Electron Microscopy
The Electron Microscopy core is a resource center for scanning and transmission electron microscopy providing investigators with consultation, service, and training. If ultra-thin sectioning and electron microscopy are needed, the staff can process the samples either by routine chemical fixation or high-pressure freezing and freeze-substitution methods and provide stained grids for subsequent imaging. The facility also offers negative-staining, immune-electron microscopy and assisted electron microscopy imaging. For SEM imaging, the core has a desktop unit that is very easy to operate for samples needing magnification under 10,000x.
Technology
- Leica EM PACT – high pressure freezer
- Leica AFS (freeze substitution) unit
- Leica EM UC6 ultramicrotome (2)
- Leica FC6 cryoattachment
- Hitachi TM-1000 desktop SEM
- FEI Tecnai G2 Spirit BioTWIN 120 kV TEM
- PELCO BioWave® Laboratory Tissue Processing System
For more information, please contact:
Fengli Guo
Senior Laboratory Manager, Electron Microscopy
816.926.4346
feg@stowers.org
