The Core offers a variety of services for transmission and scanning electron microscopic
imaging. The Histology Core is located in the same laboratory and provides services for light level microscopy.
The Electron Microscopy Core is a full service facility and the Core staff performs
all aspects of the ultrastructural procedures from specimen processing to imaging.
The services available include:
Initial and ongoing consultation
Supply appropriate fixative for immersion or perfusion fixation for routine or immunoelectron
microscopic (IEM) or in situ hybridization (ISH) analysis
Specimen processing and embedding (TEM) or coating (SEM)
Cut thick sections to select appropriate areas of specimen for ultrathin sectioning
and TEM imaging
Cut ultrathin sections and stain for routine or serial section TEM imaging
Prepare colloidal gold and gold-linked antibodies or probes for IEM or ISH
Negative staining
TEM imaging
SEM imaging
Light microscopic digital imaging
We can provide some services not listed above. Please contact the staff with your
requirements.
