A novel storage system for cryoEM samples.

J Struct Biol

Department of Structural Chemistry and Chemical Biotechnology, Merck & Co., Inc., 2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, United States.

Published: July 2017

We present here a new CryoEM grid boxes storage system designed to simplify sample labeling, tracking and retrieval. The system is based on the crystal pucks widely used by the X-ray crystallographic community for storage and shipping of crystals. This system is suitable for any cryoEM laboratory, but especially for large facilities that will need accurate tracking of large numbers of samples coming from different sources.

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