Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cryo-EM is sponsored by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. This program supports advances in cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) for determining atomic structures of biological samples.

Beckman Center for Cryo-EM | Beckman Foundation Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cryo-EM This program is closed for new applications Advances in instrumentation and methods have revolutionized applications of cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) to determine atomic structures of biological samples that are currently beyond the reach of other structural biology methods.

However, the expense of the instrumentation is a major roadblock to increasing access to this technology. In 2016, the Foundation provided 5 grants of $2.

5M each that could be used for: Purchase costs of new Cryo-EM instrumentation Support for a junior faculty hire in structural biology Following a competitive proposal review process, the following 5 Institutions were selected for awards: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, PI: James Berger Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PI: Thomas Schwartz University of Pennsylvania, PI: Vera Moiseenkova-Bell University of Utah, PI: Wes Sundquist University of Washington, PI: Justin Kollman Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cryo-EM - 2017 FIB-Milling Sample Preparation for Cellular CryoET - 2022 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cryo-EM - 2017 Dr. Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, PhD University of Pennsylvania Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cryo-EM - 2017