Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is the investigation of a sample with an electron microscope at cryogenic temperatures. It involves a beam of electrons fired at a frozen protein, the scattered electrons are collected and detected in roder to work out the structure of the frozen sample.
eBIC provides scientists with state-of-the-art experimental equipment and expertise in the field of cryo-electron microscopy, for both single particle analysis and cryo-tomography. Currently eBIC houses four Titan Krios microscopes, a Talos Arctica, an Aquilos cryo-FIB/SEM and a cryo-CLEM microscope.
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