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Cryo-EM allows scientists to make detailed 3D images of DNA, RNA, proteins, viruses, cells and the tiny molecular machines within the cell, revealing how they change shape and interact in complex ways while carrying out life’s functions.

Related links:   
Joint institutes and centers  
Cryo-EM fact sheet (pdf) 
Stanford-SLAC Cryo-Electron Microscopy website

Research associate Megan Mayer and graduate student Patrick Mitchell load a sample into a cryogenic electron microscope at SLAC.

Press Release

New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center bridges the gaps between discovering, manufacturing and deploying innovative energy storage solutions. 

Illustration showing a battery researcher at left, a battery at center and a grid of battery applications at right.
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The new SLAC-Stanford Battery Center aims to bridge the gaps between discovering, manufacturing and deploying innovative energy storage solutions. 

Illustration showing a battery researcher at left, a battery at center and a grid of battery applications at right.
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Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a revolutionary tool for studying the molecular architecture of protein, viruses, cells and the specialized molecular machines within cells...
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Past Event

Presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg. Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale. 

cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
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Public lecture presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg
cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
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Public Lecture Poster

Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale

poster for lecture titled What the cell is going on?
Press Release

Researchers used cryo-EM (left) to discover how a chamber in human cells (right) directs protein folding. 

A pom-pom like object with curly tangles in purple and blue shades and yellow tangles at center, reminiscent of a zinnia blossom.
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Lydia-Marie Joubert is pointing at the result of laminating an organic sample down to 100-300nm thickness for cryo-EM imaging. For samples which are traditionally...
Cryo-EM computer image
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Cornelius Gati is publishing his research on tuberculosis. He works on tuberculosis samples at the cryo-EM facility. He freezes tuberculosis bacteria with liquid nitrogen...
A scientist works on Tuberculosis samples at the Cryo-EM facility.
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Research associate Megan Mayer and graduate student Patrick Mitchell load a sample into a cryogenic electron microscope at SLAC.
Research associate Megan Mayer and graduate student Patrick Mitchell load a sample into a cryogenic electron microscope at SLAC.
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Annual workshop for cryo-EM developments and a poster session.
Annual workshop for cryo-EM developments and a poster session.
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Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.
Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop