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NUANCE: Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center

"A Summer Snack for Ants" Image by Eric Roth, NUANCE Center; Hitachi HD2300 STEM

"The Cicada Lost In Summer" Image by Yukun Liu, Dravid Group; FEI Helios Nanolab SEM/FIB

Facilities

Events

Upcoming Events

Jul
18
2024
NUANCE Tech Talk: BioCryo

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please join us for monthly user meetings! Tech staff will showcase our state-of-the-art capabilities, provide updates on...

Jul
25
2024
NUANCE-NUFAB Dimatix Printer Virtual Introduction and Q & A

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join us for a short introduction to the new Dimatix Materials Printer at NUFAB followed by a Q & A. Learn how to simplif...

Jul
26
2024
In Situ TEM Seminar

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Cook Hall, 2220 Campus Drive

Join us for an In Situ TEM seminar featuring: Dr. Dan Zhou In Situ TEM Group, Department of Materials Science, Leibniz ...

Instrument Spotlight

Learn more about the ASP-1000 at July's Tech Talk, "Automated Electron Microscopy Sample Preparation with the ASP-1000" with BioCryo Facility Manager, Dr. Reiner Bleher on July 18, 2024!

ASP-1000 MPREP AUTOMATED SPECIMEN PROCESSOR

ASP-1000 MPREP AUTOMATED SPECIMEN PROCESSOR

 

FEATURES:
  • The ASP-1000 automates the full range of electron microscopy sample preparation; fully programmable uses both mPrep/s and mPrep/g capsules to perform an unlimited range of EM sample preparation tasks
  • TEM specimen preparation (resin embedment)
  • TEM grid staining
  • Immuno-labeling of sections on TEM grids
  • Immuno-labeling of tissue
Learn more about the ASP-1000

Contact:

Dr. Reiner Bleher

BioCryo Facility Manager, NUANCE Center
Research Professor
Office: 
Hogan - #5-156
Email: 
r-bleher@northwestern.edu
Phone:
(847) 467-3540