Video: What's cryo-EM and how is it revolutionizing biology?
U-M has one of the top cryo-EM labs in the country — learn more about how this technology is revolutionizing biology and how U-M is using it to study things like neurodegenerative diseases and bacterial infections.
Chilled proteins and 3-D images: The cryo-electron microscopy technology that just won a Nobel Prize
LSI faculty members Michael Cianfrocco and Melanie Ohi explain the technology that won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Springboard to 'Science': Students' leap into cryo-EM program leads to high-impact findings
How two U-M graduate students came to co-first author a high-impact paper and develop expertise in one of the hottest areas of biology.
LSI welcomes new faculty member
The welcomes structural biologist Melanie Ohi, Ph.D., to its faculty.
Cryo-EM images reveal how key biological machine unfolds problem proteins
New cryo-EM research reveals 3-D snapshots of how a key biological machine unfolds a ribbon of protein through its central channel.
Scientists capture the first cryo-EM images of cellular target for Type 2 diabetes in action
Researchers have captured the first cryo-electron microscopy snapshots of a cellular target for Type 2 diabetes in action.
LSI welcomes new faculty member
The LSI is pleased to welcome structural biologist Michael Cianfrocco, Ph.D., to its faculty as an assistant research professor.
Ringing true: LSI scientists find solution to longstanding cell membrane puzzle
LSI researchers have developed a clear picture of a critical mechanism in the budding process that sends materials from the inside of the cell to far-flung places in the body.