The University of Cincinnati is making a significant commitment of funds and resources to establish the latest innovation in microscopy as the focal point of the Center for Advanced Structural Biology (CASB) in the College of Medicine. The project will be built out in three phases over the next five years.

The focal point of the first phase of the project kicking off in July 2022 is the integration of core services on the Talos L120C Transmission Electron Microscope and Vitrobot, using $1.5 million from Research2030 as part of the JobsOhio grant. The Talos L120C instrument is designed for performance across a wide range of sample types and applications, such as imaging complex mixtures of macromolecules and radiation sensitive materials, both at room and cryogenic temperatures.