Cryo-EM

Life Science Challenge

How Pathogens Interact with Human Cells

Our aim: To discover new ways of detecting, preventing and combatting human infectious diseases by discovering the mechanisms by which viruses and bacteria interact with human cells and tissues.

Technology Innovation Challenge

Multidimensional Imaging of Molecular Structures

Our aim: To develop new technologies to see the molecules of life and their dynamics with unprecedented detail.

Science update

New scanning technique overcomes longstanding challenge in cryo-SEM imaging

Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute have developed a new approach to scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that dramatically reduces obstructions caused by charging artefacts in frozen biological samples. The advance, described in a paper published in Nature Communications, allows scientists…