Thanks to everyone who joined today's M&M2026 run/walk! It was great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new ones. Special thanks to Janet Gbur and Bob Monteverde for organizing another great year. 🏃 One last run tomorrow! Meet at the Baird Center at 6:00 AM.

Sunrise miles before microscopy. 🌅🏃 Thanks to everyone who joined this morning's M&M Run/Walk Group! The BEST way to kick off another day of science, conversation, and community in Milwaukee. See you at the Direct Electron booth (1130)!

Planning your M&M2026 schedule? Add these 5 talks & posters featuring Direct Electron detectors, then visit us at Booth 1130 to discover our latest cameras and find the right detector for your application. Learn more: https://directelectron.com/

Going to M&M 2026 next week? See what's new from Direct Electron at M&M 2026! Stop by Booth 1130 to discover four new direct detection cameras alongside Apollo and Celeritas XS. Our team is ready to help you find the right detector for your application.

Headed to M&M 2026? Start your mornings with fellow attendees at the conference run/walk! Meet outside the Baird Center at 6:00 AM, Monday–Thursday, for a fun run or walk through downtown Milwaukee. A great way to connect before the day's sessions. Learn more: https://ow.ly/S6Ru50Zs6Vf

M&M 2026 RUN GROUP - Direct Electron

Make the most of your M&M experience with Direct Electron Sales Director, Bob Monteverde, and MSA member, Janet Gbur, and join our morning running /

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Visit Direct Electron at Booth 1130 during M&M2026! See Apollo, Celeritas XS, and four new direct detection cameras for cryoEM, 4D-STEM, SEM, and EBSD. We'd love to discuss your research and help you find the right detector for your application. Can't wait? Contact us NOW: https://ow.ly/osGb50ZrwMw

ICYMI: 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 & uncover their structure and evolution over 400 million years. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705735v1.full.pdf

More throughput. More particles. More structures. On a JEOL CRYO ARM 300 II, Apollo sustained 1,820 movies/hour across a complete cryo-EM dataset—collecting over 500,000 particles and reconstructing apoferritin to 1.72 Å in a single afternoon. Read how: https://ow.ly/kEYn50ZjOFX

HIGH-THROUGHPUT CRYO-EM WITH APOLLO - Direct Electron

Up to 2,904 movies per hour and sustained 1,820 movies per hour, reconstructing apoferritin at 1.72 Å in a single afternoon.

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Don't just take our word for it! See what one researcher has to say about the DE-64 direct detection camera, and discover our full lineup of ultra-fast cameras for electron microscopy and cryo-EM at https://directelectron.com/products/

NEW WEBINAR — IN JUST 3 HOURS! 4D-STEM in SEM: in-situ testing of metal alloys using a MAPS direct detector, featuring Dr. Julia Pürstl of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Learn how advanced 4D-STEM reveals dynamic behavior in metals. Sign up NOW! https://ow.ly/c18a50Z8maF

From sulfur nucleation inside the cell to fully formed globules outside the membrane, this cryo-ET study captures how environmental microbes manage an important energy source. Researchers at Arizona State acquired the tomography data using Apollo. Read the paper: https://ow.ly/6Y9n50Ze1Zz

NEW WEBINAR — JUST ONE WEEK AWAY! 4D-STEM in SEM: in-situ testing of metal alloys using a MAPS direct detector, featuring Dr. Julia Pürstl of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Learn how advanced 4D-STEM reveals dynamic behavior in metals. Sign up NOW! https://ow.ly/c18a50Z8maF

Dr. Benjamin Bammes, Director of R&D at Direct Electron, will present "Recent Advances and Future Opportunities in Direct Detection Technology" at the Gordon Research Conference on Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy in Barcelona next week, June 14-19. https://ow.ly/5o2o50Zbj3u

Ben Bammes to Give Talk at Gordon Research Conference in Barcelona, Spain - Direct Electron

The conference will be held at the Rey Don Jaime Grand Hotel in Castelldefels, Spain, June 14 - 19

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Webinar: 4D-STEM in SEM: in-situ testing of metal alloys using a MAPS direct detector, featuring Dr. Julia Pürstl of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Learn how advanced 4D-STEM reveals dynamic behavior in metals. Sign up NOW! https://ow.ly/c18a50Z8maF

Webinar: 4D-STEM in SEM: in-situ testing of metal alloys using a MAPS direct detector, featuring Dr. Julia Pürstl of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Learn how advanced 4D-STEM reveals dynamic behavior in metals. Sign up NOW! https://ow.ly/c18a50Z8maF

Thank you, Sendai! Bob & Shinya had a great time at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy connecting with colleagues & collaborators. Looking forward to being at M&M 2026 in Milwaukee, WI and sharing the latest advances in direct detection technology!

Dose weighting is now standard in cryo-EM, but it began as Direct Electron's "damage compensation" method, first presented at the 2013 3DEM GRC. This early work helped establish the exposure-weighting approaches still used in cryo-EM software today. https://ow.ly/1wsG50Z6sJ6

TODAY at MSC-SMC 2026: Dr. Barnaby Levin presents “Advances in MAPS Direct Detector Technology for Electron Microscopy” at 4:30 PM in Session 6. Join him for the latest developments in event-based detectors, 4D STEM, cryo-EM & low-keV electron microscopy. https://ow.ly/J9Ux50Z4OP1

Dr. Barnaby Levin to Present at MSC-SMC 2026 in Montreal - Direct Electron

Direct Electron is pleased to announce that Dr. Barnaby Levin will be presenting at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of Canada / Société

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Greetings from Sendai! Direct Electron is attending the 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Microscopy, where CEO Rob Bilhorn and Sales Director Bob Monteverde are joined by Shinya Kondo of TEGA Science, our distribution partner in Japan.

Director of Sales Bob Monteverde will be attending the 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Microscopy, May 25–27 in Sendai, Japan. Visit us at the Tega Science booth to discuss the latest in direct electron detection. Learn more: https://ow.ly/ezso50Z3nsy

TOMORROW: DE's own Dr. Carter Francis continues the GLMS webinar series on HyperSpy. Part 4 focuses on how to load, visualize and process large 4D STEM datasets using hyperspy and pyxem. May 21, 12 PM EST. Learn more & register here: https://greatlakes.microscopy.org/Event-GLMS-Webinar-IV

Now on YouTube: “New Camera, Old Microscope.” Learn how upgrading to a modern direct detector can improve TEM performance, extend instrument capability, and maximize ROI on existing systems. Featuring Dr. Carter Francis & Dr. Paul Voyles. WATCH NOW: https://youtu.be/SDC6lnCdeHE

IN JUST TEN DAYS: Dr. Barnaby Levin will be presenting at MSC-SMC 2026 in Montreal. We look forward to connecting with the microscopy community and discussing the latest advances in direct electron detection with our Canadian partners Edge Scientific. https://ow.ly/jnNf50Z0rIl

Dr. Barnaby Levin to Present at MSC-SMC 2026 in Montreal - Direct Electron

Direct Electron is pleased to announce that Dr. Barnaby Levin will be presenting at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of Canada / Société

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Last chance to catch us at SEMS 2026 tomorrow in Athens, Georgia. Connect with Bob Monteverde & Michael Spilman to discuss the latest in direct electron detection, cutting-edge microscopy technology, and how you can get breakthrough results. Go Dawgs!

Day one of SEMS 2026 in Athens, Georgia is in the books. If you missed Bob Monteverde & Michael Spilman today, they’ll be back tomorrow and Wednesday sharing the latest results & new products from Direct Electron—stop by and say hello! https://sems.microscopy.org/2026-Meeting

Join us at SEMS 2026 next week, May 11 through 13 in Athens, Georgia. Director of Sales Bob Monteverde & Senior Applications Scientist Michael Spilman will be there representing Direct Electron—we hope to see you there. https://sems.microscopy.org/2026-Meeting

ICYMI: 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

New preprint from the Rodriguez lab (UCLA): atomic structures solved by electron diffraction at room temp, in liquid. Using a simple liquid cell and a Direct Electron Apollo detector, they capture beam-sensitive hydrated crystals in their native state. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-8ppz1

What if your crystal structure isn’t what your drug adopts in vivo? Drying can distort hydrates & polymorphs—creating artifacts and formulation risk. New room-temp liquid cell Micro-ED reveals true structures fast, in native state. Worth 5 min 👇 https://ow.ly/PHnk50YRihQ

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/