Facilities & Equipment

We are continually striving to upgrade the equipment and capabilities in the Center. If you are interested in participating in the acquisition of additional equipment, please contact Michael Knoblauch (knoblauch@wsu.edu).

List of all instruments with manufacturer details

Facilities & Equipment

Transmission Electron Microscopy

  • FEI Tecnai G2 20 Twin
  • Leica EM UC7 Ultramicrotome
  • Leica Enuity Ultramicrotome
  • Leica EM HPM100 – High Pressure Fixation
  • Leica EM AFS2 – Freeze Substitution System
  • Pelco easyGlow Glow Discharge Cleaning System

Scanning Electron Microscopy

  • FEI Apreo Volumescope with EDAX and EBSD detectors
  • FEI Quanta 200F
  • Freezone Lyophilizer
  • Anatech Hummer 6.2 Gold Sputter Coater
  • Cressington High Resolution Sputter Coater – Platinum/Paladium or Chromium

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

  • Leica SP5 – FMIC
  • Leica SP8 – FMIC

Light & Fluorescence Microscopy

  • Leica DM4 B Light, Fluorescence, DIC, Darkfield & Polarized light microscope
  • Zeiss Axio Zoom V16 with Apotome 3 Fluorescence Stereo Zoom Microscope for Large Fields

Histology

  • A & O Spencer microtome for paraffin sections