Detailed List of Equipment - Cryogenics

JEOL JFD-9000 freeze-fracture device

• cryopump/shroud configuration (10-8 torr)
• high resolution metal/carbon coating
• single and double replica methods

REICHERT Cryofract freeze-fracture device

• ion pump/shroud configuration (10-7 torr)
• operates at either liquid N₂ or He temperatures
• double replica methods

EMscope SP-2000A cryopreparation station (SEM)

• super-cooled liquid nitrogen freezing chamber
• cryo-sputter chamber, flash carbon evaporation
• sublimation stage, vacuum transfer station
• cryoSEM stage and airlock interface to the ETEC Autoscan

GATAN Cryotransfer microscope stage (to -150° C)

• interface to JEOL JSM-880 and 2000-FX

RMC MF-7200 Propane jet ultrarapid freezing device

• state-of-the-art freezing in 1 millisecond
• suitable for biologicals and emulsions

REICHERT MM80E Metal Mirror Cryofixation System

• freezes specimens by "slamming" them into a LN₂ cooled copper metal mirror

RMC MT-6000 ultramicrotome

CR-2000 cryoultramicrotomy attachment

• sections specimens embedded in ice at cryogenic temperatures

STROUT/FIELDS/RUSSELL spray freezing device

• prototype dream machine for freezing unicells

Information is also available on:

• Cryogenic specimen preparation
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
• Costs and general price list for internal research projects