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Cheaper microscope could bring protein mapping technique to the masses
"The freezing process is finicky, and the microscopes are expensive. High-end machines can cost more than $5 million to buy, about as much to install, and hundreds of thousands per year to operate and maintain. Many U.S. states—and countries—don’t have a single cryo-EM microscope."
"Russo wants a manufacturer to commercialize his team’s design, which he believes could be built and sold for $500,000. That’s within reach of a new hire’s startup package, or one of the regular equipment grants offered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or National Science Foundation"
"The freezing process is finicky, and the microscopes are expensive. High-end machines can cost more than $5 million to buy, about as much to install, and hundreds of thousands per year to operate and maintain. Many U.S. states—and countries—don’t have a single cryo-EM microscope."
"Russo wants a manufacturer to commercialize his team’s design, which he believes could be built and sold for $500,000. That’s within reach of a new hire’s startup package, or one of the regular equipment grants offered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or National Science Foundation"