eBIC: Electron Bio-Imaging Centre

The Electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC) was established at Diamond following the award of a
£15.6 million grant from the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The location of eBIC
enables scientists to combine their techniques with many of the other cutting-edge approaches
that Diamond offers; whilst a partnership with the University of Oxford allows users to access
the Polara, a high-containment cryo-electron microscope.
eBIC provides scientists with state-of-the-art experimental equipment and expertise in the field
of cryo-electron microscopy, for both single particle analysis and cryo-tomography. Currently
eBIC houses five Titan Krios microscopes, a Talos Arctica, Glacios, and a Scios and Aquilos cryo-FIB/SEM.