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National Cancer Institute - Frederick

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Location

Frederick, Maryland

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1 Instrument

TEM (1)
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The National Cryo-EM Facility at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, within FNL's Cancer Research Technology Program, provides no-cost high-resolution data collection to US cancer researchers. It operates two Thermo Fisher Titan Krios microscopes, each with a Falcon 3EC detector and a Gatan K3 behind a BioQuantum energy filter, with a Volta phase plate on one. The second Krios came online in 2020; the facility has run over 600 sessions for about 100 investigators at 50 institutions.

โœ…Accepts External Users

Free to extramural academic researchers with cancer-relevant, BSL-1 samples; applicants submit a Sample Information Form and pre-screening images via ncef.submittable.com and receive 48-hour data collection sessions of up to two samples, with users paying only shipping.

TEM

Titan Krios

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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