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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.

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Stanford-SLAC Cryo-Electron Microscopy website

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

Public lecture presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg

January 26, 2023  ·  01:00:39  runtime
cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
Video
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?
News 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.
Photograph

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...
October 19, 2022
Cryo-EM computer image
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Tuberculosis samples

A scientist works on Tuberculosis samples at the Cryo-EM facility.

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.
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Cryo-EM poster session

Annual workshop for cryo-EM developments and a poster session.

September 23, 2022
Annual workshop for cryo-EM developments and a poster session.
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Cryo-EM and SSRL workshop

Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

September 22, 2022
Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop
news collection
Research at SLAC

COVID-19

SLAC is uniquely equipped to study viruses like SARS-CoV-2; in fact, we’ve been doing it for decades. This news collection gathers the latest information on COVID-19 research at SLAC.

A photo-collage featuring a technician at SLAC's cryo-EM facilities.
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Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

September 22, 2022
Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL
Illustration

Arrestin signaling protein

This illustration shows arrestin, an important type of signaling protein, while docked with rhodopsin, a G protein-coupled receptor.

September 22, 2022
This illustration shows arrestin, an important type of signaling protein