C. Berger

Xenon plasma focused ion beam lamella fabrication on high-pressure frozen specimens for structural cell biology

This paper demonstrates xenon plasma focused ion beam milling for preparing high-pressure frozen specimens, achieving a 4.0 Å E. coli ribosome structure with minimal structural damage beyond 45 nm.

Integrating environmental and ecological monitoring with seaweed farming

The paper assesses biodiversity impacts of seaweed and shellfish farms in Pembrokeshire using affordable monitoring methods, finding no negative impacts despite farming intensification.

Plasma FIB milling for the determination of structures in situ

This paper demonstrates plasma-coupled ion sources for thinning vitrified human cells to enable pseudo-atomic structure determination in situ.

Plankton Planet: 'seatizen' oceanography to assess open ocean life at the planetary scale

Plankton Planet uses citizen science to collect global plankton biodiversity data via DNA barcodes, achieving comparable quality to Tara Oceans with a scalable, open-access approach.

A eDNA-qPCR assay to non-invasively detect the presence of the parasite Schistocephalus solidus inside its threespine stickleback host.

The paper develops an eDNA-qPCR assay to non-invasively detect Schistocephalus solidus in threespine sticklebacks, achieving 98% accuracy and showing correlation between eDNA concentration and parasitic mass.