
Electron microscopy (EM) has revolutionized biological research and remains a cornerstone technology. It provides superior resolution for visualizing cellular and molecular structures and surpasses many limitations of optical imaging. While the fundamental principles of EM have remained largely unchanged, ongoing enhancements continue to advance the field. These advancements result in cutting-edge innovations in imaging and data collection approaches.
Considering the precision and rigor demanded by this technology, the step-by-step visual demonstrations will serve as a valuable resource for conducting EM analyses. Therefore, this Methods Collection will encompass visual protocols detailing critically relevant approaches across various declinations of EM imaging. It aims to highlight the versatility of EM in modern biology through a broad range of topics and emphasize its potential and impact as a research tool.
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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, Peking University Third Hospital, 2Medical and Health Analysis Center, Peking University Health Science Center, 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation in Frontier Technologies for Population Quality, 4Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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1School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, 2Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Intelligent Processing, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 4Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Fudan University
Step-by-step instructions for making NiNTA lipid monolayer affinity grids for cryoEM structural analysis of soluble protein complexes.
Joshua Strauss*1,
Clara Lenger1
1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ultrastructural characterization of the cerebellum of juvenile chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta: homeostatic neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.
Evgeniya Pushchina*1
1A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
Detergent Screening to Mitigate Air–Water Interface Effects During Cryo-EM Grid Preparation
Hong Zhang1,
Jie Yang*1
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia
Volume EM in virology: Closing the gap between array tomography and cryoTEM using STEM tomography of high pressure frozen, freeze substituted samples
Johannes Georg Wieland*1,
Julia La Roche2,
Tim Bergner2,
Rebecca Habisch3,
Eva Puschmann3,
Paul Walther2,
Jorge Soza Ried3,
Clarissa Read2,
Martin Dass*3
1Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397 Biberach / Ulm University, Central Facility Electron Microscopy, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm,
2Ulm University, Central Facility Electron Microscopy, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm,
3Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397 Biberach
Optical Multi-layer Interference Tomography (OMLIT) for Volumetric Brain Imaging and Multi-scale Neuroanatomical Analysis
RUOBING ZHANG*1
1Fudan University