The equipment at the IMC includes:

Transmission Electron Microscope

The transmission electron microscope at the IMC is a JEOL JEM1200EX II equipped with digital AMT CCD camera and operating from 40KV to 120 KV. Magnification range: 50-500,0000x, maximum resolution under optimal condition: 0.35 nm.

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

The Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) at the IMC is a FEI XL 30 that can perform high vacuum, low vacuum and wet modes imaging from 1-30,000 kV and 10-100,000x magnification. Suitable for detection of secondary electrons (SE), backscattered secondary electrons (BSE) and gaseous secondary electrons (GSE). Equipped with a Peltier Stage (0 oC to 37 oC) and a heating stage (37 oC up to 1000 oC). Maximum resolution under optimal conditions: 3.5nm.

Atomic Force Microscope

The Atomic Force Microscope at the IMC is a Veeco Metrology Dimension 3100 and Veeco Metrology Digital Instruments Bioscope capable of imaging nanoparticles and biological specimen with minimum sample preparation time. Optimal resolution: 0.35 nm.

Confocal Fluorescence Microscopes

1) Nikon Eclipse E800 upright light microscope with a Nikon Digital Camera DXM1200F plus various light microscopes for examination of histological slides

2) Nikon A1 confocal fluorescence inverted microscope equipped with four laser lines, a high-speed resonant laser, high-resolution non-resonant scanner, an enhanced spectral detector, an environmental chamber for live cell imaging, and capacity for Normanski and polarization microscopy 

Light Microscopes

            Upright microscopes

Nikon Labphot upright light microscope

Olympus BH upright microscope with bright field and dark field optics

Olympus BH upright Bright Field Microscope

            Stereomicroscopes

Olympus Stereo Microscope with camera stand and fiber optics light source

Nikon Stereomicroscope

            Inverted microscope

Nikon eclipse TS100 inverted microscope with phase contrast and a stage for examination of Petri dishes and multiwell plates