Cryo-EMโœ“ External Access

Structural Biology Core, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility

Virginia Commonwealth University

๐Ÿ“ RICHMOND, VA ยท Website โ†—

The VCU Structural Biology Core cryo-EM facility in the McGlothlin Medical Education Center operates a Thermo Fisher Scientific Tundra cryo-TEM with a Vitrobot Mark IV, glow discharge unit, evaporator and a 250 TB GPU processing server. In addition to serving the VCU community, the facility offers cryo-EM services to outside organizations.

Equipment Inventory(2 instruments)

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

Vitrobot Mark IV

Thermo Fisher Scientific ยท Vitrification

Sample Prep

Tundra

Thermo Fisher Scientific ยท Screening

TEM
Voltage: 100 kV
Detector: Falcon 4i