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/
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RRID: RRID:SCR_027178
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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.