Cryo Transmission Electron Microscopy

10 October 2017

We are the only facility in Styria which is successfully using cryo transmission electron microscopy. This method is increasingly becoming a mainstream technology for studying the architecture of cells, viruses, lipid nanocarriers, nanoemulsions, and protein assemblies at molecular resolution. The cellular structure and composition are maintained under physiological conditions by rapid cooling to liquid nitrogen temperature. This is the reason why molecular movements are stabilised, the structure is preserved and observed in a cryo-TEM in its natural state.

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