Bringing structure to cell biology with cryo-electron tomography

LN Young, E Villa - Annual review of biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy have marked only the beginning of the
potential of this technique. To bring structure into cell biology, the modality of cryo-electron …

Plasma FIB milling for the determination of structures in situ

C Berger, M Dumoux, T Glen, NB Yee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Structural biology studies inside cells and tissues require methods to thin vitrified specimens
to electron transparency. Until now, focused ion beams based on gallium have been used …

Advanced materials for energy-water systems: the central role of water/solid interfaces in adsorption, reactivity, and transport

E Barry, R Burns, W Chen, GX De Hoe… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The structure, chemistry, and charge of interfaces between materials and aqueous fluids
play a central role in determining properties and performance of numerous water systems …

Nanoscale architecture of synaptic vesicles and scaffolding complexes revealed by cryo-electron tomography

RG Held, J Liang, AT Brunger - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - pnas.org
The spatial distribution of proteins and their arrangement within the cellular ultrastructure
regulates the opening of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) …

Benchmarking the ideal sample thickness in cryo-EM

MW Martynowycz, MTB Clabbers… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The relationship between sample thickness and quality of data obtained is investigated by
microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED). Several electron microscopy (EM) grids …

Observing ion diffusion and reciprocating hopping motion in water

S Liu, X Han, C Ophus, S Zhou, YH Jiang, Y Sun… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
When an ionic crystal dissolves in solvent, the positive and negative ions associated with
solvent molecules release from the crystal. However, the existing form, interaction, and …

Unhindered brownian motion of individual nanoparticles in liquid-phase scanning transmission electron microscopy

MN Yesibolati, KI Mortensen, H Sun, A Brostrøm… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LPTEM) offers label-free imaging of
nanoparticle (NP) processes in liquid with sub-nanometer spatial and millisecond temporal …

Radiolysis‐Driven Evolution of Gold Nanostructures–Model Verification by Scale Bridging In Situ Liquid‐Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy and X‐Ray …

B Fritsch, TS Zech, MP Bruns, A Körner… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Utilizing ionizing radiation for in situ studies in liquid media enables unique insights into
nanostructure formation dynamics. As radiolysis interferes with observations, kinetic …

Electron diffraction of deeply supercooled water in no man's land

CR Krüger, NJ Mowry, G Bongiovanni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A generally accepted understanding of the anomalous properties of water will only emerge if
it becomes possible to systematically characterize water in the deeply supercooled regime …

Tailoring the Acidity of Liquid Media with Ionizing Radiation: Rethinking the Acid–Base Correlation beyond pH

B Fritsch, A Körner, T Couasnon… - The journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Advanced in situ techniques based on electrons and X-rays are increasingly used to gain
insights into fundamental processes in liquids. However, probing liquid samples with …