High-speed microscopy technique reveals dynamic E. coli membrane stiffness
Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller ...
Cryogenic electron microscopy uncovers key cellular recycling process for human health
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has identified a key mechanism responsible for endosomal recycling ...
Brandeis University2y
About the Brandeis EM Facility
The Louis Mashal Gabbay Cellular Visualization and Electron Microscopy Center was founded in 1972 as the Laboratory of Structural Biology by Dr. Susan Lowey, Dr. Carolyn Cohen, and Dr. Don Caspar (who ...
Nature5y
Illuminating lipids
In addition to fluorescence labeling, the researchers can also click on gold nanoparticles for immuno-electron microscopy studies. The researchers used this approach to visualize choline ...
The Scientist7y
Milling Magic
Cryoelectron tomography (CryoET)—electron microscopy of frozen tissues—allows unparalleled observations of molecular complexes in as natural a state as possible. However, current electron microscopes ...
eLife9d
Volume electron microscopy reveals unique laminar synaptic characteristics in the human entorhinal cortex
The entorhinal cortex (EC) plays a pivotal role in memory function and spatial navigation, connecting the hippocampus with the neocortex. The EC integrates a wide range of cortical and subcortical ...