Structure determination

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  • Cryo-EM
  • ​Cryo-ET
  • ​X-ray crystallography

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Also offered as gene-to-structure service.​

Cryo-EM

Next-generation structure determination at near-atomic resolution

Protein structures from close-to-native conditions

Overcomes the need for crystallization

Highly suitable for larger proteins, complexes, and membrane proteins​

Data collection requires access to high-end electron microscopes

Cryo-ET

Offers a unique opportunity to visualize proteins directly in an unperturbed cell

For difficult-to-extract/purify proteins in their native conformation, for example for membrane protein-ligand interactions

For the study of protein-protein interactions in a cellular context, for example for antibody-cell receptor interactions

For the study drug delivery vectors such as viral vectors, polymers, or nanoparticles

X-ray crystallography

Highest resolutions (up to 1 Å and beyond)

Highly suitable for small, soluble proteins

Depends on crystallizability of the protein

Data collection requires coordinated access to high-energy X-ray sources (synchrotrons)