Cryo-electron tomography on focused ion beam lamellae transforms structural cell biology

C Berger, N Premaraj, RBG Ravelli, K Knoops… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryogenic electron microscopy and data processing enable the determination of structures
of isolated macromolecules to near-atomic resolution. However, these data do not provide …

Correlated light and electron microscopy: ultrastructure lights up!

P De Boer, JP Hoogenboom, BNG Giepmans - Nature methods, 2015 - nature.com
Microscopy has gone hand in hand with the study of living systems since van Leeuwenhoek
observed living microorganisms and cells in 1674 using his light microscope. A spectrum of …

[HTML][HTML] An introduction to sample preparation and imaging by cryo-electron microscopy for structural biology

RF Thompson, M Walker, CA Siebert, SP Muench… - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) is a versatile technique that can be used to image
biological specimens ranging from intact eukaryotic cells to individual proteins> 150 kDa …

Cryo-electron tomography: the challenge of doing structural biology in situ

V Lučić, A Rigort, W Baumeister - Journal of Cell Biology, 2013 - rupress.org
Electron microscopy played a key role in establishing cell biology as a discipline, by
producing fundamental insights into cellular organization and ultrastructure. Many seminal …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and current trends in cryo-electron microscopy

M Guaita, SC Watters, S Loerch - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
All steps of cryogenic electron-microscopy (cryo-EM) workflows have rapidly evolved over
the last decade. Advances in both single-particle analysis (SPA) cryo-EM and cryo-electron …

Cryo‐electron microscopy–a primer for the non‐microscopist

JLS Milne, MJ Borgnia, A Bartesaghi… - The FEBS …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cryo‐electron microscopy (cryo‐EM) is increasingly becoming a mainstream technology for
studying the architecture of cells, viruses and protein assemblies at molecular resolution …

Correlated fluorescence and 3D electron microscopy with high sensitivity and spatial precision

W Kukulski, M Schorb, S Welsch, A Picco… - Journal of Cell …, 2011 - rupress.org
Correlative electron and fluorescence microscopy has the potential to elucidate the
ultrastructural details of dynamic and rare cellular events, but has been limited by low …

[HTML][HTML] Towards visual proteomics at high resolution

FJB Bäuerlein, W Baumeister - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditionally, structural biologists approach the complexity of cellular proteomes in a
reductionist manner. Proteomes are fractionated, their molecular components purified and …

Correlative cryo super-resolution light and electron microscopy on mammalian cells using fluorescent proteins

MW Tuijtel, AJ Koster, S Jakobs, FGA Faas… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Sample fixation by vitrification is critical for the optimal structural preservation of
biomolecules and subsequent high-resolution imaging by cryo-correlative light and electron …

Integrated multimodality microscope for accurate and efficient target-guided cryo-lamellae preparation

W Li, J Lu, K Xiao, M Zhou, Y Li, X Zhang, Z Li, L Gu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is a revolutionary technique for resolving the structure
of subcellular organelles and macromolecular complexes in their cellular context. However …