GW4 Alliance secures £1.5 million for cutting-edge cryoFIB-SEM instrumentation following successful BBSRC bid
The GW4 Alliance, comprising the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, and Exeter, has secured a total of £2.6 million in funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) ALERT scheme to bolster its research infrastructure. This includes £1.5 million to enable the acquisition of the first cryo-focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope (cryoFIB-SEM) with integrated fluorescent light imaging in the region, alongside £1.1 million to upgrade cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) capabilities at the University of Exeter. This investment represents a transformative leap in the capabilities of the GW4 Facility for High-Resolution Electron Cryo-Microscopy and is set to drive groundbreaking research in in situ structural biology across the alliance.