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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2024

VitroJet: new features and case studies.

Rene J M Henderikx, Daniel Mann, Aušra Domanska, Jing Dong, Saba Shahzad, Behnam Lak, Aikaterini Filopoulou, Damian Ludig, Martin Grininger, Jeffrey Momoh and 7 more

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Microsecond Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Based on Jet Vitrification.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Rene J M HenderikxMaastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), Division of Nanoscopy, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Daniel MannErnst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C-3): Structural Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9106-9358
Aušra DomanskaMolecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Jing DongAstex Pharmaceuticals, 436 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0QA, United Kingdom.
Saba ShahzadErnst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C-3): Structural Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Behnam LakMolecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Aikaterini FilopoulouInstitute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-6): Structural Cell Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
Damian LudigInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0042-6322
Martin GriningerInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jeffrey MomohDepartment of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Elina LaantoDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.
Hanna M OksanenMolecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3047-8294
Kyrylo BisikaloMolecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7492-1959
Pamela A WilliamsAstex Pharmaceuticals, 436 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0QA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1257-2351
Sarah J ButcherMolecular and Integrative Bioscience Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7060-5871
Peter J PetersMaastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4i), Division of Nanoscopy, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2964-5684
Bart W A M M BeulenCryoSol-World, Weert, The Netherlands.

Funding

Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM - Screening supplementU24GM129547 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI EVANS, JAMES E, GOUAUX, JAMES E · 2018 to 2023
$54.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129547NIH HHS U24GM129547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy has become a widely adopted method in structural biology due to many recent technological advances in microscopes, detectors and image processing. Before being able to inspect a biological sample in an electron microscope, it needs to be deposited in a thin layer on a grid and rapidly frozen. The VitroJet was designed with this aim, as well as avoiding the delicate manual handling and transfer steps that occur during the conventional grid-preparation process. Since its creation, numerous technical developments have resulted in a device that is now widely utilized in multiple laboratories worldwide. It features plasma treatment, low-volume sample deposition through pin printing, optical ice-thickness measurement and cryofixation of pre-clipped Autogrids through jet vitrification. This paper presents recent technical improvements to the VitroJet and the benefits that it brings to the cryo-EM workflow. A wide variety of applications are shown: membrane proteins, nucleosomes, fatty-acid synthase, Tobacco mosaic virus, lipid nanoparticles, tick-borne encephalitis viruses and bacteriophages. These case studies illustrate the advancement of the VitroJet into an instrument that enables accurate control and reproducibility, demonstrating its suitability for time-efficient cryo-EM structure determination.

Indexed as

Membrane ProteinsSpecimen HandlingCryoelectron MicroscopyImage Processing, Computer-AssistedReproducibility of ResultsMembrane Proteinscryo-EMice thicknessjet vitrificationpin printingVitroJet

Identifiers

PMID38488730
PMCPMC10994172

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