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cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility

Virginia Commonwealth University

Contact Info:

Montserrat Samso

Room B-106, 1201 E. Marshall St

Sanger Hall 3-009

Richmond, VA 23298

https://research.vcu.edu/cores/structural-biology/cryo-em/

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_027178

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Relevant Publications:

Description:

The cryo-EM Facility at VCU offers sample preparation, visualization and analysis for high resolution 3D reconstruction of frozen-hydrated proteins and macromolecular complexes. The Facility is endowed with a Thermofisher Scientific Tundra cryo-electron microscope, a Vitrobot Mark IV cryo-plunger, a Pelco easyGlow glow discharge unit, a Denton DV 502B evaporator, and a linux server dedicated to image processing.