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Provides Services in Electron Microscopy

The EM Core at BIDMC provides service, technical assistance, and instrumentation for electron microscopy techniques.

  • Tissue processing for Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Sectioning for Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Ultrastructural analysis and image processing

Collaboration with the BIDMC Histology Core and Immunostaining and Microscopy Core

The EM Core Facility works closely with the Histology Core and Immunostaining and Microscopy Core facilities at BIDMC. The Histology Core provides services in routine paraffin, frozen sectioning, and staining. The Immunostaining and Microscopy Core provides immunohistochemistry, confocal, widefield, photodocumentation, and live cell confocal microscopy equipment and service.