Italian CryoEM Bag (ICB)

This BAG application builds on the development of single particle cryoEM in the Italian Structural Biology community, as in Italy there is no top-end instrument is yet available. The groups in this application have acquired know-how in cryoEM through international collaborations or by acquiring medium-level in-house equipment. Access to the CM01 beamline at the ESRF from August 2020 has allowed the development of projects from groups that do not have in-house equipment that will most likely result in high top level publications in 2021. The three screening microscopes presently installed in Italy boosted sample production in 2020 in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic and the number of samples foreseen for 2021 has greatly increased. The BAG from Italian institutions is nurturing the expansion of the field in Italy and will result in a high-level scientific production.