Central Electron Microscopy Facility (CEMF)
Contacts
Instrumentation
Hitachi H-7650 Transmission Electron Microscope
JEOL JSM-5900LV Scanning Electron Microscope
Zeiss Sigma Gemini HV Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
Sample Preparation Instruments
- Ultramicrotomes
- Vacuum Evaporator
- Sputter Coater
- Critical Point Dryer
- High Pressue Freezer
- Freeze Substitution System
- Ion Beam Coater
Services and Rates
TEM and SEM Specimens
CEMF offers complete processing, examination and photography of TEM (thin-sections) and SEM specimens negative staining.
Negative Staining of Particulate Samples
Negative Staining of Particulate Samples
Other Services
Other services include:
- Cryosectioning
- Freeze-fracture
- Rotary shadow
Negative Staining of Particulate Samples
Training is available on an individual basis
List of Equipment
- Hitachi H-7650 transmission electron microscope
- JEOL JSM 5900LV scanning electron microscope (to be decommissioned in September 2023)
- Zeiss Sigma 360 variable pressure scanning electron microscope with energy dispersion spectroscopy probe (to be installed November 2023)
- Thermo-Fisher Tundra cryo-electron microscope and auto-grid assembly workstation (to be installed September 2023 in the CGSB, 400 Farmington Ave)
- Leica EM UC7 ultramicrotome
- Leica EM UCT ultramicrotome
- Denton Vacuum Evaporator 502B
- Denton Vacuum DESK V glow discharge unit
- Pelco Easiglow glow discharge unit
- Leica EM CPD030 critical point dryer
- 1Thermo-Fisher Vitrobot 5 (to be installed September 2023 in the CGSB, 400 Farmington Ave)
Campus Address
UConn Health
B Level: Rooms AB027, AB031
Mailing Address
UConn Health, Main Building
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030