With NIH grant, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï to become national center of cryoelectron tomography
The grant will also help the university upgrade its electron microscopy and tomography facility
The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï will be one of four national centers designed to advance the application of cryoelectron tomography (cryoET), which helps visualize in 3-D the fine-structure of intact cells and tissues, the National Institutes of Health announced (NIH) today.
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï scientists, who have been at the forefront of this technology, have won a six-year, $7 million grant for the center.ÌýÌý
Cryo-electron tomography is a method in which vitrified specimens are imaged at different tilt angles in an electron microscope to construct high-resolution three-dimensional images.ÌýÌý
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