Electron Microscopy Resource Laboratory (RRID:SCR_022375):

The TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope) is part of the Electron Microscopy Resource Laboratory, which provides conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of cells and tissues services as well as Negative-stain TEM to  Penn research groups and external academic research groups in the greater Philadelphia area. The facility houses a Thermo-Fisher Talos L120C G2 Transmission Electron Microscope, sample preparation instruments, and all the accessories needed to perform fixing, processing, sectioning, staining, and imaging.

EMRL Faculty Director
Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, PhD
Professor
Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics
vmb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-898-1154

Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Facility:  

To request services, please get in touch with us at: ULTRA_SERV@lists.upenn.edu 

The Ultrastructure Facility is part of the Electron Microscopy Resource Laboratory, which provides conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of cells and tissues services to Penn research groups and external academic research groups in the greater Philadelphia area. The facility houses a JEOL JEM-1010 microscope, sample preparation instruments, and all the accessories needed to perform fixing, processing, sectioning, staining, and imaging.

We offer the following services at the Ultrastructure Facility:

• Pay-per-service Standard TEM and Immuno TEM for cellular and tissue structure. 
• Pay-per-service specimen preparation included fixing, processing, sectioning, staining, and imaging.
• Training on the Reichart Ultramicrotome for independent usage.
• Training on the Talos L120C.

Note: The TEM Facility does not provide data analysis or processing.

To request services, please get in touch with us at: ULTRA_SERV@lists.upenn.edu

TEM Facility Technical Director
Biao Zuo, M.D., M.S.

TEM Facility Research Specialist
Inna Martynyuk, M.S.

Research Resource Identifier (RRID)

Our RRID is: RRID:SCR_022375. Please cite us using this identifier when publishing your results. 

Location and hours of operation

 Links and Resources

1. UPenn Electron Microscopy Resource Laboratory