A benchmarking was performed at a magnification 215kx on April 15 for the Titan Krios. 2293 exposures with a 6A CTF filter and 329002/346312 particles were used for processing. A resolution of 1.73A was obtained. The pixel size is around 0.56A. The Glacios benchmarking was conducted with an Au 0.6 grid at a magnification of 120kx on April 15 after…
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Kai Cai as the Cryo-EM Specialist at the Beckman Center in October 2023. Kai worked with SPA and tomography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the past few years. She will operate the facility with her experience and knowledge in electron microscopy. The facility committees and users welcome Kai’s arrival and…
The Beckman Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dazhong (David) Ding as the Cryo-ET specialist. David graduated from Penn State University with a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in December 2022. He will help with the operation and maintenance of the facility with his experience in microscopy and FIB. The facility committee and users of the…
The major renovations for the facility are done and both scopes are up and running. Minor touch-ups will continue. Both the Titan and Glacios are up and running. I will be running everyone’s samples and setting the microscopes up for the next week or two while we assess microscope stability. Please contact me if you want time on either scope. …
The next user group meeting will be this Friday (06/25) @ 9am in Zoom. Bring your data / projects to discuss. You will be able to share your screen if you have image data to look at. We will also discuss the usage Titan restart and the queue and schedule and the Talos 120. Join Zoom Meeting https://jhjhm.zoom.us/j/96088670690?pwd=aVNLQmFuS0EwSVpGUWhQRmorTXlNUT09 Meeting ID:…
The May EM user meeting is this Friday @ 9 am (05/31) in PCTB 708. Current Topic(s):– User projects:– Facility updates:– bi-monthly EM workshops date discussion