‘Resolution revolution’ pioneer Alexey Amunts leaves Max Planck to join China’s SMART

Cell scientist Alexey Amunts – an expert in mitochondrial biochemistry – relocated to China this month to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART). Amunts, who was previously at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, confirmed he had joined SMART as a senior investigator and would “contribute to its international relations agenda”. He is internationally recognised for his breakthroughs in visualising life’s molecular machinery at near-atomic resolution. Britain’s...