Great presentation this week at #MM2026 from Dr. Nicolo Maria della Ventura's, highlighting energy filtering results with DE's new Meridian detector for HR-EBSD & TKD. Thanks to everyone who joined the session—we enjoyed sharing our latest advances with the microscopy community.

Direct Electron Sales Director Bob Monteverde accepts our MSA Sustaining Member plaque at #MM2026 from MSA Publications Committee Chair and President-Elect Masashi Watanabe, current MSA President Grant Jensen, and Sustaining Membership Committee Chair Hope Arnold.

It wouldn't be M&M without a little booth swag! Our Direct Electron stickers have been making their way around the exhibit hall this week. Thanks to everyone who stopped by Booth 1130 to pick one up—and if you haven't grabbed yours yet, there's still time!

It's been a great week so far at #MM2026! Thanks to everyone who's visited Booth 1130 to see our newest direct detectors, chat with our team, and share ideas. If you haven't stopped by yet, there's still time—we'd love to meet you!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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/

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