Facilities
Electron Microscopes
T12 Spirit
T12 is a basic electron microscope which allows rapid screening of samples at both room temperature and under cryogenic conditions. It is equipped with a 4K eagle camera. T12 is easy to operate and users can start using it after just 1 to 2 days of training.
Tecnai Arctica
Tecnai Arctica is a fully automated electron microscope. It delivers increased data throughput using an autoloader that allows for automatic loading of 12 samples, coupled with superior optical performance and stability. Its equipped with a Falcon II direct electron detector for collecting high resolution data.
Carbon Coater
We have two carbon coaters, (Low-end Cressington and high-end E-Beam) for making in-house thin carbon used for TEM grid preparations.
Vitrobot
Vitrobot allows freezing of cryo grids. It's an automated system for controlling humidity and temperature. It allows freezing the samples in a thin vitreous ice layer.
Data Processing
Computer Cluster
Image processing requires a lot of computing power and for this we have a dedicated 512 core parallel computing cluster for high resolution data processing.
Others
Lab Equipment
Our lab is equipped with most of the commonly used equipments for generating high quality samples for 3DEM analysis such as incubator shakers for growing cells, AKTA FPLC for protein purifications and gradient station for making and fractionating density gradients.