Facility Instruments

EM Microscopes

• JEOL JEM 1200EX Transmission Electron Microscope
  
  Transmission electron microscopy allows high resolution imaging of thin sections of biological material and negatively stained small particles. Electron diffraction of crystalline samples can give information about the spacing of the atoms in the sample's crystalline lattice. Images from this instrument are captured with a high resolution digital camera.
  
  The purchase of high resolution camera was funded by a Major Instrumentation Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  
  read more
• JEOL JSM 6610LV Scanning Electron Microscope
  
  SEM allows the observation of the surface details of a sample. This gives a magnification range of 5x to 300,000x . This microscope is equipped with four detectors that provide images of the surface topography of a sample and its elemental composition.
  
  The design includes a low vacuum setting for samples that have excessive water content or a non-conductive surface and cannot be viewed at high vacuum. This microscope is equipped with a cold stage, which further extends its ability to look at hydrated (wet) samples.
  
  read more

Light Microscopes

• Zeiss Axiovert 25 inverted Fluorescence Microscope with a Retiga CCD camera
  
  The newest addition to the central facility is a Zeiss Axiovert 25 inverted fluorescence light microscope with a cooled CCD digital camera and computer for image analysis. This is a very flexible system that allows users to examine a wide range of samples including live cells. The system also allows users to make time lapse movies.
  
  read more
• Zeiss Axioscope 20

Supportive Equipment

• CR-X Cryosectioning System
• Epson 4990 Photo flatbed scanner and basic digital darkroom
• Image analysis software
• Classic wet darkroom facility
• various preparatory equipment for SEM
• Sputter Coater

Powertome-X microtomes	RMC MT-X Microtomes	RMC Glass Knife Maker
Bal-TEK CPD 030 Critical Point Dryer	JEOL JEE-420	Denton Vacuum Desk II Gold Coater