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NIH to increase cryo-electron microscopy access

May 16, 2018 7:35 PM UTC

NIH said it will establish three cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) centers under a six-year, $128 million initiative to increase access to the technology. The centers will be housed by the Oregon Heath & Science University (OHSU) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the New York Structural Biology Center and Stanford University.

The initiative, dubbed the Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy program, is supported through NIH's Common Fund...