A short story of the long road to cryo-EM in Portugal
This letter describes the development of cryo-EM in Portugal, highlighting a strategy based on research training and the establishment of a national facility with regional support nodes. Our experience demonstrates how access to European research infrastructures can enable the creation of sustainable national platforms without investment in high-end microscopes.
Authors
- Célia V. Romão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9474-2405)
- Pedro M. Matias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6170-451X)
Institutions
- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
- Published
- 2026-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1107/s2059798326002640
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00