Dr. Joshua Strauss, Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Director of the UNC Cryo-EM Core, was awarded an NIH S10 High End Instrumentation grant to purchase a 300 keV cryogenic-transmission electron microscope. This instrument will join the 200 keV ThermoFisher Talos Actica in the Cryo-EM Core to support high resolution data collection for single particle (SP) cryoEM, cryo-electron tomography (cryoET), and micro electron diffraction (microED) projects.
The new instrument will be housed in Chapman Hall and represents large institutional investment with contributions from the Provost, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, UNC School of Medicine Office of Research, Lineberger, College of Arts and Sciences, Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Necessary renovations will be conducted in the fall of 2026 ahead of microscope installation.
Congratulations Dr. Strauss!