Electron Microscopes

The Bioimaging Facility is equipped with three transmission electron microscopes (FEI Tecnai G2, Hitachi H7600 and Tecnai Spirit) and 2 scanning electron microscopes (Hitachi S2600 and Zeiss XB350).

Hitachi SU8700 SEM

- Standard SEM imaging with a field emission gun
- SEM imaging on non-coated samples
- Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX)

Zeiss XB350 FIB-SEM
- Standard SEM imaging with a field emission gun
- CryoSEM
- Focused ion beam (FIB)-SEM
- CryoFIB-SEM
- Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX)

FEI Tecnai G2 Twin 200kV TEM

- Maximum Resolution: 1.4 Å with 200kV LaB6 filament
- Conventional TEM imaging
- Cryo-TEM
- 3D electron tomography
- Correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) with iCorr system
Tecnai Spirit 120kV TEM

- TEM imaging
- Negative staining electron microscopy