Office for Research and Graduate Studies (ORAGS)

Shared Electron Microscope Facility

Objectives:
 
To provide faculty and students low cost access to high performance transmission electron microscopy. 

Applications:

• Negative Staining to visualize viruses, assembly of filaments, characterize membrane preps.
• Immunolocalization using colloidal gold to localize antibodies to specific components.
• Thin section structural analysis

Personnel:

Dr. James B. Wade is PI and director or the facility. Dr. Richard A. Coleman is responsible for training users and day to day supervision of the facility.

Contact Information and to schedule training:

Dr. Coleman   BRB 5-040      6-7974

Faculty Advisory Committee

 Dr. James B. Wade, Professor of Physiology
 Dr. Jon W. Lederer, Director and Professor, UMBI 
 Dr. Lindsey Black, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
 Dr. Mervyn Monteiro, Associate Professor, MBC, Medical Biotechnology Center 
 Dr. Martin. Schneider, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Pricing*:

Introductory instruction in use of EM                          $60
EM use                                                                   $30 /hr 
Discounted charge for heavy users                             $10/hr (minimum of 50 hrs/yr)
Film charge                                                              $ 1.50 ea.      

*Our prices are minimal in an attempt to encourage use of the facility.

Satisfied Users:

Mervyn Monteiro, Ph.D.                       Medical Biotechnology Center
Lindsay Black, Ph.D.                          Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Stephen Hibbs, Ph.D.                         Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences & MBC
Jon Lederer, MD, Ph.D.                       Medical Biotechnology Center
Erik Drew, Ph.D.                                 Institute of Human Virology

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