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Instrumentation:

  • Titan Krios G3 (300 keV X-FEG, ThermoFisher Scientific) cryo-TEM
    • BioQuantum Energy Filter with K2 Summit direct detector (to be upgraded to BioContinuumHD Imaging Filter with K3 camera in early 2026)
    • Volta Phase Plate
    • 12-position cryo-sample autoloader
    • Automated data collection through EPU, Tomo, and SerialEM
  • BioContinuumHD Imaging Filter with K3 Camera (Gatan) — Coming Soon
    • Energy-filtered direct detection for high-contrast imaging and tomography
    • 94-megapixel super-resolution mode at 1502 frames per second
    • EELS and EFTEM data acquisition options
    • Real-time GPU-based motion correction
  • TFS Glacios F30 (200 keV X-FEG, ThermoFisher Scientific) cryo-TEM
    • Falcon 4i
    • Selectris Energy Filter
    • 12-position cryo-sample autoloader
    • MicroED
    • Automated data collection through EPU, Tomo, and SerialEM
  • Talos Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM, ThermoFisher Scientific) — Coming Soon
    • 120 kV instrument for negative stain EM and cryo-TEM
    • 4K × 4K CETA CMOS camera
    • Routine negative stain imaging for rapid sample screening
    • Tomography and preliminary structural analysis
  • SingleParticle GPU Workstation — Coming Soon
    • Dual Intel Xeon processors, 1 TB ECC memory
    • Four NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell GPUs (96GB each)
    • Pre-installed cryo-EM software: RELION, cryoSPARC, Scipion, DeepEMhancer, and more
  • Ancillary equipment for cryospecimen preparation
    • FEI Vitrobot (Mark IV)
    • Leica EMGP
    • Manual plungers
    • Glow Discharging
    • Carbon Coating

Acknowledging Cryo-EM Core

Any use of the resources at UTHealth Cryo-EM Core Facility requires acknowledgement of the resources in publications and presentations.

Any work taking place on the Glacios must acknowledge the NIH S10ODO32204 grant. 

Example: Cryo-EM work (or Some of this cryo-EM work) was performed at the Cryo-EM Core Facility supported by the UTHealth Structural Biology Imaging Center at Houston and by grant from the NIH Office of the Director (1S10OD032204).