Preparation and Support Equipment
Pelco easiGlow glow discharge
- Used for making carbon grids more hydrophyllic prior to negative staining or plunge-freezing
Quorum GloCube Plus
Leica ACE-600 carbon coater
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Ideal for carbon coating and metal shadowing applications
Vitrobot robotic plunge freezer
Leica GP2
Grid clipping station
- We are fully stocked for grid clipping and sample loading into the Talos Arctica autoloader - all supplies will be available to users, provided by the facility.
High pressure freezer
Sectioning instrument
Other Support Equipment
Long term storage dewar for cryo grids
Liquid nitrogen switching station
Liquid nitrogen filling station
Dewar dryer
Grid loading station
Supported Analysis Methods
Single Particle Analysis (SPA) for high-resolution protein and complex structures
Cryo-Electron Tomography (cryo-ET) for 3D imaging of cells and tissues
Sub-tomogram Averaging to enhance structural detail within cellular environments
MicroED for atomic structures from nanoscale crystals
Automated, high-throughput data collection for efficient multi-user workflows