Location
Austin, Minnesota
10 Instruments
Contact
Contact via facility website
The Hormel Institute, a University of Minnesota research institute in Austin, Minnesota (not Minneapolis), operates a cryoEM and cryoET facility directed by Susan Hafenstein. It runs a 300 kV Titan Krios G2 with Gatan K3 and BioContinuum filter, a Titan Krios 5 with cold FEG, Falcon 4i and Selectris X (installation in progress), a Tecnai G2 Spirit BioTWIN, and an Arctis cryo-plasma FIB/SEM that arrived in August 2024, plus Vitrobot, high-pressure freezing and cryo-ultramicrotomy. It is the core of the planned Minnesota Bioimaging Center.
External users start by scheduling a free consultation with the Hormel Institute cryoEM team; published hourly rates cover internal academic, external academic and external industry users.
TEM
Krios 5
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TEM
Tecnai T12
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TEM
Titan Krios G2
Thermo Fisher Scientific
FIB-SEM
Arctis
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sample Prep
Gatan CP3
Gatan
Sample Prep
Leica EM ACE600
Leica Microsystems
Sample Prep
Leica EM ICE
Leica
Sample Prep
Leica EM UC7/FC7
Leica Microsystems
Sample Prep
Pelco easiGlow
Ted Pella
Sample Prep
Vitrobot Mark IV
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Published Rates
As published by each facility. Rates change; confirm before budgeting.
The Hormel Institute Cryo-EM Facility
all rates & details →| Staff time (hourly) | $42 | external |
| Tecnai G2 Spirit BioTwin (hourly) | $37 | external |
| Titan Krios (hourly) | $47 | external |
| Vitrobot Mark IV (hourly) | $25 | external |
| Tecnai G2 Spirit BioTwin (hourly) | $100 | industry |
+ 5 more on the facility page
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External users
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