# NCCAT: National Center for CryoEM Access and Training- Supplement for Windows 10 and FFI

> **NIH NIH U24** · NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER · 2022 · $318,297

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The National Center for CryoEM Access and Training (NCCAT), based at the New York Structural Biology Center,
provides access to state-of-the-art equipment, including specimen preparation robots, high-end microscopes
and direct detectors, screening microscopes, and all the other ancillary equipment required to solve structures
to the highest possible resolution using cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM) methods. A highly qualified technical
team provides direct support, guidance and assistance to ensure that structures of the highest quality are
produced in the shortest possible time. A cross-training program provides training to users across a wide variety
of skill levels and career goals.
We are requesting funds to purchase fringe free illumination (FFI) and Windows10 computer upgrades for three
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) Titan Krios G3i instruments (Krios4, Krios5, Krios6) at the NCCAT. FFI
considerably improves the throughput of data collect ion, and these upgrades will benefit all users of NCCAT.
The Windows 10 upgrade increase the security of all of our systems which currently run Windows 7, which has
many known security issues and is no longer officially supported as of January 2020. This means that updates
to software, security fixes and technical support are no longer provided.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10579565
- **Project number:** 3U24GM129539-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** BRIDGET Olivia CARRAGHER
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $318,297
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-05-01 → 2024-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10579565

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10579565, NCCAT: National Center for CryoEM Access and Training- Supplement for Windows 10 and FFI (3U24GM129539-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10579565. Licensed CC0.

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