Category: Microscopy and Imaging

You likely know your way around a light or confocal microscope, but what if you need to see outside the optical range of these microscopes? Enter electron microscopy. Electron microscopes…

Electron microscopy (EM) is a fantastic tool that enables biologists to capture images of their samples at a greater resolution than with a light microscope. There are several types of…

Cryo-EM offers a way to get near atomic-resolution structures of biological molecules, perfect for imaging proteins and DNA. But how can you ensure you get impressive and informative cryo-EM images?…

Propelled into the scientific mainstream, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and three scientists critical to its development won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017. But what is cryo-electron microscopy? Why is…