Cryo-EM✓ External Access

Boulder Electron Microscopy Services (BEMS)

University of Colorado Boulder

📍 Boulder, CO · Website ↗

Boulder Electron Microscopy Services is a Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology core facility at CU Boulder distinct from the department's BioKEM Krios facility. It operates a 300 kV Tecnai F30 and a 200 kV Tecnai F20, both used for cryo-electron tomography and cryo-TEM of vitrified biological specimens, alongside a room-temperature Tecnai T12 Spirit. The facility offers full sample preparation and imaging services to outside institutions that lack their own cryo-EM access.

Equipment Inventory(2 instruments)

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

Tecnai F30

Thermo Fisher Scientific

TEM

Configuration: 300 kV FEG-TEM with Gatan OneView IS (4k) CCD, used for cryo-electron tomography and cryo-TEM.

Tecnai F20

Thermo Fisher Scientific

TEM

Configuration: 200 kV FEG-TEM with Gatan K3 direct electron detector and Gatan US4000 CCD, used for cryo-electron tomography and cryo-TEM.

Rates

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