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UTEP cryo-EM Facility

Exploring Life at Atomic Resolution

Advanced Cryo-Electron Microscopy for Structural Biology

JEOL JEM 3200FS is housed in the cryo-EM Core facility located within the Chemistry and Computer Science Building (CCSB G.0920)

 

NSF-MRI Award #0923437 to Ricardo A. Bernal, Principle Investigator

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About Us

We are a facility for cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) dedicated to visualizing biomolecules with unprecedented detail.



Research Focus

  • Single-particle analysis of bio-macromolecules
  • High-resolution single particle screening for both clipped and unclipped grids
  • Protein function elucidation discovery via high resolution structure determination


Our Team

Multidisciplinary experts in biochemistry, biophysics, and materials engineering working together to decode macromolecular structures.



Work Request

To submit a work request, please fill out the online form by clicking on this link. Priority is on a first come first served basis. 

 



Recommended Supplies for Work Requests

* For cryo-EM, we recommend SPI Quantifoil R2/1 Micromachined Holey Carbon Grids, 200 Mesh

* For materials science, we recommend Ted Pella lacey carbon supported grids catalog number 01895-F.

* If you need tweezers, we recommend PELCO Pro High Precision, extra fine tips, superior finish catalog number 5367-5NM.

* Grids must remain completely flat when preparing them. Bent grids are NOT acceptable for TEM



Contact Us

Ricardo A. Bernal, Ph.D. 

Department of Chemistry 

University of Texas at El Paso 

El Paso, Texas 79968-0513 

 e-mail: rbernal (at) utep.edu 

office phone: (915) 747-6918

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Marco Ramirez, Ph.D. 

Research Specialist 

Department of Chemistry 

University of Texas at El Paso 

El Paso, Texas 79968-0513 

e-mail: maramirezramos (at) utep.edu 

office phone: (915) 747-7552