Cryo-EM✓ External Access

Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core (IEMC)

Emory University

📍 Atlanta, GA · Website ↗

IEMC operates at two Emory sites. The Cherry L. Emerson site runs a JEOL JEM-2200FS 200 kV TEM with in-column omega filter and DE-20 and K2 detectors for cryo-ET, a JEOL JEM-1400 and Hitachi HT7700 120 kV TEMs, a JEOL JSM-IT700HR FE-SEM, a Thermo Fisher Hydra Bio plasma FIB-SEM with Delmic METEOR, and a Leica cryo-CLEM microscope, plus high pressure freezing and ultramicrotomy. The Biochemistry Connector site runs a 200 kV Talos Arctica with BioQuantum K3 and autoloader for single particle cryo-EM and a Talos L120C with Ceta camera, with two Vitrobot Mark IVs, a Gatan CP3, plasma cleaners, and glow dischargers across the sites.

Equipment Inventory(12 instruments)

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

Hydra Bio

Thermo Fisher Scientific

FIB-SEM
Configuration: Plasma FIB-SEM with Xe, Ar, O, N ion sources, Delmic METEOR integrated cryo-FLM, spin-mill, cryo lamella milling; suite E115

Leica EM Cryo CLEM

Leica Microsystems · Cryo-CLEM

Other
Configuration: Cryo fluorescence microscope for CLEM of frozen-hydrated grids; suite E115

Gatan Solarus 950

Gatan

Sample Prep
Configuration: Plasma cleaner, suite G238; also Pelco easiGlow and two GloQube glow dischargers

Vitrobot Mark IV

×2

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Vitrification

Sample Prep
Configuration: One at Emerson suite 115, one at Biochemistry Connector suite G236A

Gatan CP3

Gatan · Vitrification

Sample Prep
Configuration: Model 930 cryoplunger, suite G236A

BAL-TEC HPM 010

Bal-Tec · High Pressure Freezing

Sample Prep
Configuration: High pressure freezer, suite 115; with Leica EM AFS2 freeze substitution

JEOL JSM-IT700HR

JEOL

SEM
Configuration: Field emission SEM, high and low vacuum, JED-2300 EDS; suite E117

JEOL JEM-2200FS

JEOL

TEM
Configuration: 200 kV FEG, in-column omega energy filter, Direct Electron DE-20 and Gatan K2 detectors, Zernike/hole-free phase plates, two Gatan 914 cryo holders, SerialEM; Emerson suite E117; NSF MRI 0923395

Talos L120C

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Screening / Negative Stain

TEM
Voltage: 120 kV
Configuration: 120 kV LaB6, 4k x 4k Ceta CMOS, Gatan 626 and ELSA cryo holders, SerialEM, low dose, diffraction; suite G239

Talos Arctica

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Single Particle / Screening

TEM
Voltage: 200 kV
Configuration: 200 kV FEG, autoloader (12 samples), Gatan BioQuantum K3; EPU, Tomography, SerialEM; Biochemistry Connector suite G239

JEOL JEM-1400

JEOL · Screening / Negative Stain

TEM
Voltage: 120 kV
Configuration: 120 kV LaB6, Gatan UltraScan 2k x 2k CCD, two Gatan 626 cryo holders, SerialEM; suite E111; NIH S10 RR025679

Hitachi HT7700

Hitachi · Screening / Negative Stain

TEM
Configuration: 120 kV tungsten, AMT CCD, +/-70 degree motorized goniometer; suite E116

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