Equipment of the Laboratory of Electron Microscopy

Our laboratory has a modern transmission electron microscope, an ultramicrotome capable of sectioning both plastic and cryo sections, and specimen preparation equipment for various situations.

JEM-1400 Plus Transmission Electron Microscope

JEM-1400 Plus Transmission Electron Microscope

  • Installed in 2013
  • Maximum acceleration voltage 120 kV
  • Resolution 0.38 nm
  • Equipped with OSIS Quemesa 11 Mpix bottom mounted digital camera

 

Leica UC7 ultramicrotome with FC7 cryochamber

Leica UC7 ultramicrotome

  • installed in 2018
  • sectioning of plastic embedded samples
  • cryosectioning
Other sample preparation equipment
  • Leica Ultracut UCT for cutting plastic sections
  • Leica EM TP tissue processor
  • Leica EM TRIM2 block trimmer