Our facilities are funded by different sources which have different restrictions to users and associated costs. If you are interested in working with us but aren't sure which program applies to you, please contact cryoem@slac.stanford.edu.

Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S²C²)

The Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S²C²) provides access to state-of-the-art cryo-EM instruments for data collection towards atomic resolution structure determination of biochemically purified single particles and enables scientists across the nation to become independent cryo-EM investigators. The S²C² is supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy program.

Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (SCSC)

SCSC is one of the four service centers of a National Network for CryoElectron Tomography, coordinated by a central network hub. The service centers will specialize in cryoET specimen preparation. The hub will perform cryoET data collection for all user laboratories served by the network, in addition to its service center functions. The SCSC is supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund Microscopy Program. program.

Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Facilities

The first facility to open as part of the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Initiative and one of the most advanced in the world in terms of the number of high-end instruments and level of expertise it makes available. It allows researchers at SLAC and Stanford to prepare samples, collect data at high speed and assess the quality of that data on the fly so they can make the best use of their experimental time. Funding is provided by Stanford University, SLAC and the National Institutes of Health S10 Instrumentation Programs.

National Center for Macromolecular Imaging (NCMI)

A national center for 3-D electron microscopy from macromolecules to whole cells focused on cryo-EM technology development that is driven by the biomedical projects of collaborators around the globe, as well as on training and serving the global community of cryo-EM researchers. NCMI is a National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Biomedical Technology Research Resource.

Regional Cryo-EM Consortium

Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish and maintain a high resolution cryo-EM data collection facility. The facility is available only to consortium members, who are structural biologists specializing in cryo-EM techniques and who do not have high resolution data collection facilities at their home institutions.  Regional Consortia for High-Resolution Cryoelectron Microscopy.