Mission Statement:
The missions of the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center (S2C2) are:
- to provide access to state-of-the-art cryo-EM instruments for data collection towards atomic resolution structure determination of biochemically purified single particles and
- to enable scientists across the nation to become independent cryo-EM investigators.
Our Center also has cryo-specimen preparation devices, data quality assessment tools for on-the-fly evaluation and visualization, and image data storage capacity on a short-term basis. We provide expert staff that trains, assists and advises users, both on-site and remotely, and are available for consultation beforehand and in a follow-up program. We cross-train scientists who want to employ cryo-EM within their own research portfolios. Our training is targeted at a wide variety of skill levels - including short-term and long-term in-residence training programs for single particle cryo-EM workflow from specimen preparation to structure validation. Access to the Center is through an open process based on scientific merit.
The S2C2 is supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund Transformative High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy program.
A National Center for Cryo-Electron Microscopy
S2C2 is co-located with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University.
