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Information about equipment

Instrument Company Model Address
TEM JEOL JEM 1200 EXII Peabody, MA
Bioscan Camera GATAN 792 Warrendale, PA
TEM High-resolution Camera Tietz F224 Gauting, Germany
SEM JEOL JSM 5400 Peabody, MA
SEM Backscatter Electron Imaging ETEP-Robinson RBJ-5400FML Sydney, Australia
Cryo-SEM GATAN C1500C Warrendale, PA
Image Archiving PGT IMX-PC v.10 Princeton, NJ
Electron Dispersive Spectroscopy PGT IMX-PC v.10 Princeton, NJ
Microtome, Finesse ME Thermo Fisher 77500102 Kalamazoo, MI
Paraffin microtome Leica 2040 Deerfield, IL
Ultramicrotome Leica Ultracut E Deerfield, IL
Ultramicrotome Leica Ultracut t Deerfield, IL
Diamond Knife Diatome Histo, ultra 45, etc Fort Washington, PA
Critical Point Dryer Techno Trade BALTEC SCD030 Manchester, NH
Sputter Coater Techno Trade BALTEC SCD050 Manchester, NH
Microwave Electron Microscopy Sciences 820 Fort Washington, PA
Cryostat Thermo Fisher 77210163 GB Kalamazoo, MI
Varistain Gemini Stainer Thermo Fisher A78010402 Kalamazoo, MI
Citadel Tissue Processor Thermo Fisher 69810040 Kalamazoo, MI
Histocentre 2 Thermo Fisher 64000012 Kalamazoo, MI
Carbon Evaporator Boeckeler EMS950X Hatfield, PA
Automatic Tissue Processor Leica EMP-5160 Tucson, AZ
Optical Light Microscope HiTech Olympus SZPT Edgement, PA
Optical Light Microscope HiTech Olympus BX50 Pol Edgement, PA
Spot II digital camera and software HiTech Spot II Advanced Edgement, PA
Supplies/Consumables Electron Microscopy Sciences n/a Fort Washington, PA

Citations for protocols

Most likely you will have many citations from your own literature search. Some of the sources of information that we have used to develop general protocols are listed below.
  • Bell, P.B., 1984, Scanning Electron Microscopy of Cells in Culture, SEM, Inc. AMF O’Hare, IL.
  • Bozzola, John J. and Lonnie D. Russell 1999, Electron Microscopy: Principles and Techniques for Biologists, 2nd Ed., Sudbury, Ma.
  • Dykstra, M. J., 1992, Biological Electron Microscopy: Theory, Techniques and Troubleshooting, Plenaum Press, New York, NY.
  • Cross, P.C. and K.L. Mercer, 1993, Cell and Tissue Ultrastructure: A Functional Perspective. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, NY.
  • Giberson, R.T. and Richard S. Demaree, 2001, Microwave Techniques and Protocols, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.
  • Goldstein, J.I., D.E. Newbury, P. Echlin, D.C. Joy, C. Fiori, and E. Lifshin, 1981. SEM and X-Ray Microanalysis: A Text for Biologists, Material Scientists and Geologists, Plenum Press, New York, NY.
  • Hall, J.L. and C. Hawes, 1991, Electron Microscopy of Plant Cells, Academic Press, San Diego.
  • Hayat, M.A., 1989, Principles and Techniques of Electron Microscopy: Biological Applications, 3rd Ed., CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, FL.
  • Kok, L.P. and E. Boon. 1992. Microwave Cookbook for Microscopists, 3rd Ed. Coulomb Press, Leyden, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Lee, R.L., 1993, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, PTR Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  • Rochow, T.G. and P.A. Tucker, Introduction to Microscopy by Means of Light, Electrons, X-Rays, or Acoustics, 2nd Ed., Plenum Press, New York, NY.
  • Rodin, J.A.G., 1977, Histology: A Text and Atlas, University Press, New York, NY.
  • Severs, N.J. and D.M. Shotton, Ed. 1995 Rapid Freezing, Freeze Fracture and Deep Etching: Techniques in Modern Biomedical Microscopy, Wiley-Liss, New York, NY.
  • Venable, J.H. and Coggeshall, R. 1965, A Simplified Lead Citrate Stain for Use in EM. , J Cell Biol, 25: 407-408.