Instruments

Equipment	Room	Description/Application
Hitachi HT7800 120kV Transmission Electron Microscope		routine thin section analysis Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy
Jeol 1400 Flash 120kV Transmission Electron Microscope		routine thin section analysis EDS
Leica UC6 Ultramicrotome	1050A	semi thin and ultra thin sectioning of resin blocks
Leica UC7 FC7 Cryo-ultramicrotome	1050C	semi thin and ultra thin sectioning of Tokuyasu sections
Leica IGL Immunogold Labeller	1050B	automatic immuno labelling of ultra thin sections on grids
FEI Vitrobot Mark IV	1050C	plunge freezing device for cryo-thin films
Leica EMPACT High Pressure Freezer	1050C	freezing of biological samples under high pressure cell monolayers on sapphire discs, micro biopsies, cell pellets
Leica AFS	1050C	freeze substitution unit processes high pressure frozen samples for embedding in resin blocks used for processing when osmium is involved
Leica AFS2	1050C	freeze substitution unit processes high pressure frozen samples for embedding in resin blocks has a robotic arm for automatic solution changes
Carbon coater		coats samples in a thin layer of carbon can also be used as a glow discharge unit and a sputter coater
PELCO EasiGlow Glow Discharge	1050A	changes the charge of a specimen from hydrophobic to hydrophilic

Westmead Electron Microscopy