Microscopy characterization
GINYS-IBEC-002
Dra. Maria Teresa Galán Cascales
Microfab and Microscopy Characterization Facilities Coordinator
The IBEC Microscopy Characterization space was born as a service belonging to the Core Facilities, with the mission of supporting microscopy in our institute, although currently also offers service to external users. In this way, we not only have optical microscopy instruments, for those users who do not have the basic infrastructure at their workstations, but also a powerful electron microscopy service, with specialized techniques and equipment, to prepare biological samples, which must be inspected at high resolution and high vacuum conditions.
In our Facilities, IBEC
researchers and also external clients (public and private) can acquire images and analyse structures, ranging from single molecules at the nanoscale, to living cells.
Services
Training in techniques, equipment and processes of Optical and Electronic Microscopy for autonomous use (self-user mode).
Customized Optical and Electron Microscopy Services, conducted by scientific personnel (order mode with previous quotation).
- Confocal and fluorescence sample characterization
- Morphological and topographic characterization by scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- High vacuum mode (conductive samples)
- Low vacuum mode (insulating samples, or not compatible with high vacuum)
- Combined topographic (SEM) and fluorescence (Confocal) sample characterization
- SEM sample preparation
- Chemical fixation service for biological samples
- Critical point dehydration service
- Gold coating service for high resolution inspection of insulating samples
- STORM Microscopy: Single molecule localization and particle tracking.
Equipment
- Zeiss confocal microscope, LSM800
- Nikon optical microscope, Eclipse L150
- Nikon STORM optical microscope, N-STORM Eclipse Ti2-E
- Scanning electron microscope (SEM) FEI, NovaNanoSEM 230
- Leica critical point drying equipment, CPD300 Auto
- Leybold gold sputtering equipment, Univex 450B
Staff
Dra. Maria Teresa Galán Cascales | tgalan@ibecbarcelona.eu
| +34 934 037 138 | ORCID
Marina Lantarón | microfab@ibecbarcelona.eu
Marta Casas | microfab@ibecbarcelona.eu
Emma Oriol | microfab@ibecbarcelona.eu
Martí Milozzi Nomdedeu | microscopy@ibecbarcelona.eu
Guillem Romero Camó | bioimaging@ibecbarcelona.eu
