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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.

News Feature

How tiny hinges bend the infection-spreading spikes of a coronavirus

Disabling those hinges could be a good strategy for designing vaccines and treatments against a broad range of coronavirus infections.

November 14, 2023  ·  5 min read
A 3D image of a round, spiky coronavirus with inset showing how far its spikes can bend.
News Feature

Tearing apart a million-dollar microscope – for science

Peter Dahlberg has combined two complex imaging techniques into one. The 2021 Panofsky Fellow adds cryo-ET and biosensors to fluorescence microscopy to give context...

October 4, 2023  ·  6 min read
A green, red and blue outline encloses small yellow dots and orange circles, representing parts of a cell.
Press Release

New SLAC-Stanford Battery Center targets roadblocks to a sustainable energy transition

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

April 13, 2023  ·  4 min read
Illustration showing a battery researcher at left, a battery at center and a grid of battery applications at right.
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Battery research

The new SLAC-Stanford Battery Center aims to bridge the gaps between discovering, manufacturing and deploying innovative energy storage solutions. 

April 11, 2023
Illustration showing a battery researcher at left, a battery at center and a grid of battery applications at right.
Video

What is Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM)

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...
March 7, 2023
Stillframe of Cryo-EM explainer video
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Past Event
Public lecture

What in the cell is going on?

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

Date Thursday, January 26, 2023
7:00 p.m.  –  8:00 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, SLAC, Building 53
cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
Video

What In The Cell Is Going On?

Public lecture presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg

January 26, 2023  ·  01:00:39  runtime
cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
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Public Lecture Poster

What the cell is going on?

Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale

January 13, 2023
poster for lecture titled What the cell is going on?
Press Release

SLAC/Stanford researchers discover how a nano-chamber in the cell directs protein folding

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

December 8, 2022  ·  8 min read
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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Cryo-EM lamellae

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...
October 19, 2022
Cryo-EM computer image
Photograph

Tuberculosis samples

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...
October 4, 2022
A scientist works on Tuberculosis samples at the Cryo-EM facility.
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Cryogenic electron microscope (Cryo-EM)

Research associate Megan Mayer and graduate student Patrick Mitchell load a sample into a cryogenic electron microscope at SLAC.
September 23, 2022
Research associate Megan Mayer and graduate student Patrick Mitchell load a sample into a cryogenic electron microscope at SLAC.