{"id":19,"date":"2026-06-26T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-chemical-sciences\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:32:26","slug":"em-suite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/life-health-and-chemical-sciences\/study\/our-facilities\/em-suite\/","title":{"rendered":"EM Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this lab helps me to achieve<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OU Electron Microscopy Facilities\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kxM5C2ZPiOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>prepare samples for TEM or SEM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>process cell or tissue samples for TEM &#8211; 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