With Craig Kundrot, Richards investigated the effects of high pressure (1000 atmospheres) on protein structure, using hen-egg lysozyme crystals, finding that the structure was robust to such pressures apart from a quite modest compaction in size.
Craig Kundrot and Richards investigated the effects of high pressure (1000 atmospheres) on protein structure using hen-egg lysozyme crystals, finding that the structure was robust to such pressures except for a slight reduction in size.