal adhesion kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116, 6766-6774. Publicación CNIO.
Toribio R, Díaz-López I, Boskovic J, Ventoso I (2018). Translation initiation of alphavirus mRNA reveals new insights into the topology of the 48S initiation complex. Nucleic Acids Res 46, 4176-4187. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Lafarga V, Sirozh O, Diaz-Lopez I, Hisaoka M, Zarzuela E, Boskovic J, Jovanovic B, Fernandez-Leiro R, Munoz J, Stoecklin G, Ventoso I, Fernandez-Capetillo O (2018). DNA and RNA binding mediate the toxicity of arginine-rich peptides encoded by C9ORF72 GGGGCC repeats. bioRxiv (in press). Publicación CNIO.