Cool newcomer Cryo-electron microscopy is still a comparatively new method for elucidating the three-dimensional structure of biomolecules. It can help researchers resolve many open questions about light-sensitive proteins, rapidly and with high precision. Text: Brigitte Osterath
Scientist Emiliya Poghosyan is an expert in cryo-electron microscopy at PSI. Here she is pushing a sample – cooled with liquid nitrogen – into an apparatus as tall as a person.
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