Cryo-EMโœ“ External Access

Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility

University of California, Santa Cruz

๐Ÿ“ SANTA CRUZ, CA ยท Website โ†—

The Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility in the UCSC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, located in Sinsheimer Labs, operates a Thermo Fisher Glacios cryo-TEM with a Falcon 4i direct electron detector plus a plunge-freezing suite and GPU processing workstations. It offers full-service, assisted, independent and consulting access modes to UCSC and UC researchers, external academic groups and industry partners.

Equipment Inventory(3 instruments)

Roster verified against the facility's own published instrument list, September 2026.

Vitrobot Mark IV

Thermo Fisher Scientific ยท Vitrification

Sample Prep

Leica EM GP2

Leica Microsystems ยท Vitrification

Sample Prep

Glacios

Thermo Fisher Scientific ยท Single Particle / Screening

TEM
Voltage: 200 kV
Configuration: 200 kV, Falcon 4i direct electron detector