Equipment list

1. Hitachi H-7500 transmission electron microscope (TEM)
   • 120 KV accelerating voltage
   • Equipped with:
   • Negative sheet film camera
   • Gatan BioScan 1K CCD camera allows digital imaginng
   • 2-axis motorized goniometer allows +/- 20° sample tilting
   • Rotating sample holder allows
   • Image orientation system allows auto-montage, position recall, electronic image rotation, and on-screen measurement
   • Minimum Dose System allows for imaging of beam-sensitive samples
   • Through Focus allows for automation of focal series to optimized focus
   • Separate account memory allows individual storage of user-specific operating parameters
2. Leica Ultracut S ultramicrotomes (two)
   • Allows ultrathin and semithin sectioning of resin embedded samples
   • Excellent condition (One of them has not been heavily used)
3. LKB 7800 glass knife maker
4. Leica AFS cryosubstitution apparatus
   • Allows dehydration at subzero temperature (routinely used at -90°C)
5. Nikon compound light microscope
   • Two viewing heads
6. Pelco 3450 Laboratory Microwave Processor
7. Microtek ArixScan 1800f high quality negative scanner.
8. Vibratome tissue slicer
9. Leica CPC cryo-work station for cryo-fixation (on loan)
   • Allow rapid plunge freeze of samples