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New York City’s structural biology mosaic

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The structural biology community in New York City combines expertise and access to cutting-edge instrumentation that fosters cooperation. Working collaboratively is indispensable because developing interdisciplinary tools can enable discoveries in cell, structural and molecular biology.

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Acknowledgements

I am deeply grateful to New York’s vibrant structural biology community, above all to O. Clarke, whose own example of generous collaboration first drew me into this network. Additional thanks are due to E. Eng, K. Gardner, R. Ghose and L. Maso for the thoughtful review of this comment and the valuable insights they shared.

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  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA

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Vallese, F. New York City’s structural biology mosaic. Nat Struct Mol Biol 32, 2132–2133 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-025-01698-z

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