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Cryo-FIB-SEM data on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells

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SUBMITTER: Sven Klumpe

PROVIDER: EMPIAR-10870 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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A modular platform for automated cryo-FIB workflows.

Klumpe Sven S Fung Herman Kh HK Goetz Sara K SK Zagoriy Ievgeniia I Hampoelz Bernhard B Zhang Xiaojie X Erdmann Philipp S PS Baumbach Janina J Müller Christoph W CW Beck Martin M Plitzko Jürgen M JM Mahamid Julia J

eLife 20211224

Lamella micromachining by focused ion beam milling at cryogenic temperature (cryo-FIB) has matured into a preparation method widely used for cellular cryo-electron tomography. Due to the limited ablation rates of low Ga<sup>+</sup> ion beam currents required to maintain the structural integrity of vitreous specimens, common preparation protocols are time-consuming and labor intensive. The improved stability of new-generation cryo-FIB instruments now enables automated operations. Here, we present ...[more]

PMID: 34951584

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