Location
La Jolla, California
3 Instruments
The Sanford Burnham Prebys Cryo-EM Core in La Jolla operates a 300 kV Thermo Fisher Titan Krios with a Gatan K3 direct detector, a 120 kV Tecnai T12 with an Eagle 4K CCD for negative stain, and a Vitrobot Mark IV. It offers full imaging service, trained user instrument access, and hybrid arrangements to academic and commercial users. Krios data collection is priced per 24 hours (about $1,462 non-profit and $2,848 commercial) with hourly T12, Vitrobot and training rates posted.
Serves academic and commercial users with posted External Non-Profit and Commercial rates for full service, instrument-only, hybrid service and training; contact facility manager Laura Koepping to start.
TEM
Tecnai T12
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TEM
Titan Krios
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sample Prep
Vitrobot Mark IV
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Published Rates
As published by each facility. Rates change; confirm before budgeting.
Cryo-EM Core (Sanford Burnham Prebys Shared Resources)
all rates & details →| Consultation per hour | $87.73 | external |
| Krios data collection per 24 hours (full service) | $1,462.05 | external |
| Krios per 24 hours (self-use) | $1,140.58 | external |
| Krios screening per hour (full service) | $132.36 | external |
| Training per hour | $128.59 | external |
+ 3 more on the facility page
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External users
Private providers that run samples
Companies that run cryo-EM as a paid service: you ship a sample, they prepare grids and collect data, and several also process it.
- Creative Biostructure ↗
Shirley, NY
Private providerDirectory page - FairJourney Biologics ↗
San Diego, CA
Private providerDirectory page - Helix Biostructures ↗
Indianapolis, IN
Private providerDirectory page - NanoImaging Services ↗
San Diego, CA
Private providerDirectory page - NovAliX ↗
Strasbourg, France
Private providerDirectory page - Proteros Biostructures ↗
Martinsried, Germany
Private providerDirectory page - Selvita (Cryo-EM Services) ↗
Cambridge, MA
Private providerDirectory page - Thermo Fisher Cryo-EM Drug Discovery Center ↗
South San Francisco, CA
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