[3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?

Fri May 25 08:19:43 PDT 2018

Dear Toby,

We have been using SubAngstrom pucks/cane system at NYSBC-SEMC for quite a while, and we are very satisfied with the switch from the conical tubes. The system is great as a storage, but more importantly, it also made it much easier for us to organize and track grid boxes.

Let me know if you have any specific questions – I would be happy to answer.

Sincerely,
Misha
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Mykhailo (Misha) Kopylov, Ph.D.
Scientist, Simons Electron Microscopy Center
New York Structural Biology Center
89 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10027
semc.nysbc.org<http://semc.nysbc.org/>
(212) 939-0660
mkopylov at nysbc.org<mailto:mkopylov at nysbc.org>

From: 3dem <3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Reza Khayat <rkhayat at ccny.cuny.edu>
Date: Friday, May 25, 2018 at 10:58 AM
To: Toby Starborg <tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk>, "3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu" <3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?

Hi Toby,

We have the SubAngstrom storage system and are quite happy with it.  Cleaned up the dewar and got rid of all those fishing lines.

Best wishes,
Reza

Reza Khayat, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
City College of New York
85 Saint Nicholas Terrace, CDI 2.318
New York, NY 10031
http://www.khayatlab.org/
212-650-6070

From: 3dem [mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Mariena Silvestry Ramos
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 10:55 AM
To: Toby Starborg <tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk>; 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: [3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?

Hi Toby,

We have at least one user at our facility who's purchased the system. I like that there's more room/space to maneuver than if you have a conical tube with 10 grid boxes and have a user who labels everything in the faintest shade of blue and makes the box unreadable to my aging eyes. It can sometimes be a wee painful to fish out the box you want when you're under LN2, but once your eyes adjust to having both the LN2 and the plastic lid there, you can generally move things around is some ease which I do with the big tweezers. I second the opinion that if you have access to a machine shop, have them make a prototype and test it. In the long run it may be more cost-effective and/or easier to modify if/as needed.

Best,

Mariena

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From: 3dem <3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu<mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu>> on behalf of Toby Starborg <tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk<mailto:tobias.starborg at manchester.ac.uk>>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 5:52:39 AM
To: 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu<mailto:3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu>
Subject: [3dem] Any SubAngstrom storage system users?

Dear cryo-EM users,

I'm wondering if anyone has experience using the SubAngstrom grid
storage system?  I'm looking for both positive and negative feedback,
but if you don't want to post directly to the list, feel free to email
me directly.

Thank you for any information that you may have.

Toby S

(I don't know whether I'm allowed to post links to company websites as
it may be seen as advertising, but the system is seen here:
https://subangstrom.com/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__subangstrom.com_&d=DwMFAg&c=4NmamNZG3KTnUCoC6InoLJ6KV1tbVKrkZXHRwtIMGmo&r=1DzJFW0v6TgEhkW1gy_-ke-RbtvS1fzEbD5_hcb9Up0&m=zKn7Juqz9LBVG_d3AUz5CCfltmXxdGez723ceBZTDgA&s=zMX52K4YPrwmi34j2x_aicrcR2XQ8pznGNPVthxutsA&e=>).

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Senior Experimental Officer: 3DEM
Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research
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