--- title: The cryoDuck Blog - Commentary on everything cryo-EM in drug discovery. | Mazdak Radjainia (7) description: Mazdak Radjainia, the managing director of cryoDuck, has a rich background in cryo-EM spanning academia and industry. From his early days at Goethe University to managerial roles at Monash University and Thermo Fisher Scientific, he's always seen cryo-EM as a game of getting your ducks in a row. A firm believer in the power of collaboration and adaptability, he's dedicated to making cryo-EM's successes accessible to industrial users. With cryoDuck, he aims to fully industrialize Cryo-EM, paving the way for better, safer medicines. Follow his journey on the cryoDuck blog as he navigates the ever-evolving world of Cryo-EM in drug discovery. 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[![repeat structures](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/KEK%20webinar.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/schemes) [advances in cryo-EM](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/advances-in-cryo-em), [cryo-EM industrialization](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cryo-em-industrialization), [Clovertex](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/clovertex) ## [Automated RELION for repeat structures (Webinar July 26th)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/schemes) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jul 20, 2023 8:45:04 PM What if we told you that an automated RELION workflow could potentially outperform human users in si... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/schemes) [![](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Hottest%20tweets-2-1.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tweets-0723) [MiTeGen](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/mitegen), [hottest tweets](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/hottest-tweets) ## [MiTeGen Hottest Tweets in SBDD (07/23)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tweets-0723) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jul 15, 2023 10:11:01 PM Here are your MiTeGen Hottest Tweets in SBDD, showcasing incredibly beautiful structures of targets,... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tweets-0723) [![Clovertex PaaS](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/PaaS.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/paas) [cryoDuck ecosystem](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cryoduck-ecosystem), [advances in cryo-EM](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/advances-in-cryo-em), [Clovertex](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/clovertex), [cloud](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cloud), [iot cryo-em](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/iot-cryo-em) ## [Understanding Platform as a Service (PaaS) with Clovertex](https://cryoduck.com/blog/paas) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jul 4, 2023 2:37:05 PM Following the previous discussions on IoT in Cryo-EM and the resurgence of the manual plunge cooler,... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/paas) [![chagas](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Chagas.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/chagas) [cryo-EM in drug discovery](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cryo-em-in-drug-discovery) ## [Novartis utilizes cryo-EM to understand new drug pathway for treating Chagas disease and sleeping sickness](https://cryoduck.com/blog/chagas) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jul 2, 2023 10:04:13 PM Over a billion people across tropical and subtropical regions worldwide grapple with the severe heal... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/chagas) [![ETAR](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Target%20of%20the%20month-06.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/etar) [Clovertex](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/clovertex), [gpcr](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/gpcr), [target of the month](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/target-of-the-month) ## [Clovertex Target of the Month (06/23): Endothelin A Receptor](https://cryoduck.com/blog/etar) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jun 30, 2023 7:17:26 PM For June 2023, we draw your attention to the Endothelin A Receptor (ETAR) as the 'Clovertex Drug Tar... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/etar) [![Renaissance plunge](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Renaissance.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/renaissance) [cryoDuck ecosystem](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cryoduck-ecosystem), [advances in cryo-EM](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/advances-in-cryo-em), [MiTeGen](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/mitegen), [iot cryo-em](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/iot-cryo-em) ## [Renaissance of the Manual Plunge Cooler](https://cryoduck.com/blog/renaissance) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jun 28, 2023 5:26:27 PM In our previous exploration of IoT in cryo-EM, we illuminated how technology could democratize the f... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/renaissance) [![Ammunition](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Ammunition.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/ucp1) [cryo-EM in drug discovery](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cryo-em-in-drug-discovery), [hottest tweets](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/hottest-tweets), [membrane protein](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/membrane-protein), [small targets](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/small-targets) ## [32 kDa UCP1: Sybody-LEGOBody strategy puts the journey from munitions workers to weight loss drug target in cryo-EM crosshairs](https://cryoduck.com/blog/ucp1) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jun 26, 2023 10:23:13 AM From the trenches of World War I to the ongoing battle against obesity, the story of UCP1 is as capt... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/ucp1) [![smart fridge](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/fridge.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/iot-cryoem) [advances in cryo-EM](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/advances-in-cryo-em), [Clovertex](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/clovertex), [cloud](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cloud), [iot cryo-em](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/iot-cryo-em) ## [Big in Japan: IoT cryo-EM as a leap towards ultimate automation](https://cryoduck.com/blog/iot-cryoem) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jun 22, 2023 10:17:45 PM Whenever I hear about Internet of Things (IoT), I think of smart fridges that have been touted as th... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/iot-cryoem) [![Hottest tweets](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Hottest%20tweets-2.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tweets-0623) [MiTeGen](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/mitegen), [hottest tweets](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/hottest-tweets) ## [MiTeGen Hottest Tweets in SBDD (06/23)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tweets-0623) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jun 19, 2023 6:56:11 PM Introducing the Hottest Tweets in SBDD sponsored by MiTeGen, your curated source of recent tweets fo... [Read more](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tweets-0623) [![](https://cryoduck.com/hubfs/Trikafta.png)](https://cryoduck.com/blog/trikafta) [cryo-EM in drug discovery](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/cryo-em-in-drug-discovery), [gene therapy](https://cryoduck.com/blog/tag/gene-therapy) ## [Trikafta: Visualizing three chemical tales in one](https://cryoduck.com/blog/trikafta) ![Picture of Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg?width=50&name=PhotoSessions.nl-PWW_9643-bewerkt.jpg) [Mazdak Radjainia](https://cryoduck.com/blog/author/mazdak-radjainia) Jun 9, 2023 10:54:39 PM Historically, cystic fibrosis (CF) has been among the most gruesome genetic diseases, often seen as ... 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