Volume electron microscopy

CJ Peddie, C Genoud, A Kreshuk, K Meechan… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Life exists in three dimensions, but until the turn of the century most electron microscopy
methods provided only 2D image data. Recently, electron microscopy techniques capable of …

Volume EM: a quiet revolution takes shape

LM Collinson, C Bosch, A Bullen, JJ Burden… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Volume electron microscopy (vEM) is a group of techniques that reveal the 3D ultrastructure
of cells and tissues through continuous depths of at least 1 micrometer. A burgeoning …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-focused ion beam for in situ structural biology: State of the art, challenges, and perspectives

AJ Noble, A de Marco - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Cryogenic-focused ion beam (cryo-FIB) instruments became essential for high-resolution
imaging in cryo-preserved cells and tissues. Cryo-FIBs use accelerated ions to thin samples …

[HTML][HTML] A modular platform for automated cryo-FIB workflows

S Klumpe, HKH Fung, SK Goetz, I Zagoriy, B Hampoelz… - Elife, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lamella micromachining by focused ion beam milling at cryogenic temperature (cryo-FIB)
has matured into a preparation method widely used for cellular cryo-electron tomography …

Correlative multi-scale cryo-imaging unveils SARS-CoV-2 assembly and egress

L Mendonça, A Howe, JB Gilchrist, Y Sheng… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there have been intense structural studies
on purified viral components and inactivated viruses. However, structural and ultrastructural …

Cryo-plasma FIB/SEM volume imaging of biological specimens

M Dumoux, T Glen, JLR Smith, EML Ho, LMA Perdigão… - Elife, 2023‏ - elifesciences.org
Serial focussed ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) enables imaging and
assessment of subcellular structures on the mesoscale (10 nm to 10 µm). When applied to …

Structure and activity of particulate methane monooxygenase arrays in methanotrophs

Y Zhu, CW Koo, CK Cassidy, MC Spink, T Ni… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Methane-oxidizing bacteria play a central role in greenhouse gas mitigation and have
potential applications in biomanufacturing. Their primary metabolic enzyme, particulate …

[HTML][HTML] Super-resolution confocal cryo-CLEM with cryo-FIB milling for in situ imaging of Deinococcus radiodurans

DL Sexton, S Burgold, A Schertel, EI Tocheva - Current Research in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Studying bacterial cell envelope architecture with electron microscopy is challenging due to
the poor preservation of microbial ultrastructure with traditional methods. Here, we …

Recent advances in plant endomembrane research and new microscopical techniques

Y Zeng, Z Liang, Z Liu, B Li, Y Cui, C Gao… - New …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The endomembrane system consists of various membrane‐bound organelles including the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus, trans‐Golgi network (TGN), endosomes, and …

Disruption of the mitochondrial network in a mouse model of Huntington's disease visualized by in-tissue multiscale 3D electron microscopy

E Martin-Solana, L Casado-Zueras, TE Torres… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2024‏ - Springer
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by an
expanded CAG repeat in the coding sequence of huntingtin protein. Initially, it predominantly …