- Phillips, Michael A;
- Harkiolaki, Maria;
- Pinto, David Miguel Susano;
- Parton, Richard M;
- Palanca, Ana;
- Garcia-Moreno, Manuel;
- Kounatidis, Ilias;
- Sedat, John W;
- Stuart, David I;
- Castello, Alfredo;
- Booth, Martin J;
- Davis, Ilan;
- Dobbie, Ian M
Rapid cryopreservation of biological specimens is the gold standard for visualizing cellular structures in their true structural context. However, current commercial cryo-fluorescence microscopes are limited to low resolutions. To fill this gap, we have developed cryoSIM, a microscope for 3D super-resolution fluorescence cryo-imaging for correlation with cryo-electron microscopy or cryo-soft X-ray tomography. We provide the full instructions for replicating the instrument mostly from off-the-shelf components and accessible, user-friendly, open-source Python control software. Therefore, cryoSIM democratizes the ability to detect molecules using super-resolution fluorescence imaging of cryopreserved specimens for correlation with their cellular ultrastructure.