CryoEM Service Centers, a working list

PNCC Additional Resources

By

Lauren Vega

Date Published

July 16, 2021

Updated: 07/25/2022

International

Asia

China - NCPSS: www.ncpss.org.cn/
China - SUSTech: https://www.sustech.edu.cn/
China - SKLB: http://sklb.scu.edu.cn/f_summary.html
India - ACCEM: http://mbu.iisc.ac.in/SDLab.htm/
India - BLSC: http://ecryom.instem.res.in/
India - NCBS: https://www.ncbs.res.in/
Israel - WIS: https://www.structuralbiology.eu/centre/ispc-wis-israel/
Japan - OIST: https://groups.oist.jp/img
Singapore - NTU: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/nisb/research-capabilities/cryoem-platform
Taiwan - SINICA: http://cryoem.ibc.sinica.edu.tw/

Africa

Australia

Australia - Melbourne: www.microscopy.unimelb.edu.au/em
Australia - Monash: https://www.monash.edu/researchinfrastructure/cryo-em/home
Australia - Molecular Horizons: https://www.uow.edu.au/research-and-innovation/our-research/research-institutes-and-facilities/molecular-horizons/facilities/cryo-em/
Australia - Wollongong: https://www.uow.edu.au/research-and-innovation/our-research/research-institutes-and-facilities/molecular-horizons/facilities/cryo-em/

Europe

Europe - iNEXT: https://inext-discovery.eu/network/inext-d/home
Europe - Instruct-ERIC: https://www.structuralbiology.eu/submit-proposal
Belgium - BECM: www.becm.be
Czech - CEITEC: https://www.ceitec.eu/
Denmark - CFIM: https://krios-denmark.ku.dk/
Denmark - iNano: https://inano.au.dk/research/research-platforms/inano-cryo-em-facility
Finland - UEF: https://www.structuralbiology.eu/centre/university-of-eastern-finland/
Finland - UH: https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/infrastructures/integrated-structural-cell-biology/infrastructures/cryoem
Finland - UO: https://www.structuralbiology.eu/centre/university-of-oulu/
France - CBS: http://www.cbs.cnrs.fr/index.php/en/
France - ESRF: https://www.esrf.fr/CM01
France - FRISBI: https://frisbi.eu/centers/
France - IBS: https://www.structuralbiology.eu/centre/instruct-centre---france-2/
France - IGBMC: https://www.structuralbiology.eu/centre/instruct-centre---france-1/
France - MRiC: https://microscopie.univ-rennes1.fr/mric-tem-presentation
Germany - EMBL: https://www.embl.org/about/info/imaging-centre/cryo-electron-microscopy/
Netherlands - GBB: https://www.rug.nl/research/electron-microscopy/
Netherlands - NeCEN: https://www.necen.nl/
Spain - CNB: http://www.cnb.csic.es/
Sweden - SciLifeLab: https://www.scilifelab.se/facilities/cryo-em/
Sweden - UCEM: http://www.mims.umu.se/core-facilities/em.html
Switzerland - DCI: https://www.dci-lausanne.org/technology/em-at-dci-lausanne/fees/
UK - ABL: https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/facilities/doc/electron-microscopy
UK - eBIC: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/Biological-Cryo-Imaging/eBIC.html
UK - LISCB: www.leicester.ac.uk/cryoem
UK - OPIC: https://www.opic.ox.ac.uk/access
UK - SCMI: https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/iii/cvr/scmi/

North America

USA - see "National" below
Canada - McGill: https://www.mcgill.ca/femr/
Canada - UBC: https://cryoem.med.ubc.ca/

South America

Brazil - LNNano: https://lnnano.cnpem.br/

National

NIH provides funding for three National CryoEM Centers:

Pacific Northwest CryoEM Center (no cost, proposal): https://pncc.labworks.org/
National Center for CryoEM Access and Training (no cost, proposal): https://nccat.nysbc.org/
Stanford SLAC CryoEM Center (no cost, proposal): https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/s2c2/

NIH provides funding for four National CryoET Centers:

Hub - The Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography (no cost, proposal): https://cryoem.wisc.edu/about-mccet/
- CU Boulder Center for Cryo-ET (no cost, proposal): http://dosequis.colorado.edu/CCET/index.html
- National Center for In-situ Tomography Ultramicroscopy (no cost, proposal): https://ncitu.nysbc.org/
- Stanford SLAC CryoEM CryoET Specimen Preparation Center (no cost, proposal): https://sites.slac.stanford.edu/scsc-cryoet/

In addition to the three national center, here are other cryoEM resources in the United States:

Alabama

University of Alabama (fee internal & external): https://www.uab.edu/medicine/microbiology/research/resources/cryo-em

Alaska

Arizona

Arizona State University (fee internal & external): https://cores.research.asu.edu/materials/about

Arkansas

University of Arkansas (fee internal, contact external): https://microscopy.uark.edu/tf-20/

California

California Institute of Technology (contact): http://cryoem.caltech.edu/
Molecular foundry at Lawerence Berkley National Lab (no cost, proposal): https://foundry.lbl.gov/expertise-instrumentation/
NanoImaging Services (contact): https://www.nanoimagingservices.com/
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Disvoery Institute (fee internal & external): https://www.sbpdiscovery.org/biomedical-research/shared-resources/cryo-em
Scripps Research Institute (contact): https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/cores-and-services/microscopy-core/index.html
Stanford SLAC CryoEM Facility (no cost, proposal): https://sites.slac.stanford.edu/cryo-em/
Stanford SLAC National Center for Macromolecular Imaging (no cost, proposal): https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/ncmi/
Stanford SLAC Regional Cryo-EM Consortium (no cost, apply): https://cryoem.slac.stanford.edu/consortium/
University of California-Berkeley (fee internal & external): https://qb3.berkeley.edu/facility/cal-cryo/
University of California-Davis (internal): https://bioem.ucdavis.edu/
University of California-Los Angeles (fee internal & external): https://eicn.cnsi.ucla.edu/
University of California-Los Angeles Midwest Consortium (no cost, apply): https://eicn.cnsi.ucla.edu/wmc/
University of California-Los Angeles microED (contact): https://cryoem.ucla.edu/medic
University of California-San Diego (fee internal, contact external): https://cryoem-facility.ucsd.edu/
University of California-San Francisco (contact): https://emcore.ucsf.edu/
University of California-Santa Cruz (fee internal & external): https://ibsc.ucsc.edu/facilities/microscopy
University of California-Riverside (fee internal & external): https://cfamm.ucr.edu/

Colorado

University of Colorado-Anschutz (fee internal & external): https://www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-programs/structural-biology-and-biochemistry/facilities/cryoem-structural-biology-shared-resource-facility
University of Colorado-Boulder EMS (fee internal & external): https://www.colorado.edu/facility/ems/
University of Colorado-Boulder BioKem (fee internal & external): https://www.colorado.edu/facility/biokem/

Connecticut

University of Connecticut (fee internal, contact external): https://emlab.uconn.edu/
Yale University (contact): https://cryoem.yale.edu/

Delaware

University of Delaware (fee internal & external): https://www.camm.udel.edu/

Florida

Florida State University (fee internal & external): https://bsir.bio.fsu.edu/
University of Florida (contact): https://biotech.ufl.edu/electron-microscopy/
University of South Florida (fee internal & external): https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/research-scholarship/cores-and-institutes/core-facilities/electron-microscope.aspx

Georgia

Emory University (contact): https://www.cores.emory.edu/iemc/
University of Georgia (fee internal, external contact): https://gem.uga.edu/

Hawaii

University of Hawaii-Manoa (fee internal & external): http://bemf.pbrc.hawaii.edu/

Idaho

Illinois

Northwestern University (contact): https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/research/shared-resources/structural-biology.html
University of Chicago (fee internal & external): https://voices.uchicago.edu/advancedem/
University of Illinois Chicago (contact): https://rrc.uic.edu/cores/scientific-imaging-nanotechnology/electron-microscopy-service-ems/
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (fee internal & external): https://mrl.illinois.edu/facilities/research-cores/electron-microscopy

Indiana

Indiana University (fee internal, contact external): https://iubemcenter.indiana.edu/
Purdue University Biological Sciences (fee internal & external): https://cryoem.bio.purdue.edu/

Iowa

Iowa State University (fee internal & external): https://www.biotech.iastate.edu/cryoem/
University of Iowa Health Center (fee internal, contact external): https://medicine.uiowa.edu/crystallography/

Kansas

Kansas University Medical Center (fee internal, contact external): https://www.kumc.edu/emrl.html

Kentucky

University of Kentucky (fee internal & external): https://medicine.uiowa.edu/crystallography/contact-information

Louisiana

Louisiana State University (fee internal & external): https://www.lsu.edu/sif/
Tulane University (fee internal & external): https://sse.tulane.edu/cif

Maine

University of Maine (fee internal & external): https://umaine.edu/core/microscopy/

Maryland

National CryoEM Facility (no cost, proposal, cancer research only): https://www.cancer.gov/research/resources/cryoem
Johns Hopkins University (contact): https://cryoem.jhmi.edu/
University of Maryland School of Medicine (contact): https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/em/

Massachusetts

Boston University School of Medicine (contact): https://www.bumc.bu.edu/phys-biophys/facilities/cryelemic3dimgrec/
Brandeis University (fee internal & external): http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/emfacility/
Harvard University (fee internal & external): https://cryoem.hms.harvard.edu/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (fee internal & external): https://nanousers.mit.edu/characterizenano/automated-cryogenic-electron-microscopy
UMass Medical School (contact): https://www.umassmed.edu/research/cores/cryo-em-core-facility/

Michigan

University of Michigan (contact): https://www.lsi.umich.edu/science/centers-technologies/cryo-electron-microscopy
Van Andel Institute (contact): https://cryoemcore.vai.org/

Minnesota

Hormel Institute - University of Minnesota (contact): https://www.hi.umn.edu/cryo-em-lab/

Mississippi

University of Mississippi Medical Center (contact): https://www.umc.edu/som/Departments%20and%20Offices/SOM%20Departments/Pathology/Educational-Programs/Facilities/Electron-Microscopy.html

Missouri

University of Missouri (contact): http://emc.missouri.edu/
Washington University-St. Louis (fee internal & external): https://wucci.wustl.edu/user-info/cryoem-policy/

Montana

Montana State University (contact): https://www.montana.edu/cryo-electron-microscopy/
Rocky Mountain Laboratories (internal): https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/elizabeth-fischer-ma

Nebraska

University of Nebraska Medical Center (fee internal & external): https://www.unmc.edu/vcr/cores/vcr-cores/electron-microscopy/index.html
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Biotechnology (Fees Internal and External): https://biotech.unl.edu/cryoem

Nevada

New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire (contact): https://www.unh.edu/research/cibbr/core-facilities

New Jersey

Princeton University (fee internal & external): https://molbio.princeton.edu/core-facilities/electron-microscopy
Rutgers University (contact): https://iqb.rutgers.edu/cryofacilities

New Mexico

University of New Mexico (contact): https://isco-op.unm.edu/centers/ncf.html

New York

Brookhaven National Lab (no cost, proposal): https://www.bnl.gov/cryo-EM/
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (fee internal, contact external): https://einsteinmed.org/research/shared-facilities/analytical-imaging-facility/manual-tips/cryoem.aspx
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (contact): https://www.cshl.edu/research/core-facilities/cryo-em-facility/
Cornell University (contact): https://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/categoryuser-instrumentselectron-and-optical-microscopysingleparticle_cryoem/
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (contact): https://hwi.buffalo.edu/cryo-electron-microscope-services/
Columbia University (contact): https://www.vagelos.columbia.edu/research/researchers/core-and-shared-facilities/core-facilities-category/cryo-electron-microscopy-center
NYU Langone Health (contact): https://med.nyu.edu/research/scientific-cores-shared-resources/cryo-electron-microscopy-laboratory/
New York Structural Biology Center (contact): https://nysbc.org/
Rockefeller University (contact): https://www.rockefeller.edu/cemrc/
Simons Electron Microscopy Center (New York institutions, dues): https://semc.nysbc.org/
SUNY Upstate Medical University (contact internal): https://www.upstate.edu/biochem/facilities/elec_micro.php
Stoney Brook University (fee internal & external): https://www.stonybrook.edu/cryo/

North Carolina

Duke University (contact): https://smif.pratt.duke.edu/about
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (contact): https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/facilities/mmc/index.cfm
UNC School of Medicine (contact): https://www.med.unc.edu/cryo-em/

North Dakota

University of North Dakota (fee internal & external): https://med.und.edu/imaging/electron-microscopy.html

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University (contact internal): https://case.edu/medicine/research/som-core-facilities/cryo-electron-microscopy-core
Ohio State University (fee internal, contact external): https://cemas.osu.edu/

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University (fee internal, contact external): https://research.okstate.edu/microscopy/index.html

Oregon

Oregon Health & Science University (fee internal & external): https://www.ohsu.edu/multiscale-microscopy-core
Oregon State University (fee internal & external): https://emfacility.science.oregonstate.edu/
University of Oregon (contact internal, fee external): https://camcor.uoregon.edu/

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University (contact internal): https://www.cmu.edu/engineering/materials/facilities/roberts_suite/electron_microscopy_facilities/electron_microscopy_facilities.html
Penn State (contact internal): https://med.psu.edu/core/imaging
Thomas Jefferson University (contact internal): https://research.jefferson.edu/labs/core-services/jefferson-cryo-electron-microscope.html
University of Pennsylvania (contact): https://www.med.upenn.edu/electronmicroscopyresourcelab/cryo-em-in-brief.html
University of Pittsburgh (contact internal): https://www.structbio.pitt.edu/index.php/facilities/cryoem

Rhode Island

Brown University (fee internal & external): https://www.brown.edu/research/institute-molecular-nanoscale-innovation/CoreFacilities/ElectronMicroscopyFacility

South Carolina

Clemson University (fee internal & external): https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/cuadvancedmaterialscenter/electron-microscope/
University of South Carolina (fee internal & external): https://www.emc.sc.edu/

South Dakota

Tennessee

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (contact): https://www.stjude.org/research/shared-resources/cryo-electron-microscopy-and-tomography-center.html
University of Tennessee-Knoxville (fee internal & external): https://jiam.utk.edu/core-facilities/microscopy/
Vanderbilt University (contact internal): https://www.vanderbilt.edu/csb/facilities/cryo-electron-microscopy/

Texas

Baylor College of Medicine (fee internal, contact external): https://www.bcm.edu/research/research-services/atc-core-labs/cryoem-core
Rice University (fee internal & external): https://emc.rice.edu/
Texas A&M (fee internal & external): https://microscopy.tamu.edu/
UT Medical Branch Galveston (contact): https://www.utmb.edu/scsb/resources/cryo-electron-microscopy
UT Austin (contact): http://structuralbiology.cns.utexas.edu/#/
UT El Paso (contact): https://www.utep.edu/science/chemistry/Facilities/cryo-em-facility.html
UT Health-Houston (contact): https://med.uth.edu/bmb/research-2/centers/structural-biology-imaging-center/electron-microscopy/
UT Health-San Antonio (contact): https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/reference-labs/electron-microscopy-laboratory/
UT Southwestern Medical Center (fee internal & external): https://utsouthwestern.edu/labs/structural-biology/

Utah

University of Utah (fee internal & external): https://cores.utah.edu/electron-microscopy/

Vermont

University of Vermont (contact): http://www.med.uvm.edu/mic

Virginia

Eastern Virginia Medical School (contact): https://www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/microscopy_imaging/
Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Janelia (internal): https://www.janelia.org/support-team/cryo-electron-microscopy/services
University of Virginia (contact): https://med.virginia.edu/molecular-electron-microscopy-core/
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center (fee internal): https://www.masseycancercenter.org/research/shared-resource-cores/microscopy-shared-resource

Washington

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (no cost, proposal): https://www.emsl.pnnl.gov/
Fred Hutch (contact): https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/shared-resources/core-facilities/cryo-em/data-collection-processing-services.html
University of Washington (internal only): https://sites.uw.edu/jkoll/sample-page/

West Virginia

West Virginia University (contact internal, fee external): https://sharedresearchfacilities.wvu.edu/facilities/electron-microscopy

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison (fee internal & external): https://cryoem.wisc.edu/

Wyoming

University of Wyoming (fee internal, contact external): http://www.uwyo.edu/microscopy/

Other Resources

Thermo Fisher Help: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/electron-microscopy/learning-center/electron-microscopy-funding-support-center.html

World Wide CryoEM Resource Distribution Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1eQ1r8BiDYfaK7D1S9EeFJEgkLggMyoaT&ll=41.30040688299787%2C-79.00818306914333&z=5

Note: If you do not see your center located on this list and would like to have it added or if you see your center on this list and it is incorrect, email: user.office at pncc.online