The Advanced Microscopy Facility

Welcome to the Advanced Microscopy Facility (AMF), an open user facility located in the Bob Wright Centre at the University of Victoria in beautiful British Columbia.

Image of interest - Individual polymer microsphere for controlled release of proteins as a novel device for drug delivery.  SEM image by Nima Khadem Mohtaram

An individual protein-loaded polymer microsphere designed for controlled release of proteins as a novel device of drug delivery. The encapsulated proteins are seen inside the microsphere shown. Poly(captrolactone) polymer (PCL) is used, and the encapsulated protein is Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA). Imaged on our Hitachi S-4800 SEM by Nima Khadem Mohtaram of Dr. Stephanie Willerth's Laboratory. To see previous front page images, see the Daily Galleries section.

 

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News

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  • The Advanced Microscopy Facility is hosting the Microscopical Society of Canada Annual Meeting 2013 in Victoria from June 19-21, 2013. Contact us through the conference web site, or at msc2013info@gmail.com.

  • The STEHM assembly and commisioning has been completed, and signed off by UVic and Hitachi. There is still much work to be done, and much fine-tuning. As well, operator training has now begun.

 

Can you guess what these are?


Lilly pollen, Zoea larva, an ant's anus

SEM images Courtesy of Dr. Elaine Humphrey

Answers

Click the tabs to check your answers.

Left

Pollen grains have unique structures which allow you to identify the species they belong to. If you said lilly pollen, then you were correct!

Center

Did you guess zoea larva? This is the larva (called a zoea - pronounced zo-ee-a) of a true crab, found in the plankton of English Bay near Vancouver.

Right

Isn't it pretty. It's an ant's anus!

AMF news



  • Installation and commissioning of the HF3300V STEHM is now completed, and has been signed-off by UVic & Hitachi. Operator training is next!
    Posted 12 days ago
  • The next SEM workshop will be in two sessions, May 8 & 9, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Book online at http://t.co/oQziZgJVwf
    Posted 17 days ago
  • The next FIB workshop schedule has changed. It is now on May 14th and 15th. ^AS
    Posted 24 days ago
  • The next FIB workshop schedule has changed. It is now on May 7th and 8th. ^AS
    Posted 26 days ago
  • The next SEM workshop schedule has changed. It is now on April 30th and May 1st. ^AS
    Posted 26 days ago

AMF sticky items



  • The next SEM workshop will be in two sessions, May 7 & 8, from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Book online at http://t.co/oQziZgJVwf
    Posted 29 days ago
  • The next FIB workshop will be in two sessions, May 14 & 15, from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Book online at http://t.co/oQziZgJVwf
    Posted 29 days ago
  • I have put together a selection of different TEM grids in a blue grid box marked "grids to practice handling", for you to prac…
    Posted 29 days ago
  • We will be hosting the Microscopical Society of Canada Annual Meeting 2013 in Victoria from June 19-21, 2013! http://t.co/v ...
    Posted 3 months ago
  • We are looking for SEM images taken in our lab, to be featured on our front page. Send us an email! ^AS
    Posted 8 months ago