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:

Tari Parmely
Head, Tissue Culture, Media Preparation, Histology and Electron Microscopy
816.926.4512
tjp@stowers.org