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Electron Cryo-Microscopy

  • Single particle imaging for cryo-EM 3D reconstructions
  • Molecular and cellular electron cryo-tomography
  • Correlative light and electron cryo-microscopy

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Who we are
Team
Support
Instrumentation
Sample Preparation and Auxiliary Equipment
CryoEM Course 2023

Who we are

The Multi-User Cryo-EM facility operated by the University of Hamburg is located within the Centre of Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) on the Science Campus Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany. We support a variety of structural biology projects with a focus on host-pathogen interactions.

The facility has established efficient workflows primarily for the modalities of cryo-EM, i.e. cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and single particle analysis (SPA). The cryo-CLEM technique is being arranged through our close interaction with the CSSB Advanced Light and Fluorescence Microscopy (ALFM) facility. Independent usage and collaborative research projects with research groups are possible.

Our mission:

  • To provide access to state-of-the-art cryo-EM instruments for data collection towards atomic resolution structure determination of biochemically purified single particles and for the study of cellular structures.
  • To enable scientists who want to use cryo-EM in their own research portfolio to become independent investigators. 
  • To support method development projects that generate links between facilities and infrastructures on campus.


The facility provides access to various preparation and imaging devices and offers lab space for cryo-specimen preparation (particles and cells), data quality assessment tools for ‘’on-the-fly’’ evaluation and visualization, and image data storage capacity on a short-term basis. Our expert staff provides training, assistance and advise users at different levels, both on-site and remotely. Our staff is available for consultations before, during and after experiments and data collection.

Our facility is available to researchers from all CSSB partner institutions, as well as external academic users. Collaborative data collection of pre-screened samples involving facility staff can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

The Multi-User cryo-EM Facility at CSSB was established with substantial support from the DFG.

For further information, please contact: cryoem@cssb-hamburg.de

Team

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Core Facility Head

Dr. Carolin Seuring
Phone:+49 040 8998 87707

E-Mail

PostDoc

Amir Banari


Scientific Facility Director

Prof. Dr. Kay Grünewald

E-Mail

Staff Scientist (Teaching)

Cornelia Cazey
Phone:+49 40 8998 87706

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Cryo-ET Specialist (Deputy)

Dr. Ulrike Laugks
Phone:+49 40 8998 87706

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Staff Scientist (Computing)

Dr. Wolfgang Lugmayr
Phone:+49 40 8998 87652

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Associated Team Members

1

3rd Party Funded Project Scientist

Dr. Amir Banari

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Support in short

  • structured user training

  • technical support for microscopes for state-of-the-art data acquisition

  • support in the experimental design and getting started with cryoEM

  • a well-maintained computing environment and guidance for initial data analysis

  • provision of various data processing pipelines

  • mutual development of user-specific workflows (both for data acquisition and processing)

  • confluence space (extended information, guidelines, training manuals)

  • regular user meetings, mailing list, confluence space with extended information

  • yearly cryo-EM workshops

 

Instrumentation

Electron Microscopes

Talos L120C from Thermo Fisher Scientific, 120 kV accelerating voltage and LaB6 thermionic source. This is an entry level screening microscope with a CETA camera, with manual side entry, mainly for negative stain samples, but also capable of cryo-EM using holders from Gatan. This microscope is used for training purposes and evaluation of the first steps of sample preparation, as well as using MicroED with a LAMBDA next-generation pixel detector. Software options include SerialEM and Velox.

Talos Arctica from Thermo Fisher Scientific, 200 kV accelerating voltage and field emission gun (X-FEG) source. It is equipped with an autoloader, Falcon IVi direct detector and phase plate. This microscope is used primarily for cryo-EM sample optimization and single particle analysis. Software options include FEI Software solutions, SerialEM and Velox.

Titan Krios G3 from Thermo Fisher Scientific, 300 kV accelerating voltage and field emission gun (X-FEG) source. Top-end microscope with fringe-free imaging, autoloader, Bioquantum energy filter, K3 direct detector, phase plate and dual axis tilt stage. This microscope is used for cryo-EM single particle and tomography data acquisition. Software options include FEI Software solutions, Velox and SerialEM.

Titan Krios G3i from Thermo Fisher Scientific, 300 kV accelerating voltage and field emission gun (X-FEG) source. Top-end microscope with fringe-free imaging, autoloader, Bioquantum energy filter, K3 direct detector, phase plate and dual axis tilt stage. This microscope is used for cryo-EM single particle and tomography data acquisition. Software options include FEI Software solutions, Velox and SerialEM.

Aquilos 2 Cryo-FIB from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cryo-DualBeam system with focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) dedicated to the preparation of thin lamellae from primarily vitreous cells for subsequent electron cryo-tomography. The Aquilos is able to perform automated milling and software options include xT and AutoTEM Cryo, as well as Maps. Recent upgrades include iFLM and cryo-lift out.

All microscopes can be operated via remote access.

Sample Preparation and Auxillary Equipment

Users have access to a broad range of auxiliary equipment and dedicated laboratory space for specimen preparation and mammalian cell culture.

  • two glow discharger (Quorum GloQube & Harrick Plasma Cleaner PDC-002-CE)
  • Vitrobots Mark IV, Leica GP2 plunge freezer and MPI Martinsried type manual plunge freezer for BSL-1 work
  • Vitrobots Mark IV, Leica GP2 plunge freezer and MPI Martinsried type manual plunge freezer for BSL-2 work, housed in Claire XL Berner Safety Cabinets
  • Leica EM ICE High-Pressure Freezer
  • dedicated laboratory space for specimen preparation and mammalian cell culture, including:
    • CO2 incubators and Light Microscopes (DMIL and DMi1 from Leica, SteREO Discovery, V8 from Zeiss)
    • two safety hoods (Berner)
    • two incubators (Heracell VIOS 250i CO2, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

CryoEM Course 2023

The Multi-User cryoEM facility is holding the fourth cryoEM full-day workshop this year between September 4th to 15th, 2023. The workshop targets M.Sc students in Life Sciences as well as beginners in the cryo-EM field and provides an overview of the different modalities of electron cryo-microscopy from single particle analysis (cryo-SPA) to tomography (cryo-ET). Participants will gain knowledge of microscope hardware, sample preparation techniques, image formation, and various modes of scope operation. An integral part of the course are (live) demonstrations on the microscopes and a hands-on introduction to image processing for SPA utilizing cryoSPARC. The course will finish with research talks from PhDs and Postdocs, and M.Sc. students will present a cryoEM or cryoET paper. After successful completion of this course, participants will be able to explain the modalities cryo-SPA and cryo-tomography and evaluate a standard SPA data set from micrographs to a 3D model. More details to follow.

Organizers: Carolin Seuring, Ulrike Laugks, Cornelia Cazey and Kay Grünewald

CryoEM course 2023 (PDF, 154KB)

Register: https://lists.cssb-hamburg.de/sympa/info/cryoemcourse2023

 

 

Access

Location
Booking Equipment
Costs
How to get Access as New User or Group
 

 

Location

The Multi-User CryoEM Facility is located on DESY Campus, Notkestr. 85, Building 15. For instructions on travelling to CSSB, click here.

Authorised access only. Visitors to the main Laboratory Area must be under the supervision of a Cryo-EM staff member or an authorised user at all times.
 

Booking equipment

Internal users can make instrument bookings through the PPMS booking system once they have completed training. To request booking onto a training course or to find out more information email cryoem@cssb-hamburg.de

 

Costs

Different costs apply for internal and external groups. Costs comply with the DFG guidelines. The responsibility to ensure funding lies with the user group. 

 

How to get Access as a New User or Group

Access costs comply with the DFG guidelines and apply for all usage modalities. Internal users can make instrument bookings through the PPMS booking system once they have completed training sessions. To book a training course or receive more information about the facility please send an e-mail to: cryoem@cssb-hamburg.de

Access for new users or groups

  • Before access can be granted, please e-mail ulrike.laugks@cssb-hamburg.de to schedule an initial consultation. Please provide the following information 

    • Name, group, affiliation
    • Type of project, timeline, funding, preliminary data etc.
    • independent usage, collaboration with CSSB group or training
    • your experience level in cryoEM (equipment used, software, etc.)
    • whether you are planning BSL-1 or BSL-2 experiments 
    • Note: Additional procedures apply to register pathogens associated with BSL-2 projects
  • Attend the new user orientation meeting, held several times throughout the year.

  • The meeting will take place via Zoom or in Person, depending on numbers and will cover topics like

    • Equipment
    • Modes of usage
    • Training and Observation Time
    • List of EM supplies needed
    • EM user mailing list subscriptions
    • Virtual Tour/Demo
    • Computing and data transfer resources
    • PPMS and how to schedule Training
    • Safety Trainings needed to proceed
  • When completed, provide copies of Safety Trainings

  • You must complete all safety trainings before you can work in the facility.

  • Create an account in PPMS, project request and financial account information

  • Schedule training

  • Attend scheduled training and proceed to facility use


You will also need to:

  • In case of BSL2 work: talk to Christoph Hagen (BBS), help to update hygiene plan, disposal plan and onsite SOPs

  • create accounts for extended Confluence access and for access to Beegfs (Transfer)

  • subscribe to em-user mailing list to be informed about newest developments

 

Address

CSSB Centre for Structural Systems Biology
c/o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Notkestraße 85, Building 15
D-22607 Hamburg

Facility Operator: Universität Hamburg

Training

Training Modules
Useful Links
Observation Time
Joint Trainings
Additional Trainings
CryoEM Learning
CryoEM Course 2023

Training on all instruments is mandatory to ensure functional safe operation of our highly specialized equipment. Separate training is necessary for every instrument including each microscope. Our training modules aim to provide users with the necessary skills to acquire electron microscopy data. Users will be graded according to their level of experience for each respective microscope. Records are kept with the Facility Staff. Pre-requisite for all training is the “New User Orientation”

Training Modules

Sample Preparation training

1. Negative stain and sample preparation training

Description: Training on general negative stain electron microscopy sample preparation. Including theory, handling of grids, glow discharging (GlowQube, Harrick Plasma Cleaner)
Prerequisites: New User Orientation (see Chapter 2 - New User Access Procedure)
Duration: typically 2-hours session with EM facility staff, dependent on requirements and aptitude
Occupancy: Maximum 2 people
Supplies provided by facility: Negative stain reagents depending on requirement, filter paper
Supplies to be provided by users:  Prepared sample, grid box, continuous carbon 300 mesh grids, tweezers

2. Carbon Coater

Description: Training on using the Leica ACE600 carbon coater, practical application, recipe creation
Prerequisites: New User Orientation, Negative stain and sample preparation training
Duration: typically 1-hour session with EM facility staff
Occupancy: Maximum 2 people
Supplies provided by facility: Carbon rods, Mica
Supplies to be provided by users: Formvar coated or other grids

3. Vitrobot plunge freezer training

Description: Training on using the Vitrobot plunge freezer, cryo-sample preparation theory, setup, practical application, use of Harrick plasma cleaner (or GloQube)
Prerequisites: New User Orientation
Duration: up to 2 separate, 2-hour sessions with EM facility staff member
Occupancy: Maximum 1 person
Supplies provided by facility: plunging tweezers
Supplies to be provided by users:  Whatman Paper Grade 1 Ø 55mm, cryo-optimised sample, cryo-grid box with lid, cryo-grids according to user requirements

4. Manual Plunge freezer

Description: Training on using the manual plunge freezer.
Prerequisites: New User Orientation
Duration: up to 2 separate, 2-hour sessions with EM facility staff, 1 hour if prior training on cryo-plungers was completed
Occupancy: Maximum 1 person
Supplies provided by facility: Filter paper (Whatman #1), plunging tweezers (for training only)
Supplies to be provided by users:  cryo-optimised sample, cryo-grid box with lid, cryo-grids according to user requirements, plunging tweezers (after training)

5. Leica GP2 Plunge freezer

Description: Training on using the Leica GP2 Plunge freezer.
Prerequisites: New User Orientation
Duration: up to 2 separate, 2-hour sessions with EM facility staff, 1 hour if prior training on cryo plungers was completed
Occupancy: Maximum 1 person
Supplies provided by facility: plunging tweezers
Supplies to be provided by users:  Whatman Paper Grade 1 Ø 55mm, cryo-optimised sample, cryo-grid box with lid, cryo-grids according to user requirements

5. Chameleon Plunge Freezer Training (Rory Hernell James / Marlovits lab)

Description: Training to use the SPT Labtech Chameleon for preparing grids.
Prerequisites: New User Orientation. It is helpful if you have already imaged the sample on Vitrobot-prepared grids.
Duration: 2 x 2 hour freezing sessions with Rory Hennell James. Training with just 1 session may be possible after observing another training session.
Occupancy: 1 person. Up to 2 people may observe.
Supplies provided by the Marlovits group: Instrument consumables except grids. 4 grids for the first session for groups who have not used the Chameleon before.
Supplies needed: FEI autogrid box, nanowire grids, cryo-optimsed sample. 

7. Autogrid Clipping

Description: Training on preparing cryoEM Autogrids
Prerequisites: New User Orientation, negative stain and sample preparation training
Duration: typically around 2-hour session, 1 hour demonstration by EM facility staff and 1 hour practice
Occupancy: Maximum 1 person
Supplies provided by facility: Clipping tools, short term storage for cryo-grids (max 2 weeks)
Supplies to be provided by users: Autogrid cryo-box, plunged cryoEM grids, autogrid rings and C-clips

Microscope training

8. Talos L120

Description: Training and hands-on practical safe use of the scope for screening negative stain grids. Theory, microscope hardware, loading samples, aligning the scope, imaging strategies, focusing, aberrations, troubleshooting. Standard known sample provided or own sample.
Prerequisites: New User Orientation, negative Stain and sample preparation training
Duration: up to 2 separate, 2-hour sessions with EM facility staff, more if necessary
Observation session with independent user: 4 hours
Final approval and sign off after 10-20 hours of supervised instrument time logged and demonstration of proficiency
Occupancy:  1-2 people

9. Talos Arctica

Description: Training and hands-on practical use of Arctica for screening cryo-grids with Falcon IVi. Training covers theory, microscope hardware, aligning the scope, imaging strategies, focusing, aberrations, troubleshooting.
Prerequisites: cryo grid sample preparation training, autogrid clipping proficiency
Duration: up to 2 separate 4-hour sessions with EM facility staff, more if necessary. Attending observation sessions with independent users: min 2 x 4 hours.
Final approval and sign off after ~100 hours of supervised instrument time logged by facility staff and demonstration of proficiency
Occupancy: 1-2 people
Supplies needed: vitrified autogrids

10. Titan Krios

Description: Training and hands-on practical use of Krios for setting up high-resolution energy filtered data collection (npEFTEM) with K3 (EPU and Tomo). Theory, microscope hardware, aligning the scope, imaging strategies, focusing, aberrations, troubleshooting.
Prerequisites: cryo grid sample preparation training and autogrid clipping proficiency
Duration: up to 2 separate 6-8 hour sessions with EM facility staff, more if necessary.
Attending observation sessions with independent users: min 2 x 4 hours
Final approval and sign off after ~100 hours of supervised instrument time logged by facility staff and demonstration of proficiency
Occupancy: 1-2 people
Supplies needed: screened and vitrified autogrids with proven quality

11. Tomography

Description: TTheory and hands-on training of tomography data acquisition in batch with TFS Tomography software and/or serialEM at the Krios microscopes. Includes specific alignment steps and dose calibration of the K3 direct detector for tilt series acquisition. Before introduction to serialEM, principles of tomography software should be understood with the more basic TFS Tomo.
Prerequisites: cryo grid sample preparation training and autogrid clipping proficiency
Duration: p to 2 separate 6-8-hour sessions with EM facility staff, more if necessary
Observation session with independent user: 2 x 4 hours, probably more will be needed
Final approval and sign off after ~100 hours of supervised instrument time logged by facility staff and demonstration of proficiency
Occupancy: 1-2 people
Supplies needed: Vitrified autogrids

12. Aquilos FIB SEM

Description: tTheory and hands-on training of preparing FIB-thinned lamellae from cellular samples including preparation steps for cryo work on the scope, usingmicroscope software XTUI and additional softwares MAPS and AutoLamella for autonomous lamella preparation Pre-requisites: sample preparation training of cellular/othersuitable samples using any of the cryo grid preparation instruments mentioned above and autogrid clipping proficiency.
Prerequisites: sample preparation training of cellular samples, plunge freezing and Autogrid clipping proficiency.
Duration: up to 2 separate 8-hour sessions with EM facility staff, more if necessary
Observation session with independent user: 2 x 4 hours
Final approval and sign off after ~100 hours of supervised instrument time logged by facility staff and demonstration of proficiency
Occupancy: 1-2 people
Supplies needed: Vitrified FIB-milling autogrids

Links for our Users

Training manuals can be found here. Here is a list of necessary supplies.

Observation Time

In order to acquire proficiency on any instrument, users are encouraged to join experienced user sessions. This allows new users to see different imaging strategies specific to their requirements.

Joint Trainings 

Joint trainings complement individual training modules and will allow new users with similar experiences and requirements to spend time together on the microscope, exchange knowledge and foster learning.

Additional Training

After you have completed your initial training, observation time and group training - you may require additional training. We also offer refresher training to ensure that you know how to correctly operate the equipment, and inform you of any recent updates in operating procedures. For additional trainings, please contact cryoem@cssb-hamburg.de, to discuss further needs.       

CryoEM Learning

To get started in CryoEM, we recommend to look into the following excellent online resources:

  1. We recommend to subscribe to these mailing lists: 

  • 3DEM email list - community news, technical discussion, data processing, job advertisement
  • CCPEM email list - single particle data acquisition and processing
  • SerialEM Discussion group - troubleshooting feedback by the developers
  1. For a short and general introduction to CryoEM, see Eva Nogales’ iBiology seminar

  2. For a more detailed introduction, see the lecture series on EM given at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - LMB

  3. See Caltech’s page for a complete 14-hour theoretical course on EM basics, tomography and SPA in easy to follow video format: Grant Jensen's online class „Getting started in cryo-EM"

  4. Jensen’s course together with a practical video tutorial on SPA by Thermo Fisher Scientific and the NIH, the em-learning platform has collected all the knowledge in one place. It is free, but registration is required

  5. Lecture series by the SBGrid consortium on relevant software packages for data processing

  6. The National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy (NRAMM) offers a helpful list of Lectures from workshops 

  7. Workshops on acquisition and processing software can be found here:

CryoEM Course 2023

The Multi-User cryoEM facility is holding the fourth cryoEM full-day workshop this year between September 4th to 15th, 2023. The workshop targets M.Sc students in Life Sciences as well as beginners in the cryo-EM field and provides an overview of the different modalities of electron cryo-microscopy from single particle analysis (cryo-SPA) to tomography (cryo-ET). Participants will gain knowledge of microscope hardware, sample preparation techniques, image formation, and various modes of scope operation. An integral part of the course are (live) demonstrations on the microscopes and a hands-on introduction to image processing for SPA utilizing cryoSPARC. The course will finish with research talks from PhDs and Postdocs, and M.Sc. students will present a cryoEM or cryoET paper. After successful completion of this course, participants will be able to explain the modalities cryo-SPA and cryo-tomography and evaluate a standard SPA data set from micrographs to a 3D model. More details to follow.

Organizers: Carolin Seuring, Ulrike Laugks, Cornelia Cazey and Kay Grünewald

CryoEM course 2023 (PDF, 154KB)

Register: https://lists.cssb-hamburg.de/sympa/info/cryoemcourse2023

 

 

Research

Ongoing Projects
Open Positions

Ongoing Projects

Multi-User Facility projects

The facility collaborates with users on scientific projects with a particular focus on method development, and for workflow validation and extension. We particularly aim to combine technologies on campus and develop new methods between CSSB facilities and with different technologies on campus (Petra III, XFEL, sample delivery).

"Plasmofraction"
This project will use a bottom-up structural systems biology approach to investigate membrane protein complexes in the transmissible gametocyte stages of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Collaborators: Filarski, Kosinski, Löw, Witt, Seuring
Funding: CSSB Flagship Project

"Jetfreezing - Novel Sample Delivery Approaches for CryoEM"
In this project we will combine XFEL sample delivery methods with cryoEM imaging.
Collaborators: Bajt, Chapman, Estillore, Grünewald, Küpper, Laugks, Marlovits, Meents, Oberthür, Samanta, Seuring
Funding: Excellence-Cluster 'Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI)’

"High-throughput antibody screening against SARS-CoV2 virus-host interaction utilizing small angle X-ray scattering, electron cryo-microscopy and fast sample delivery"
In this project we will develop methods for the study of the conformational landscape of the Spike protein, and combine cryoEM with SAXS data.
Collaborators: Chapman, Seuring, Svergun, Jeffries, Ayyer, Löw, Nordfeldt
Funding: DESY Strategy Funding

"Cd/Te lambda-Detector (X-Spectrum, DESY)"
Develop microED with on-campus built detectors.
Collaborators: Seuring, Grünewald, Pearson, Chapman, Bücker
Funding: Excellence-Cluster 'Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI)’

Open Positions

Research Associate UHH
The cryo-EM facility is hiring a Research Associate for the project “Cluster of Excellence 'CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter‘ - Freezing Dynamic Structures of Macromolecules in Time" The research associate is responsible for the research and development on time-resolved electron cryo-microscopy using freezing of liquid jets with a focus on application to biological systems ... More Information

Publications

Any use of the resources at the Multi-User CryoEM facility at CSSB requires acknowledgement in publications as follows: “Part of this work was performed at the Multi-User CryoEM Facility at the Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Hamburg, supported by the Universität Hamburg and DFG grant numbers (INST 152/772-1|152/774-1|152/775-1|152/776-1|152/777-1 FUGG). Any assistance provided by staff should be acknowledged. Facility staff members who have acquired and/or interpreted data on your behalf should be invited to be co-authors on the publication, as is usual practice.

2024

Ekeberg T, Assalauova D, Bielecki J, Boll R, Daurer BJ, Eichacker LA, Franken LE, Galli DE, Gelisio L, Gumprecht L, Gunn LH, Hajdu J, Hartmann R, Hasse D, Ignatenko A, Koliyadu J, Kulyk O, Kurta R, Kuster M, Lugmayr W, Lübke J, Mancuso AP, Mazza T, Nettelblad C, Ovcharenko Y, Rivas DE, Rose M, Samanta AK, Schmidt P, Sobolev E, Timneanu N, Usenko S, Westphal D, Wollweber T, Worbs L, Xavier PL, Yousef H, Ayyer K, Chapman HN, Sellberg JA, Seuring C, Vartanyants IA, Küpper J, Meyer M, Maia FRNC (2024) Observation of a single protein by ultrafast X-ray diffraction. Light Sci Appl. 13(1):15. doi: 10.1038/s41377-023-01352-7.

2023

Jungnickel KEJ, Guelle O, Iguchi M, Dong W, Kotov V, Gabriel F, Debacker C, Dairou J, McCort-Tranchepain I, Laqtom NN, Ham Chan D, Ejima A, Sato K, Massa López D, Saftig P, Reza Mehdipour A, Abu-Remaileh M, Gasnier B, Löw C, Damme M (2023) MFSD1 in complex with its accessory subunit GLMP functions as a general dipeptide uniporter in lysosomes bioRxiv 570541. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.15.570541

Custódio TF, Killer M, Yu D, Puente V, Teufel DP, Pautsch A, Schnapp G, Grundl M, Kosinski J, Löw C (2023) Molecular basis of TASL recruitment by the peptide/histidine transporter 1, PHT1.  Nat Commun. 14(1):5696. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41420-5.

Blanchet CE, Round A, Mertens HDT, Ayyer K, Graewert M, Awel S, Franke D, Dörner K, Bajt S, Bean R, Custódio TF, de Wijn R, Juncheng E, Henkel A, Gruzinov A, Jeffries CM, Kim Y, Kirkwood H, Kloos M, Knoška J, Koliyadu J, Letrun R, Löw C, Makroczyova J, Mall A, Meijers R, Pena Murillo GE, Oberthür D, Round E, Seuring C, Sikorski M, Vagovic P, Valerio J, Wollweber T, Zhuang Y, Schulz J, Haas H, Chapman HN, Mancuso AP, Svergun D (2023) Form factor determination of biological molecules with X-ray free electron laser small-angle scattering (XFEL-SAS). Commun Biol. 6(1):1057. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05416-7.

Ferreira JL, Prazak V, Vasishtan D, Siggel M, Hentzschel F, Binder AM, Pietsch E, Kosinski J, Frischknecht F, Gilberger TW, Grunewald K (2023) Variable microtubule architecture in the malaria parasite. Nat Commun 14: 1216 doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36627-5

Seyfert CE, Porten C, Yuan B, Deckarm S, Panter F, Bader CD, Coetzee J, Deschner F, Tehrani KHME, Higgins PG, Seifert H, Marlovits TC, Herrmann J, Muller R (2023) Darobactins Exhibiting Superior Antibiotic Activity by Cryo-EM Structure Guided Biosynthetic Engineering. Angew Chem Int Edit 6210.1002/anie.202214094

Williams HM, Thorkelsson SR, Vogel D, Milewski M, Busch C, Cusack S, Grunewald K, Quemin ERJ, Rosenthal M (2023) Structural insights into viral genome replication by the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus L protein. Nucleic Acids Research 51: 1424-1442 doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac1249

2022

Ekeberg T, Assalauova D, Bielecki J, Boll R, Daurer BJ, Eichacker LA, Franken LE, Galli DE, Gelisio L, Gumprecht L, Gunn LH, Hajdu J, Hartmann R, Hasse D, Ignatenko A, Koliyadu J, Kulyk O, Kurta R, Kuster M, Lugmayr W, Lübke J, Mancuso AP, Mazza T, Nettelblad C, Ovcharenko Y, Rivas DE, Samanta A K, Schmidt P, Sobolev E, Timneanu N, Usenko S, Westphal D, Wollweber T, Worbs L, Xavier PL, Yousef H, Ayyer K, Chapman HN, Sellberg JA, Seuring C, Vartanyants IA, Küpper J, Meyer M, Maia FRNC (2022) Observation of a single protein by ultrafast X-ray diffraction. Bioarxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.09.483477

Franken, L.E., Rosch, R., Laugks, U., and Grünewald, K. (2022). Protocol for live-cell fluorescence-guided cryoFIB-milling and electron cryo-tomography of virus-infected cells, STAR Protocols, Volume 3, Issue 4, 101696, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101696.

Niebling S, Veith K, Vollmer B, Lizarrondo J, Burastero O, Schiller J, Struve García A, Lewe P, Seuring C, Witt S, García-Alai M (2022) Biophysical Screening Pipeline for Cryo-EM Grid Preparation of Membrane Proteins. Front. Mol. Biosci. 9:882288. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.882288

Pazicky S, Alder A, Mertens H, Svergun DI, Gilberger T, Low C (2022) N-terminal phosphorylation regulates the activity of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 from Plasmodium falciparum. Biochem J 10.1042/BCJ20210829

Killer M, Finocchio G, Mertens HDT, Svergun DI, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Loew C (2022) Cryo-EM Structure of an Atypical Proton-Coupled Peptide Transporter: Di- and Tripeptide Permease C. Front Mol Biosci 9ARTN 91772510.3389/fmolb.2022.917725

Bücker R, Seuring C, Cazey C, Veith K, García-Alai M, Grünewald K, Landau M (2022) The Cryo-EM structures of two amphibian antimicrobial cross-β amyloid fibrils. Nat Commun. 13(1):4356. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32039-z

Villalta A, Schmitt A, Estrozi LF, Quemin ER, Alempic JM, Lartigue A, Prazak V, Belmudes L, Vasishtanm D, Colmant AM, Honore FA, Coute Y, Grunewald K, Abergel C (2022) The giant mimivirus 1.2 Mb genome is elegantly organized into a 30-nm diameter helical protein shield. Elife 11ARTN e77607 doi: 10.7554/eLife.77607

Wald J, Fahrenkamp D, Goessweiner-Mohr N, Lugmayr W, Ciccarelli L, Vesper O, Marlovits TC (2022) Mechanism of AAA plus ATPase-mediated RuvAB-Holliday junction branch migration. Nature 609: 630-+ doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05121-1

Yuan B, Portaliou AG, Parakra R, Smit JH, Wald J, Li YC, Srinivasu B, Loos MS, Dhupar HS, Fahrenkamp D, Kalodimos CG, van Hoa FD, Cordes T, Karamanou S, Marlovits TC, Economou A (2021) Structural Dynamics of the Functional Nonameric Type III Translocase Export Gate. Journal of Molecular Biology 433ARTN 16718810.1016/j.jmb.2021.167188

2021

Prazak V, Grunewald K, Kaufmann R (2021) Correlative super-resolution fluorescence and electron cryo-microscopy based on cryo-SOFI. Methods Cell Biol 162: 253-271 doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.10.021

Bunduc CM, Fahrenkamp D, Wald J, Ummels R, Bitter W, Houben ENG, Marlovits TC (2021) Structure and dynamics of a mycobacterial type VII secretion system. Nature 593: 445-448 doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03517-z

Pfitzner S, Bosse JB, Hofmann-Sieber H, Flomm F, Reimer R, Dobner T, Gruenewald K, Franken LE (2021) Human Adenovirus Type 5 Infection Leads to Nuclear Envelope Destabilization and Membrane Permeability Independently of Adenovirus Death Protein. Int J Mol Sci 22. ARTN 13034. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222313034

Kotov V, Lunelli M, Wald J, Kolbe M, Marlovits TC (2021) Helical reconstruction of Salmonella and Shigella needle filaments attached to type 3 basal bodies. Biochem Biophys Rep 27: 101039 doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101039

Killer M, Wald J, Pieprzyk J, Marlovits TC, Low C (2021) Structural snapshots of human PepT1 and PepT2 reveal mechanistic insights into substrate and drug transport across epithelial membranes. Sci Adv 7: eabk3259 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abk3259

Kouba T, Vogel D, Thorkelsson SR, Quemin ERJ, Williams HM, Milewski M, Busch C, Gunther S, Grunewald K, Rosenthal M, Cusack S (2021) Conformational changes in Lassa virus L protein associated with promoter binding and RNA synthesis activity. Nat Commun 12: 7018 doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27305-5

Pfitzner S, Bosse JB, Hofmann-Sieber H, Flomm F, Reimer R, Dobner T, Grunewald K, Franken LE (2021) Human Adenovirus Type 5 Infection Leads to Nuclear Envelope Destabilization and Membrane Permeability Independently of Adenovirus Death Protein. Int J Mol Sci 2210.3390/ijms222313034

Albers S, Beckert B, Matthies M, Mandava C, Schuster R, Seuring C, Riedner M, Sanyal S, Torda A, Wilson D, Ignatova Z (2021) Repurposing tRNAs for nonsense suppression. Nat Commun 12, 3850, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24076-x

Kotov V, Mlynek G, Vesper O, Pletzer M, Wald J, Teixeira-Duarte CM, Celia H, Garcia-Alai M, Nussberger S, Buchanan SK, Morais-Cabral JH, Loew C, Djinovic-Carugo K, Marlovits TC (2021) In-depth interrogation of protein thermal unfolding data with MoltenProt. Protein Sci. 30(1):201-217. doi: 10.1002/pro.3986. 

Silvester E, Vollmer B, Prazak V, Vasishtan D, Machala EA, Whittle C, Black S, Bath J, Turberfield AJ, Grunewald K, Baker LA (2021) DNA origami signposts for identifying proteins on cell membranes by electron cryotomography. Cell 184: 1110-1121 e1116 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.033

Miletic S, Fahrenkamp D, Goessweiner-Mohr N, Wald J, Pantel M, Vesper O, Kotov V, Marlovits TC (2021) Substrate-engaged type III secretion system structures reveal gating mechanism for unfolded protein translocation. Nat Commun 12: 1546 doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21143-1

Ayyer K, Xavier PL, Bielecki J, Shen Z, Daurer BJ, Samanta AK, Awel S, Bean R, Barty A, Bergemann M, Ekeberg T, Estillore AD, Fangohr H, Giewekemeyer K, Hunter MS, Karnevskiy M, Kirian RA, Kirkwood H, Kim Y, Koliyadu J, Lange H, Letrun R, Lubke J, Michelat T, Morgan AJ, Roth N, Sato T, Sikorski M, Schulz F, Spence JCH, Vagovic P, Wollweber T, Worbs L, Yefanov O, Zhuang YL, Maia FRNC, Horke DA, Kupper J, Loh ND, Mancuso AP, Chapman HN (2021) 3D diffractive imaging of nanoparticle ensembles using an x-ray laser. Optica 8: 15-23 doi: 10.1364/Optica.410851

2020

Vogel D, Thorkelsson SR, Quemin ERJ, Meier K, Kouba T, Gogrefe N, Busch C, Reindl S, Gunther S, Cusack S, Grunewald K, Rosenthal M (2020) Structural and functional characterization of the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus L protein. Nucleic Acids Res 48: 5749-5765 doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa253

Wolff G, Limpens R, Zevenhoven-Dobbe JC, Laugks U, Zheng S, de Jong AWM, Koning RI, Agard DA, Grunewald K, Koster AJ, Snijder EJ, Barcena M (2020) A molecular pore spans the double membrane of the coronavirus replication organelle. Science 369: 1395-1398 doi: 10.1126/science.abd3629

Vollmer B, Prazak V, Vasishtan D, Jefferys EE, Hernandez-Duran A, Vallbracht M, Klupp BG, Mettenleiter TC, Backovic M, Rey FA, Topf M, Grunewald K (2020) The prefusion structure of herpes simplex virus glycoprotein B. Sci Adv 6ARTN eabc172610.1126/sciadv.abc1726

Quemin ERJ, Machala EA, Vollmer B, Prazak V, Vasishtan D, Rosch R, Grange M, Franken LE, Baker LA, Grunewald K (2020) Cellular Electron Cryo-Tomography to Study Virus-Host Interactions. Annu Rev Virol 7: 239-262 doi: 10.1146/annurev-virology-021920-115935

Lunelli M, Kamprad A, Burger J, Mielke T, Spahn CMT, Kolbe M (2020) Cryo-EM structure of the Shigella type III needle complex. PLoS Pathog 16: e1008263 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008263

Franken LE, Grunewald K, Boekema EJ, Stuart MCA (2020) A Technical Introduction to Transmission Electron Microscopy for Soft-Matter: Imaging, Possibilities, Choices, and Technical Developments. Small: e1906198 doi: 10.1002/smll.201906198

Bunduc CM, Fahrenkamp D, Wald J, Ummels R, Bitter W, Houben ENG, Marlovits TC (2020) Structure and dynamics of the ESX-5 type VII secretion system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. bioRxiv: 2020.2012.2002.408906 doi: 10.1101/2020.12.02.408906

Beckham KSH, Ritter C, Chojnowski G, Mullapudi E, Rettel M, Savitski MM, Mortensen SA, Kosinski J, Wilmanns M. (2020) Structure of the mycobacterial ESX-5 Type VII Secretion System hexameric pore complex bioRxiv 2020.11.17.387225; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.17.387225

2019

Nikolaus Goessweiner-Mohr VK, Matthias J. Brunner, Julia Mayr, Jiri Wald, Lucas Kuhlen, Sean Miletic, Oliver Vesper, Wolfgang Lugmayr Samuel Wagner, Frank DiMaio, Susan Lea, Thomas C., Marlovits (2019) Structural control for the coordinated assembly into functional pathogenic type-3 secretion systems. BioArxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/714097

Moser F, Prazak V, Mordhorst V, Andrade DM, Baker LA, Hagen C, Grunewald K, Kaufmann R (2019) Cryo-SOFI enabling low-dose super-resolution correlative light and electron cryo-microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116: 4804-4809 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810690116