TIME'S RUNNING OUT! Join us this Wednesday, April 22nd at 9 AM PDT for “New Camera, Old Microscope.” See how modern detectors can unlock new TEM capabilities—without replacing your system. Featuring Dr. Carter Francis & Dr. Paul Voyles. Register here: https://ow.ly/WBra50YCFar
TODAY—Dr. Barnaby Levin is at the AIMS Annual Conference at ASU's SkySong. Join the Arizona imaging and microanalysis community to exchange ideas & learn about the latest research. https://azmicroscopy.org/events/
NEXT WEEK! On Wednesday, April 22nd Direct Electron will be presenting a webinar: New Camera, Old Microscope - how to bring in new capabilities at a lower cost in TEM
Dr. Carter Francis and Dr. Paul Voyles will show you how you can get great results!
https://ow.ly/WBra50YCFar
THIS FRIDAY—join Dr. Barnaby Levin at the AIMS Annual Conference, April 17 at ASU. Catch up with the Arizona imaging and microanalysis community, exchange ideas & learn about the latest research. https://azmicroscopy.org/events/
NEXT WEEK—join Dr. Barnaby Levin at the AIMS Annual Conference, April 17 at ASU. Catch up with the Arizona imaging and microanalysis community, exchange ideas & learn about the latest research. https://azmicroscopy.org/events/
IN JUST TWO WEEKS! April 22nd Direct Electron will be presenting a webinar: New Camera, Old Microscope - how to bring in new capabilities at a lower cost in TEM
Dr. Carter Francis and Dr. Paul Voyles will show you how you can get great results!
https://ow.ly/WBra50YCFar
Registration is open! April 22nd Direct Electron will be presenting a webinar: New Camera, Old Microscope - how to bring in new capabilities at a lower cost in TEM
Dr. Carter Francis will be joined by Dr. Paul Voyles to show how to get great results with this approach.
https://ow.ly/WBra50YCFar
Save the date! April 22nd Direct Electron will be presenting a webinar: New Camera, Old Microscope - how to bring in new capabilities at a lower cost in TEM
Join us to learn how researchers are getting great results combining a new camera with their old microscopes.
ICYMI: In a direct comparison on the same sample, Apollo outperformed both K3 and DE-64—achieving 2.24 Å resolution vs ~2.9 Å for K3. Higher detail per particle and better DQE make Apollo the clear leader in cryo-EM detector performance.
Read more: https://ow.ly/aF7950XgCWZ
Catfish have tails—and so does their herpesvirus.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow used cryo-EM (Apollo on a JEOL CryoARM 300) to study giant viruses and uncover their structure and evolution over 400 million years.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02...
NEXT WEEK: DE's own Dr. Carter Francis continues the GLMS webinar series on HyperSpy. Part 3 focuses on EELS analysis using the eXSpy Python package for advanced multi-dimensional microscopy data processing. March 19, 12 PM EST.
Register here: https://ow.ly/ECjE50YtPcZ
Direct Electron R&D Scientist Carter Francis shares his thoughts on why open source matters — for science, collaboration, and the future of microscopy.
Read his open letter here: directelectron.com/statement-on-open-source...
Cryo-EM reveals how a bat coronavirus related to MERS may jump to mink — and potentially humans. Researchers from Yale and NIH used Apollo to solve the HKU5 spike–ACE2 structure, uncovering a unique binding strategy and host range. Read the study: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61583-7
ICYMI: HyperSpy wins the People’s Choice Award! The open-source Python library for interactive analysis of complex materials data—co-developed with major contributions from Direct Electron scientist Carter Francis—was honored at France’s 2025 Open Science Awards.
https://ow.ly/fmvu50Yomlr
We’ve added our latest webinar to the product demos and technical presentations on our Videos page. Explore recordings covering our cameras, workflows, and real-world research applications.
Visit: https://directelectron.com/videos/
Missed our recent webinar on the DE API for Direct Electron cameras and scan controllers? The recording is now on YouTube! Explore integration strategies and advanced workflow control with R&D Scientist Dr. Carter Francis. View the full recording: https://youtu.be/kJi1kLvHcGo
Our Applications Scientist Dr. Barnaby Levin will be will be talking about MAPS Detectors for TEM at the Transmission Electron Microscopy for Materials Research Gordon Research Conference, February 15–20. Don't miss him if you're there & follow us for updates.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/yrRM50YfrVF
First-ever EBSD orientation maps of hafnia & hafnon: using SEMCam + dictionary indexing, researchers overcame beam sensitivity & low symmetry challenges in ceramics. A new path for difficult materials. Read more: https://ow.ly/7Mn850YeA3K
API WEBINAR - WEDNESDAY, FEB 11!
Join R&D Scientist Carter Francis for a practical demo, learn to use Python to control and automate DE cameras for live data visualization, experiment automation, Jupyter workflows, and other new features.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/hAOz50Y5Jrz
Tired of manual bottlenecks slowing your research? Join our free webinar with R&D Scientist Carter Francis to learn how Python-based camera control enables experiment automation, live data visualization & reproducible workflows. Feb 11, 9am PST. Register here: https://ow.ly/FABK50Yas1r
API WEBINAR - ONE WEEK, FEB 11!
Join R&D Scientist Carter Francis for a practical demo, learn to use Python to control and automate DE cameras for live data visualization, experiment automation, Jupyter workflows, and other new features.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/hAOz50Y5Jrz
API WEBINAR - FEBRUARY 11th!
Learn how to use Python to control and automate Direct Electron cameras. Join R&D Scientist Carter Francis for a practical webinar covering live data visualization, experiment automation, Jupyter workflows, and new features.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/cioN50Y5Jrl
Our Applications Scientist Dr. Barnaby Levin is attending the Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy Gordon Conference this week, where he’s presenting a poster on in situ TEM and in situ 4D STEM with fast direct detectors. If you’re at the meeting, don’t miss it!
https://ow.ly/O0Zv50Y5Cbj
Researchers at UCLA show you don’t need a dedicated cryo-EM to get world-class results. Using an adapted entry-level TEM, they achieved 1.95 Å apoferritin—comparable to top-tier systems—pointing to a more accessible future for cryo-EM.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.364
What makes our direct detectors so special? Let our customers tell you!
Learn all about DE-64 & Direct Electron's other ultra-fast cameras for Electron Microscopy & CryoEM at https://directelectron.com/products/
Unlocking atomic detail in seconds: Apollo enables high-speed, low-dose MicroED for microscale and nanoscale crystals—accurate structure solutions in less than a minute of data collection.
Learn more about these groundbreaking results: https://ow.ly/SB8k50Y0ocO
Want to know what sets Direct Electron apart? Let our satisfied customers tell you!
To learn more about Apollo & our other ultra-fast cameras for Electron Microscopy & CryoEM, visit https://directelectron.com/products/
We’re excited to share a new Journal of Virology study where researchers used our Apollo camera to map VEEV at high resolution and identify a cross-neutralizing antibody that could support development of a pan-alphavirus therapeutic.
Read the paper: https://ow.ly/7Z3850XTLIU
Proud to see the Apollo camera supporting new H5Nx bird flu research in Nature Microbiology. NIH scientists imaged 500 antibodies from an H5N1-vaccinated patient and identified 5 that cross-neutralize multiple strains—key for future vaccine design.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02137-x
Wishing you a Happy New Year filled with research breakthroughs, innovative discoveries, and scientific milestones made possible by the Most Advanced Direct Detection Cameras for High-Speed Electron Microscopy!