Electron Microscopy Lab

Electron Microscopy Lab Equipment

Equipment Descriptions

Electron Microscope
	ZEISS 109 TEM The Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) provides information about the ultrastructure, or internal structure, of thin sections of a specimen.
Darkroom
	The Darkroom Facility is open to faculty, staff and students and can be utilized in the development/printing of electron microscopy films, light microscopy films and X-ray films.
Microtomes
	Sorvall MT-6000 Thick Sections 0.5-2.0 um in thickness. Stain with general stains - Mallory's Azure II Methylene Blue or Toluidine Blue. Used to screen tissue, and select area to be viewed at EM level.
	Leica Ultracut E All three microtomes are utilized in the sectioning of tissue embedded in resin. All can be used in thick and/or thin sectioning.
	Confocal Microscope The Leica TCS SPE confocal microscope system designed for confocal recording (laser scanning images) of fluorescence-marked living and fixed specimens as well as for quantitative measurements. The TCS SPE is equipped with long-lasting solid-state lasers with emission wavelengths of 488 nm, 532 nm and 635 nm. It is equipped with the new LAS AF software.