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ArticleFrontiers in molecular biosciences2021

Small Molecule Microcrystal Electron Diffraction for the Pharmaceutical Industry-Lessons Learned From Examining Over Fifty Samples.

Jessica F Bruhn, Giovanna Scapin, Anchi Cheng, Brandon Q Mercado, David G Waterman, Thejusvi Ganesh, Sargis Dallakyan, Brandon N Read, Travis Nieusma, Kyle W Lucier and 11 more

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Article in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Unraveling atomic complexity from frozen samples.Structural dynamics (Melville, N.Y.) · 2025
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  8. Reaching the potential of electron diffraction.Cell reports. Physical science · 2024
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  9. Applying 3D ED/MicroED workflows toward the next frontiers.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2024
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  12. High Temperature Electron Diffraction on Organic Crystals:Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024
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  17. MicroED Structure of a Protoglobin Reactive Carbene Intermediate.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023
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  18. MicroED in drug discovery.Current opinion in structural biology · 2023
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  19. Electron crystallography and dedicated electron-diffraction instrumentation.Acta crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic communications · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Jessica F BruhnNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Giovanna ScapinNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Anchi ChengNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Brandon Q MercadoDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
David G WatermanUKRI STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom.
Thejusvi GaneshNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Sargis DallakyanNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Brandon N ReadNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Travis NieusmaNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Kyle W LucierNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Megan L MayerNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Nicole J ChiangNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Nicole PoweleitNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Philip T McGilvrayNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Timothy S WilsonNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Michael MashoreNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Camille HennessyNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Sean ThomsonNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Bo WangBiogen, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Clinton S PotterNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.
Bridget CarragherNanoImaging Services, San Diego, CA, United States.

Funding

A microED pipeline for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industryR44GM140666 · NIGMS · NANOIMAGING SERVICES, INC. · PI BRUHN, JESSICA FOX, SCAPIN, GIOVANNA · 2021 to 2022
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R44 GM140666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emerging field of microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) is of great interest to industrial researchers working in the drug discovery and drug development space. The promise of being able to routinely solve high-resolution crystal structures without the need to grow large crystals is very appealing. Despite MicroED's exciting potential, adoption across the pharmaceutical industry has been slow, primarily owing to a lack of access to specialized equipment and expertise. Here we present our experience building a small molecule MicroED service pipeline for members of the pharmaceutical industry. In the past year, we have examined more than fifty small molecule samples submitted by our clients, the majority of which have yielded data suitable for structure solution. We also detail our experience determining small molecule MicroED structures of pharmaceutical interest and offer some insights into the typical experimental outcomes. This experience has led us to conclude that small molecule MicroED adoption will continue to grow within the pharmaceutical industry where it is able to rapidly provide structures inaccessible by other methods.

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crystallographydrug developmentelectron diffraction (ED)medicinal chemistryMicroEDsmall moleculestructuretransmission elections microscopy

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PMID34327213
PMCPMC8313502

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