{"id":12409,"date":"2018-02-23T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:48:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:48:28","slug":"new-cryo-em-service-platform-embl-heidelberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/science\/new-cryo-em-service-platform-embl-heidelberg\/","title":{"rendered":"New cryo-EM service at EMBL Heidelberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists who want to obtain detailed structures of biological molecules now have a new facility to turn to: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/services\/cryo-em-platform\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) service platform<\/a> at EMBL Heidelberg. The platform enables scientists from other institutions to access state-of-the-art cryo-EM microscopes for high-resolution data collection. 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