[3dem] CryoEM Grid Boxes

[Rice, William]

I prefer coloured boxes, but avoid dark colours, especially dark blue or black. Also I prefer the clipped box style which has a completely removable lid, rather than fiddling and adjusting a tiny slot. Since we use a puck system the extra size of the lid is not an issue. I also find the star shape easier to work with for unclipped grids, and having a box which could accommodate both would be great.


William J. Rice, PhD

Director, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Laboratory

NYU Langone Health

Smilow, SR C-10

522 First Ave., New York, NY 10016

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Hello Everyone,

We plan on offering CryoEM grid boxes in the coming months, both the "traditional" design for unclipped grids with the diamond shaped pockets, as well as the "newer" box style for autogrids.  We are finalizing designs and would like to incorporate any features that would be beneficial. There are a variety of opinions on the numbering convention for the grid boxes.  The "traditional" numbering convention seems to be clockwise, whereas newer autogrid boxes have the "reading" convention, though we've heard many people disregard that and refer to the positions in the traditional clockwise sense.

We would love to hear feedback from the community in an effort to reach a consensus and perhaps a standard on how to number the grid boxes. For anyone that responds to this survey<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrdWhws85V-ld03o_4DhgtdRjyHKAm8XMggNO7xYJOAWMUwQ/viewform?usp=sf_link__;!!Mih3wA!Sc3pzHYpeLzdf01i3xWLUeiv4F000Go5-CW5_BG2A3FEqxi3oNEErCNeAvWUFL236Q$>, we will give a 20% discount on their first purchase of grid boxes once we begin selling them.  We will also share the results with everyone here once we have them.

Thank you and we hope that everyone is staying well,
Mike



Michael Godfrin, PhD
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