[HTML][HTML] Scaling up cryo-EM for biology and chemistry: The journey from niche technology to mainstream method

MJ de la Cruz, ET Eng - Structure, 2023 - cell.com
Cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) methods have made meaningful contributions in a wide
variety of scientific research fields. In structural biology, cryo-EM routinely elucidates …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-focused ion beam for in situ structural biology: State of the art, challenges, and perspectives

AJ Noble, A de Marco - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cryogenic-focused ion beam (cryo-FIB) instruments became essential for high-resolution
imaging in cryo-preserved cells and tissues. Cryo-FIBs use accelerated ions to thin samples …

High-confidence 3D template matching for cryo-electron tomography

S Cruz-León, T Majtner, P Hoffmann, JP Kreysing… - Biophysical …, 2024 - cell.com
Cryo-electron tomography (CryoET) images the cellular environment in situ, without labels,
and with fully preserved context. However, the complex cellular environment and the low …

Doses for X‐ray and electron diffraction: New features in RADDOSE‐3D including intensity decay models

JL Dickerson, PTN McCubbin… - Protein …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
New features in the dose estimation program RADDOSE‐3D are summarised. They include
the facility to enter a diffraction intensity decay model which modifies the “Diffraction …

Gentle ions for cryo-FIB milling

X Chu, M Kudryashev - Structure, 2023 - cell.com
Cryo-EM imaging of vitreous samples is limited to a few hundred nanometers in thickness.
Focused ion beams can mill windows into cells and tissues for imaging, but they damage …

Xenon plasma focused ion beam lamella fabrication on high-pressure frozen specimens for structural cell biology

C Berger, H Watson, JH Naismith, M Dumoux… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Cryo focused ion beam lamella preparation is a potent tool for in situ structural biology,
enabling the study of macromolecules in their native cellular environments. However …