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About the Electron Microscopy Center

To provide user-friendly access to state-of-the-art equipment, service and expertise in electron microscopy to the IUB campus and beyond.
To promote the development of researchers that are knowledgeable, confident and comfortable in the use of electron microscopes.

Microscopes: JEOL JEM 1010, JEOL JEM 1400plus, JEOL JEM 3200FS, Thermo-Fisher Teneo SBFI-SEM, and Thermo-Fisher Talos Arctica cryo-EM. Installation of a JEOL JEM NEOARM should occur during the summer of 2023.
Microscope techniques: transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), TEM and STEM tomography, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), energy filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM), cryoTEM, SEM, Serial Block-Face Imaging (SBFI), EDX, STEM/EDX and STEM/EELS.
in situ TEM holders for both heating and multi-port liquid cell studies.
Sample preparation equipment includes ultramicrotomes, a high-pressure freezer, a freeze substitution robot, automated and manual plunge freezers for cryoTEM, carbon coater, glow discharge devices and a sputter coater.
Image processing and analysis workstations and software.

Consultation on experimental design for the best use of electron microscopes.
Fee-for-service work in all aspects of electron microscopy.
Training of new-users in sample preparation, microscope operation, and data analysis.
Annual graduate course on biological electron microscopy.