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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2024

Time-resolved cryogenic electron tomography for the study of transient cellular processes.

Joseph Yoniles, Jacob A Summers, Kara A Zielinski, Cali Antolini, Mayura Panjalingam, Stella Lisova, Frank R Moss, Maximus Aldo Di Perna, Christopher Kupitz, Mark S Hunter and 3 more

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Cryogenic electron tomography by the numbers: Charting underexplored lineages in structural cell biology.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  7. A Bright and Dynamic Future in Structural Biology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Joseph YonilesBiophysics Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Jacob A SummersDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Kara A ZielinskiSchool of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
Cali AntoliniStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Mayura PanjalingamDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003.
Stella LisovaLinac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Frank R MossLinac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Maximus Aldo Di PernaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
Christopher KupitzLinac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Mark S HunterLinac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
Lois PollackSchool of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
Soichi WakatsukiDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Peter D DahlbergStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025.ORCID 0000-0003-4452-2663

Funding

Structural Dynamics at LCLSP41GM139687 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HUNTER, MARK · 2021 to 2025
$7.5M
Single-Molecule Imaging for Cell Biology and Super-Resolution MicroscopyR35GM118067 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MOERNER, WILLIAM E · 2016 to 2025
$6.2M
Molecular Biophysics Training Program at StanfordT32GM136568 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Zev Bryant, KERWYN C. HUANG · 2021 to 2026
$3.7M
Acquisition of a 300 kV Electron Microscope for Structural BiologyS10OD021600 · OD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHIU, WAH · 2016 to 2016
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM139687NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118067NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136568NIH HHS S10 OD021600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET) is the highest resolution imaging technique applicable to the life sciences, enabling subnanometer visualization of specimens preserved in their near native states. The rapid plunge freezing process used to prepare samples lends itself to time-resolved studies, which researchers have pursued for in vitro samples for decades. Here, we focus on developing a freezing apparatus for time-resolved studies in situ. The device mixes cellular samples with solution-phase stimulants before spraying them directly onto an electron microscopy grid that is transiting into cryogenic liquid ethane. By varying the flow rates of cell and stimulant solutions within the device, we can control the reaction time from tens of milliseconds to over a second before freezing. In a proof-of-principle demonstration, the freezing method is applied to a model bacterium,

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Caulobacter crescentusCryoelectron MicroscopyElectron Microscope TomographyFreezing

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PMID38717434
PMCPMC11244162

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