Using the AMF

Come visit our laboratory in person or review our web site to learn about our many services and capabilities. Big or small, simple or complex, we are interested in your project. You can also download a brochure for our facility that outlines our instruments, capabilities, training program, staff, as well as directions on how to find us.

Should you need different capabilities, other multi-user instruments are housed in various locations on campus.

New user instructions For new users, your first stop should be the new user instructions.
Facility Review the instruments and facilities that The Advanced Microscopy Facility has to offer.

Service options

We are a service facility, and as detailed in the new user instructions, we offer two ways to use our facility:

Online booking system Use the online booking system to reserve time on the instruments for self-serve use.
Service work Hire us to operate the instruments for you or to do tasks such as sample preparation or experiment design.

Training program and costs

Training program Before you can use the online booking system and reserve self-serve instrument time, you must successfully complete a training program for the instrument.
Fees The costs associated with these options are outlined on our fees page.

Forms

Forms Downloadable PDF versions of the online application forms are available here.

Can you guess what these are?


Pseudomonas bacteria, polar bear hair, jumping spider

SEM images Courtesy of Dr. Elaine Humphrey

Answers

Click the tabs to check your answers.

Left

If you said pseudomonas bacteria, then you were correct!

Center

Did you guess polar bear hair?

Right

That's right, it's a jumping spider!

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 14 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 19 days ago
  • The next FIB workshop schedule has changed. It is now on May 14th and 15th. ^AS
    Posted 26 days ago
  • The next FIB workshop schedule has changed. It is now on May 7th and 8th. ^AS
    Posted 28 days ago
  • The next SEM workshop schedule has changed. It is now on April 30th and May 1st. ^AS
    Posted 28 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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