The Decatur Research and Education Center

Welcome to the Decatur Research and Education Center

Currently affiliated with the lab of Dr. Maurille J. Fournier at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Presentations in Jmol (no plugins needed):
Structural Basis for the Suppression of RNA Silencing by p19

A Viewable Bacterial 70S Ribosome

Paromomycin Bound to the Bacterial 30S Subunit

Ribosome Tours for ribosome the general public (need Chime plugin):
Interactive introduction to the Ribosome in three dimensions

Interactive, 3D tour of the large ribosomal subunit

Interactive, 3D tour of the small ribosomal subunit

Databases:
Yeast snoRNA database at UMass-Amherst

3D modifications map database

News from the DREC
Navigate to our news page learn the latest happenings at the Decatur Research and Education Center.