Cryo-EM✓ External Access
David Van Andel Advanced Cryo-Electron Microscopy Suite (Cryo-EM Core)
Van Andel Institute
📍 GRAND RAPIDS, MI · Website ↗
The Cryo-EM Core at Van Andel Institute operates a Titan Krios, a Talos Arctica, a Tecnai Spirit BioTWIN and an Arctis cryo-plasma FIB for single particle analysis, cryo-electron tomography and biological EM. The suite offers consultation, training, grid freezing and screening, and data collection to internal and external investigators.
Equipment Inventory(7 instruments)
Roster verified against the facility's own published instrument list, September 2026.
Arctis
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Cryo-FIB Milling
Configuration: Cryo-plasma FIB; 0.2-30 kV electron beam; Xe, Ar, O ion species; integrated fluorescence; 12-grid autoloader
Vitrobot Mark IV
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Vitrification
Leica EM ICE
Leica
Gatan Solarus 950
Gatan
Talos Arctica
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Single Particle / Screening
Voltage: 200 kV
Configuration: 200 kV FEG; Falcon 3EC direct detector; Ceta 16M; Gatan K2 direct detector; 12-grid autoloader
Tecnai T12
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Configuration: 80-120 kV; Gatan Orius 832 CCD
Titan Krios
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Configuration: 80-300 kV; Gatan Quantum 967 LS imaging filter; Gatan K3 direct detector (post-GIF); Ceta 16M (pre-GIF); 12-grid autoloader