Compared to traditional electron microscopy, it lowers both cost and technical barriers. "At the current resolution of the images—20 nanometers—synapses can already be identified. We managed to ...

Shengjie Feng, Ph.D., is an expert in cryogenic electron microscopy and has joined Sanford Burnham Prebys to create stop-action movies of proteins and other biomolecules at work inside cells, ...

The mysteries of the brain have captivated scientists for more than 100 years, most notably illustrated in the detailed drawings of neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal. These drawings and his ...

Introducing the PEEM microscope in brain research In a joint Chicago-Leiden project, Photoemission Electron Microscopy (PEEM) is introduced as a new tool for imaging brain tissue. In PEEM, the ...