Direct deposition on pre-cooled grids: a new approach to sub-millisecond cryoEM grid preparation.

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Τίτλος: Direct deposition on pre-cooled grids: a new approach to sub-millisecond cryoEM grid preparation.
Συγγραφείς: Klebl DP; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., Kay RW; School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., McMillan S; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., Sobott F; School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., Kapur N; School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., Muench SP; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Πηγή: Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology [Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol] 2026 Sep 01; Vol. 82 (Pt 9), pp. 1056-1061. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 11.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101676043 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2059-7983 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20597983 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: <2018-> : Medford, MA : John Wiley & Sons
Original Publication: [Malden, MA] : John Wiley & Sons, [2016]-
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Cryoelectron Microscopy*/methods , Cryoelectron Microscopy*/instrumentation , Specimen Handling*/methods
Περίληψη: There has been a rapid expansion in new approaches to sample preparation for single-particle cryoEM. One drive has been around speeding up the process both for the application of time-resolved studies and in outrunning some of the negative effects which may come from the sample interacting with the air-water interface, such as degradation and preferred orientation. Here, we set out to significantly improve the speed of grid preparation by removing the plunging stage and directly spraying onto pre-cooled grids which are situated in the cryogen, allowing us to produce grids where two samples are mixed and frozen on the grid in less than 1 ms. We have previously shown a preliminary proof of principle with this new approach and here we provide a detailed description of the approach taken and the methodology behind it. This approach allows us to move beyond the millisecond timescale to open up more systems to time-resolved EM and potentially improve samples.
(open access.)
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Grant Information: United Kingdom WT_ Wellcome Trust; 198466/Z/15/Z United Kingdom WT_ Wellcome Trust; UKR11958 United Kingdom BB_ Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: cryoEM; structural biology; time-resolved cryoEM
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DOI: 10.1107/S2059798326007126
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