Equipment

The EMF has a range of equipment and wet lab areas specifically for sample preparation and imaging of biological samples.

We offer a full sample preparation and imaging service or user training and supervision.

JEOL JEM-1400 TEM

• Transmission Electron Microscope
• 120kV Tungsten Filament
• EMSIS Xarosa 20MP digital camera

Applications

• Resin embedded cells and tissues
• Negative staining proteins and macromolecules
• Nanoparticle analysis
• Tomography
• Immunogold labelling
• CLEM

Zeiss Gemini 360 FEGSEM

• Field Emission Gun Scanning electron Microscope
• 7 detectors including in-lens SE and EsB, NanoVP and aSTEM
• Oxford Instruments Ultim Extrem EDS

Applications

• Bacteria and Biofilms
• Micro-organisms
• Surface morphology of animal and plant tissue
• Surface morphology of cell cultures
• Elemental analysis
• Array tomography
• CLEM

Ultramicrotomes

• Leica UC7
• Reichert Ultracut E
• RMC MT-7 

Quorum Q150 TES coating unit

• Turbo molecular pump
• Vacuum to 5 x 10-5 mbar
• Easy multi choice menu options
• Au/pd, Chromium or Platinum targets
• Argon or air gas supply

Applications

• Glow discharging
• Plasma cleaning
• Sputter coating
• Carbon coating
• Aperture cleaning

Polaron SC7640 Sputter coater

• Manual or automatic control
• Gold target
• Argon gas supply

Bal-tec CPD 030 Critical Point Dryer

• Large high pressure chamber
• Liquid CO2 exchange medium
• Acetone, Amyl acetate or ethanol transition fluids

Applications

• Drying large or delicate samples for SEM imaging
• Model organisms
• Tissue biopsies
• Plant and insect
• Cells and micro-organisms