Cryo-tomography and 3D Electron Diffraction Reveal the Polar Habit and Chiral Structure of the Malaria Pigment Crystal Hemozoin

• Paul Benjamin Klar,
• David Geoffrey Waterman,
• Tim Gruene,
• Debakshi Mullick,
• Yun Song,
• James Boris Gilchrist,
• C. David Owen,
• Wen Wen,
• Idan Biran,
• Lothar Houben,
• Neta Regev-Rudzki,
• Ron Dzikowski,
• Noa Marom,
• Lukas Palatinus,
• Peijun Zhang,
• Leslie Leiserowitz,
• Michael Elbaum

Affiliations

Paul Benjamin Klar

Faculty of Geosciences and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

David Geoffrey Waterman

STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, U.K.

Tim Gruene

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Debakshi Mullick

Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Yun Song

Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, U.K.

James Boris Gilchrist

Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, U.K.

C. David Owen

Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, U.K.

Wen Wen

Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Idan Biran

Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Lothar Houben

Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Neta Regev-Rudzki

Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Ron Dzikowski

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, and The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Noa Marom

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Lukas Palatinus

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 8, Czechia

Peijun Zhang

Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, U.K.

Leslie Leiserowitz

Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Michael Elbaum

Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel