Sentences with phrase «direct electron detectors»

Capabilities in the cryo - EM Centre eBIC span single particle analysis and molecular and cellular tomography using FEI technology and direct electron detectors.

EM technologies are advancing rapidly and, with the recent introduction of direct electron detectors, reaching a new level of maturity.

The introduction of a new generation of digital camera for electron microscopes, the so - called direct electron detectors, four years ago has enabled scientists to visualize the structure of proteins and determine the position of the atoms composing these proteins.

But a true breakthrough came in 2012 when a new toy — the direct electron detector — opened the gates, allowing for a flood of high - resolution cryo - EM structures.

«The direct electron detector has been the biggest game changer for the electron microscopy field,» says Melanie D. Ohi of Vanderbilt University.

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A partial list would include the Patterson function, isomorphous replacement, and anomalous scattering, which enabled the determination of organic structures; direct (i.e., purely computational) methods of phase determination, which enabled small - molecule crystallography to be almost totally automated; synchrotron radiation and area detectors, which together made it possible to collect data on macromolecular structures in hours instead of months; and automatic interpretation of electron density maps.