Gentle ions for cryo-FIB milling.

Structure

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Society, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: October 2023

Cryo-EM imaging of vitreous samples is limited to a few hundred nanometers in thickness. Focused ion beams can mill windows into cells and tissues for imaging, but they damage biological samples. In this issue of Structure, Yang et al. (2023) quantitatively describe this damage and suggest ways to minimize it.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2023.09.003DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

gentle ions
4
ions cryo-fib
4
cryo-fib milling
4
milling cryo-em
4
cryo-em imaging
4
imaging vitreous
4
vitreous samples
4
samples limited
4
limited nanometers
4
nanometers thickness
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!