Equipment
Our multi-million pound facility houses multiple instruments for biological and soft-matter electron microscopy, based in custom-built laboratories, alongside office spaces.
Central to the facility is our Arctica cryo-electron microscope, which incorporates state-of-the-art automation and detection technology to determine the three-dimensional structure of biological molecules and cells.
More than 350 users from across the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ currently access our equipment, which includes instruments that are generally found only at large pharmaceutical companies. This opens up the potential for research collaborations with small- to medium-sized businesses.
Tecnai Arctica cryo-electron microscope
Scanning electron microscopes
Transmission and scanning transmission electron microscopes
Quantity: 2
Plunge Freezers
Quantity: 2
The facility has been funded via the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½â€™s project, as well as grants from BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society, and Wolfson Foundation.