{"id":3376,"date":"2025-11-10T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cryo-em\/?p=3376"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:20:11","slug":"unc-neurobiology-students-explore-cryoem-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cryo-em\/2025\/11\/unc-neurobiology-students-explore-cryoem-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Neurobiology Students Explore CryoEM Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cryo-em\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1040\/2026\/02\/Josh-talk-large-class-560x746.jpeg-2-1-225x300.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cryo-em\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1040\/2026\/02\/Josh-talk-large-class-560x746.jpeg-2-1-225x300.avif 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cryo-em\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1040\/2026\/02\/Josh-talk-large-class-560x746.jpeg-2-1.avif 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Over sixty UNC neurobiology students visited the cryoEM core for a hands-on session organized by Dr. Alexandra Nowlan to explore advanced structural and cellular biology. Dr. Joshua Strauss hosted the visit, where students toured the facility&#8217;s workflows and attended a lecture on the revolutionary impact of cryoEM. The experience was further enriched by Clara Lenger, a lab technician who presented on cryo-specimen preparation, and Dr. Ryan Gumpper, an Assistant Professor from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, who shared his experience using cryoEM to study GPCR structure and function.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/unc-neurobiology-students-explore-cryoem-technology-in-hands-on-structural-biology-session\/\">Read the full story there<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over sixty UNC neurobiology students visited the cryoEM core for a hands-on session organized by Dr. Alexandra Nowlan to explore advanced structural and cellular biology. 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