Molecular Electron Microscopy Center Funding Request: $25M
- Justification:
- Establishing a state-of-the-art Molecular Electron Microscopy Center
- Advancing cutting-edge research in structural biology
- Supporting Evidence:
- Editorial in Nature 578: 201 (2020)
- Title: "The Protein Imaging Technique Taking Over Structural Biology"
This significant funding initiative seeks $25M to build the Molecular Electron Microscopy Center, aiming to pioneer breakthroughs in structural biology. The compelling justification is backed by an editorial in Nature (578: 201, 2020) titled "The Protein Imaging Technique Taking Over Structural Biology."
"The number of structures being determined by cryo-electron microscopy is growing explosively."
“At the moment, you cannot go wrong by putting more investment into cryo-EM.” – Dr. Richard Henderson, who shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering contributions in the development of cryoEM.
Molecular Electron Microscopy Center
- Univ. Miami Facilities / Harvard-Jolly / Skanska Construction / Yeager Design Team
- From concept on 4/1/21 to refined plans by 5/7/21 and submission of PO to Thermo Fisher by 6/30/21.
- Rendering of the Control Room for the Molecular Electron Microscopy Center
- Robotically controlled data collection to achieve atomic resolution.
- Real time science on display
