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Light Microscopy

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Cryo-EM

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Equipment and Preparation Techniques


Electron Microscopes

  • Transmission EM: FEI Tecnai G2 Spirit

  • Transmission EM: Philips CM100

  • Cryo Tem of Cryo EM group: Tecnai G2 Polara


    • Equipment for Electron Microscopic Preparations
  • Ultramicrotome: Ultracut E (Reichert-Jung / Leica)

  • Cryo holder (Oxford and Gatan)

  • High vacuum turbo pump system(Leypold-Heraeus)

  • Coating system E306A (Edwards)


    Established Preparation Techniques for Biological Samples

  • negative staining

  • cryo EM of frozen-hydrated samples

  • ultrathin sectioning

  • metal and carbon shadowing

  • visualization of DNA and DNA-protein complexes

  • immuno-labeling on sections and of isolated particles