Structure: Department of Biosciences, Biosciences Imaging Facility (IBIS)
Services
- biological and abiological samples preparation for electron microscopy, image acquisition and quantitative analysis, data interpretation;
- ultrastructural analyses at the nanoscale level, detection and characterization of nanoparticles and nanomaterials;
- elemental analysis through EELS (Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy) and X-ray analysis in electron microscopy;
- supervision for fluorescence optic microscopy and confocal microscopy acquisitions.
Equipment
- transmitted light and fluorescence microscope (DMRA 2, Leica Microsystems);
- confocal laser scanning microscope (TCS SP2, Leica Microsystems) equipped with different lasers and / or laser lines (405, 458, 488, 514, 561 and 643);
- optical microscope equipped with software for stereology (Stereo Investigator system)
- scanning electron microscope equipped with EDS module (Energy Dispersive X-ray microanalysis) (LEO-1430, Zeiss);
- a transmission electron microscope with Omega filter (EFTEM LEO 912AB, Zeiss);
- equipment for the preparation of samples for electron microscopy (microtomes, ultramicrotomes, gilder, CPD)