Partner institution: 3:MasarykUniversity-CEITEC
Core facility: Cryo-electron Microscopy and Tomography
Category of instrument / technology: Sample preparation
Web category: 5 : specific systems
Instrument name: Vitrification robot
Description EN:
Vitrification robot Vitrobot Mark IV
Part of research platform:
Modern electron microscopy in structural biology on the cellular and molecular level is performed by cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography. Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is the only method to address pleiomorphic structures like cells and organelles in a close to native state, while cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is applied to study single particles, primarily larger macromolecular complexes, which have been isolated and purified by biochemical methods. Both methodologies provide information on the cellular and molecular level and are therefore ideal for in-depth structural-functional analysis in combination with state of the art biochemical characterisation.
Name of instrument operator: Jiří Nováček
Email of instrument operator: jiri.novacek@ceitec.muni.cz
Supplier name: FEI Europe B.V.
Price (excluding VAT) in EUR: 64000
Year of purchase: 2012
Year of installation: 2014
Service contract Yes / No: 1
Yearly price of service contract (excluding VAT) in EUR: 3127
Capacity used in %:
Running cont per hour of usage in EUR: 17
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