EM Suite

What this lab helps me to achieve

• prepare samples for TEM or SEM
• process cell or tissue samples for TEM – dehydrate, embed in resin
• section or microsection hard blocks down to 50 nm thickness
• carbon or gold coat your sample for SEM
• use TEM or SEM and image your sample (resolution down to 1 nm)
• analyse morphology of your biological sample
• determine presence of an antigen in a cell or tissue
• determine elemental composition of your sample
• map elements present in your sample onto the TEM or SEM image
• investigate grain size or orientation in a material
• take large data set from TEM and 3D reconstruct your region of interest.

Who can use it

• all STEM students, academics, visiting researchers.

What instruments are there

• transmission electron microscopes TEMs with EDS (EDX)
• scanning electron microscopes SEMs with EDS (EDX) and EBSD
• microprobe
• ultra-microtomes
• resin embedding facility
• ovens
• freeze-dehydration instrument
• critical point drying instrument
• carbon coater
• gold coater
• glow discharge facility
• imaging PCs able to handle large data sets
• dark room.

Where is the lab located

• Venables E Wing ground floor

Who is responsible for this lab

• Igor Kraev

Research groups using this lab

• Ignacio Romero’s group
• Jon Golding’s group
• Satheesh Krishnamurthy’s group

Learn more about electron microscopy

• basics of electron microscopy free course

Facility website and more information

• www9.open.ac.uk/emsuite