Ultramicrotomy
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Introduction to Ultramicrotomy
When studying samples, to visualize their fine structure with nanometer scale resolution, most often electron microscopy is used. There are 2 types: scanning electron microscopy (SEM) which images the…Read article
Array Tomography for SEM 3D Reconstruction
Array tomography (AT) is a 3D image reconstruction technique for high resolution, quantitative analysis of biological structures. For optimal results, ultrathin and ordered sections are an absolute…Read article
Variety of RNAs in Peripheral Blood Cells, Plasma, and Plasma Fractions
Human peripheral blood contains RNA in cells and in extracellular membrane vesicles, microvesicles and exosomes, as well as in cell-free ribonucleoproteins. Circulating mRNAs and noncoding RNAs, being…Read article
Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Vitreous Sections (CEMOVIS) of Yeast
Application Note for Leica EM HPM100 - The sections are of yeast frozen with a Leica HPM100 high pressure freezer in the copper tube system, the cell paste was mixed with a pH 6.5 MES/dextran buffer…Read article
Immuno - Electron Microscopy of High Pressure Frozen and Freeze Substituted Mouse Heart
Application Note for Leica EM AFS2 - Mouse heart tissue from wild-type (WT) and αT -catenin KO (KO) mice was excised, immersed in 20% (w/v) BSA and frozen immediately in a high-pressure freezer Leica…Read article
Cell Envelope Structure of a Gram-negative Thermotolerant y-Proteobacterium Acidithiobacillus sp., Strain HV2/2 and its Interaction with Pyrite
Application Note for Leica EM AFS2 - Cells of the the moderately thermophilic Acidithiobacillus sp.strain HV2/2, were centrifuged at 20,0009xg and then cryo-immobilized by high-pressure freezing on…Read article
Electron Microscopy of High Pressure Frozen and Freeze Substituted Arabidopsis Thaliana Root Tips Cells
Application Note for Leica EM AFS2 - Arabidopsis thaliana roots (mutant PIN1pro:PIN1-GFP;bex5-1) were excised, immersed in 20% (w/v) BSA and frozen immediately in a high-pressure freezer. Freeze…Read article
Brief Introduction to Specimen Trimming
Before ultrathin sectioning a sample with an ultramicrotome it has to be pre-prepared. For this pre-preparation, special attention must be paid to the sample size (size of the section), location of…Read article