An Open-Source Storage Solution for Cryo-Electron Microscopy Samples

作者：Ultee Eveline; Schenkel Fred; Yang Wen; Brenzinger Susanne; Depelteau Jamie S; Briegel Ariane^*

来源：Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018, 24(1): 60-63.

DOI：10.1017/S143192761701279X

• cryo-electron microscopy
• grid boxes
• storage dewar
• pucks

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables the study of biological structures in situ in great detail and to solve protein structures at Angstrom level resolution. Due to recent advances in instrumentation and data processing, the field of cryo-EM is a rapidly growing. Access to facilities and national centers that house the state-of-the-art microscopes is limited due to the ever-rising demand, resulting in long wait times between sample preparation and data acquisition. To improve sample storage, we have developed a cryo-storage system with an efficient, high storage capacity that enables sample storage in a highly organized manner. This system is simple to use, cost-effective and easily adaptable for any type of grid storage box and dewar and any size cryo-EM laboratory.

• 出版日期2018-2