Equipment

Information about equipment in the Structural Biology Core.

Equipment

  • ThermoFisher Scientific Glacios 2 microscope with a Falcon 4i direct detector and Selectris energy filter  
  • JEOL JEM-1400 Plus transmission electron microscope equipped with Gatan OneView camera.    
  • FEI Vitrobot automated vitrification unit (Vitrobot mark IV).  
  • Various supporting equipment, including a glow-discharge unit, carbon and metal coaters, ultramicrotome and negative stain facilities.  
  • Extensive computer resources for data processing and storage.  
  • ARI Gryphon crystallisation robotics.
  • SPT Labtech Mosquito Crystallisation Robotics.

Supporting equipment

  • Microscopes for checking crystallisation plates.
  • AKTA FPLC system for performing size exclusion chromatography (Superdex 200 increase 10/300 GL column available).
  • GPU enabled computers