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Dr. Eric van Genderen

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Scientist

Paul Scherrer Institut
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Schweiz
Telefon
+41 56 310 46 19
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eric.van-genderen@psi.ch

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Burak Demir

Master Student

burak.demir@psi.ch

Method & hardware development in Electron Diffraction

Knowledge of protein 3D structures is the key to understand protein-protein and protein-drug interactions. Different methods exist to determine such structures: single particle imaging electron microscopy (EM), X-ray diffraction, Electron Tomography, NMR to name a few. Each of these methods comes with their own drawbacks and limitations, for example single particle imaging is limited by the particle size and X-ray diffraction is limited by the minimal size of the protein. When the protein is both small and the crystal does not grow to sufficient size these nanometre-sized crystals can be analysed with electron crystallography, which is also known as 3D-ED or microED. With the current developments using AI to predict structures I expect that the need for new methods to solve single proteins will decline. This will mean a shift from solving the single 3D structures to questions about how proteins interact with each other in their native environment.

Using the knowledge gained on 3D-ED, our group learned that with Electron diffraction high resolution structures can be solved. This led to the development of a novel method to investigate protein complexes and protein-protein interactions by scanning a very narrow parallel beam over the sample.

This makes this possible this novel method requires dedicated hardware. To make this possible we acquired the multipurpose solution from JEOL, a F200. On the sample side we equipped it with a cryo-stage to investigate cryo-frozen samples, the state of the art JEOL automatic insertion stage and Gatan ELSA holder. This specific multipurpose microscope has also 4 condenser lenses and with the sFEG allows for nanometre sized parallel beam up to several nanometers. Around the sample we have the full scan-descan capability with full control by the Universal Scan Generator, allowing for very specific scanning patterns. After the imaging coils we have a simple STEM camera and a borrowed K2 system. Directly after we have a CEOS energy filter with a dedicated insertable Cheetah, Medipix 3, camera. Furthermore, we plan to add a special beamline-like-hutch after the camera box that will have a special 1.5M Jungfrau PSI detector with a huge dynamic range, but the box will also allow testing of other novel PSI cameras and temporary systems that are on loan.

Interests

As my personal goals, I aim (1) to further investigate new and develop cameras for the new JEM F200 TEM. Currently we are planning a specifically build 1.5M Jungfrau detector on the far end of the energy filter. Also I’m currently setting-up several collaborations to test other types of detectors on this system for our specific purposes.

In parallel I aim (2) to improve the methods of collecting diffraction data on current microscopes and to design a general approaches for our current set-up. This includes sample preparation, collecting strategies, EM modification and to get a better understanding what happens to a frozen sample in an electron beam. Currently I’m developing new hardware together with Rasmus Ischebeck and my students to investigate beam damage.

In addition (3), I’m always interested in very difficult samples which can possibly be analysed with cryo-EM techniques. This interest contributed to roughly half of my published research.

The long-term goal is to use all of the above to get a better understanding of protein dynamics and structure determination. The samples produced by other group members are excellent targets to test our ideas and technologies. The group as whole enables me to do this research and is the main driving force to think about using these (to be developed) methods and ideas to study proteins in their native cellular environment with electron diffraction.

Publications

  • Matinyan S, Demir B, Filipcik P, Abrahams JP, van Genderen E
    Machine learning for classifying narrow-beam electron diffraction data
    Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances. 2023; 79: 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053273323004680
    DORA PSI
  • Fröjdh E, Abrahams JP, Andrä M, Barten R, Bergamaschi A, Brückner M, et al.
    Electron detection with CdTe and GaAs sensors using the charge integrating hybrid pixel detector JUNGFRAU
    Journal of Instrumentation. 2022; 17: C01020 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/01/C01020
    DORA PSI
  • Blum TB, Housset D, Clabbers MTB, van Genderen E, Bacia-Verloop M, Zander U, et al.
    Statistically correcting dynamical electron scattering improves the refinement of protein nanocrystals, including charge refinement of coordinated metals
    Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology. 2021; 77: 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798320014540
    DORA PSI
  • Matz JM, Drepper B, Blum TB, van Genderen E, Burrell A, Martin P, et al.
    A lipocalin mediates unidirectional heme biomineralization in malaria parasites
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. 2020; 117(28): 16546-16556. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001153117
    DORA PSI
  • Merg AD, Touponse G, van Genderen E, Blum TB, Zuo X, Bazrafshan A, et al.
    Shape-shifting peptide nanomaterials: surface asymmetry enables pH-dependent formation and interconversion of collagen tubes and sheets
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2020; 142(47): 19956-19968. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c08174
    DORA PSI
  • van Schayck JP, van Genderen E, Maddox E, Roussel L, Boulanger H, Fröjdh E, et al.
    Sub-pixel electron detection using a convolutional neural network
    Ultramicroscopy. 2020; 218: 113091 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113091
    DORA PSI
  • Clabbers MTB, Gruene T, van Genderen E, Abrahams JP
    Reducing dynamical electron scattering reveals hydrogen atoms
    Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances. 2019; 75(1): 82-93. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053273318013918
    DORA PSI
  • Heidler J, Pantelic R, Wennmacher JTC, Zaubitzer C, Fecteau-Lefebvre A, Goldie KN, et al.
    Design guidelines for an electron diffractometer for structural chemistry and structural biology
    Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology. 2019; 75(5): 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798319003942
    DORA PSI
  • Merg AD, Touponse G, van Genderen E, Zuo X, Bazrafshan A, Blum T, et al.
    2D crystal engineering of nanosheets assembled from helical peptide building blocks
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2019; 58(38): 13507-13512. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201906214
    DORA PSI
  • Merg AD, van Genderen E, Bazrafshan A, Su H, Zuo X, Touponse G, et al.
    Seeded heteroepitaxial growth of crystallizable collagen triple helices: engineering multifunctional two-dimensional core-shell nanostructures
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2019; 141(51): 20107-20117. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09335
    DORA PSI
  • Moradi M, Opara NL, Tulli LG, Wäckerlin C, Dalgarno SJ, Teat SJ, et al.
    Supramolecular architectures of molecularly thin yet robust free-standing layers
    Science Advances. 2019; 5(2): eaav4489 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav4489
    DORA PSI
  • Gruene T, Li T, van Genderen E, Pinar AB, van Bokhoven JA
    Characterization at the level of individual crystals: single-crystal MFI type zeolite grains
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2018; 24(10): 2384-2388. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704213
    DORA PSI
  • Gruene T, Wennmacher JTC, Zaubitzer C, Holstein JJ, Heidler J, Fecteau-Lefebvre A, et al.
    Rapid structure determination of microcrystalline molecular compounds using electron diffraction
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2018; 57(50): 16313-16317. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811318
    DORA PSI
  • Thomas B, Dubey RK, Clabbers MTB, Gupta KBSS, van Genderen E, Jager WF, et al.
    A molecular level approach to elucidate the supramolecular packing of light-harvesting antenna systems
    Chemistry: A European Journal. 2018; 24(56): 14989-14993. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201802288
    DORA PSI
  • Tinti G, Fröjdh E, van Genderen E, Gruene T, Schmitt B, de Winter DAM, et al.
    Electron crystallography with the EIGER detector
    IUCrJ. 2018; 5(2): 190-199. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252518000945
    DORA PSI
  • Clabbers MTB, van Genderen E, Wan W, Wiegers EL, Gruene T, Abrahams JP
    Protein structure determination by electron diffraction using a single three-dimensional nanocrystal
    Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology. 2017; 73(9): 738-748. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798317010348
    DORA PSI
  • van Genderen E, Clabbers MTB, Das PP, Stewart A, Nederlof I, Barentsen KC, et al.
    Ab initio structure determination of nanocrystals of organic pharmaceutical compounds by electron diffraction at room temperature using a Timepix quantum area direct electron detector
    Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances. 2016; 72: 236-242. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053273315022500
    DORA PSI

Publications prior to current position

  • Ab initio structure determination of nanocrystals of organic pharmaceutical compounds by electron diffraction at room temperature using a Timepix quantum area direct electron detector van Genderen E, Clabbers MTB, Das PP, Stewart A, Nederlof I, Barentsen KC, Portillo Q, Pannu NS, Nicolopoulos S, Gruene T, Abrahams JP
    Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances 72, 236 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1107/S2053273315022500
  • Lattice filter for processing image data of three-dimensional protein nanocrystals van Genderen E, Li YW, Nederlof I, Abrahams JP
    ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 72, 34 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1107/S205979831502149X
  • Electron crystallography of 3D nano-crystals Clabbers Max TB, van Genderen E, Nederlof I, Li Y, Abrahams J
    Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances 71, s405 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1107/S2053273315093985
  • Electron diffraction and imaging of 3D nanocrystals of pharmaceuticals, peptides and proteins Abrahams J, van Genderen E, Nederlof I, Clabbers M, Li Y
    Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances 71, s103 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1107/S2053273315098496
  • A Medipix quantum area detector allows rotation electron diffraction data collection from submicrometre three-dimensional protein crystals Nederlof I, van Genderen E, Li Y, Abrahams J
    ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D - BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 69, 1223 (2013).
    DOI: 10.1107/S0907444913009700

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