Beckman Center for Cryo-Electron Microscopy
University of Pennsylvania
📍 Philadelphia, PA · Website ↗
The Beckman Center for Cryo-Electron Microscopy is part of the Perelman School of Medicine's Electron Microscopy Resource Laboratory and is housed in room G011 of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, with cryo-ET sample preparation space in the Anatomy Chemistry Building. It operates a 300 keV Titan Krios G3i with K3, BioQuantum filter and Volta phase plate, and a 200 keV Glacios 2 with Falcon 4i and Selectris X. The associated Beckman Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography adds a Zeiss Crossbeam 550 cryo-FIB-SEM with Delmic Meteor, a Zeiss LSM 900 cryo-confocal, Alveole micropatterning, and Vitrobot Mark IV and Leica EM GP plungers.
Equipment Inventory(7 instruments)
Roster verified against the facility's own published instrument list, September 2026.
Zeiss Crossbeam 550
Zeiss
Zeiss LSM 900
Zeiss
Leica EM GP
Leica
Vitrobot Mark IV
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Vitrification
Alveole PRIMO micropatterning
Alveole
Glacios 2
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Single Particle / Screening
Titan Krios G3i
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Single Particle / Tomography
Published Rates
As published by the facility, retrieved Aug 10, 2026 · source. Rates change; confirm with the facility before budgeting.
| Service | Rate | Applies to | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electron cryo-microscopy (hourly) | $120/hr | — | — |
| Plunge freezing | $125/sample | — | — |
| Single particle data collection (hourly) | $100/hr | — | — |
| T12 / JEOL 1010 (hourly) | $50/hr | — | — |
| TF-20 EPU run (24 hr) | $1500/24hr | — | — |
| TF-20 use (assisted) | $125/hr | — | — |
| Tomography image construction | $450/tomo | — | dual axis |
Pricing
| Instrument | Internal Rate | External Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titan Krios G3i | $60/hr | — | Instrument use approx $40-$60/hr. Staff time $100-$163/hr depending on service level. |