A Unique BSL-3 Cryo-Electron Microscopy Laboratory at UTMB
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: This article describes a unique cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM) facility to study the three-dimensional organization of viruses at biological safety level 3 (BSL-3). This facility, the W. M. Keck Center for Virus Imaging, has successfully operated for more than a year without incident and was cleared for select agent studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Standard operating procedures for the laboratory were developed and implemented to ensure its safe and efficient operation. This facility at the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX) is the only such BSL-3 CryoEM facility approved for select agent research.
Source: Applied Biosafety
Language: English
Subfield: Structural Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, W. M. Keck Foundation, Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Center for Research Resources
OpenAlex ID: W298560185