Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM) is a rapidly growing structural biology modality that has been successful in revealing molecular details of biological systems. However, unlike established biophysical and analytical techniques with calibration standards, cryoEM has lacked comprehensive biological test samples. We introduce a cryoEM calibration sample that is a mixture of compatible macromolecules that can be used not only for resolution optimization but also provides multiple reference points for evaluating instrument performance, data quality, and image processing workflows in a single experiment. This combined test specimen provides researchers a reference point for validating their cryoEM pipeline, benchmarking their methodologies, and testing new algorithms.
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