Bridget Carragher
Bridget Carragher is a professor in cell biology[1] that works on developing methods and tools for cryo-electron microscopy. She is a co-founder, scientific director and director of NanoImaging Services, Inc[2]. By developing the robot "Spotiton" she has changed the way sample preparation is performed in cryo-electron microscopy, especially addressing the issue of protein preferential direction and minimising the time they spend at the air-water interface where proteins often denatures[3].
Education
She received her PhD in biophysics from the University of Chicago in 1987.
Employment
Bridget is co-director at the Simons Electron Microscopy Centre, a part of New York Structural Biology Centre, since 2015[4]. She became a full professor in Scripps Research Institute in 2013.
References
- ^ "Carragher, Bridget". vivo.scripps.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- ^ "Company Overview of NanoImaging Services, Inc". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Noble, Alex J.; Wei, Hui; Dandey, Venkata P.; Zhang, Zhening; Tan, Yong Zi; Potter, Clinton S.; Carragher, Bridget (2018-09-24). "Reducing effects of particle adsorption to the air–water interface in cryo-EM". Nature Methods. 15 (10): 793–795. doi:10.1038/s41592-018-0139-3. ISSN 1548-7091.
- ^ Marx, Vivien (2018-10-01). "Bridget Carragher". Nature Methods. 15 (10): 753–753. doi:10.1038/s41592-018-0147-3. ISSN 1548-7091.