Facilities and Equipment

    The following instruments are in use in the COM EM Core Facility.  Those with an asterisk (*) are used for teaching and can be used independently by qualified individuals.
 

Instruments:

Transmission Electron Microscopes:     

Zeiss EM10A with Finger Lakes digital camera and film camera*

Hitachi 7600 with both digital camera and film camera*  (Note: this microscope supports live digital imaging and tomography.)

Ultramicrotomes:      

Leica Ultracut T with FCS attachment and static-II line*

Reichert-Jung Ultracut E

Others:

Nikon Labophot-2 Light Microcope with digital camera   

Leica EM/LM Tissue Processor        

Reichert-Jung Autocut Microtome 2040     

Reichert-Jung Cryocut 1800      

Lancer Vibratome     

Reichert AFS automatic freeze substitution unit     

Denton carbon evaporator     

Samdri-790 critical point dryer by Tousimis*     

Polaron sputter coater - SEM coating unit E5100*    

Glass knife breaker*     

Osmette A osmometer*     

Dark room facilities for large format and 35-mm black and
     white printing*     

Cold room*

    

 

       

 

     

Phone: 352-846-0821             Email: emcore@medicine.ufl.edu