The Electron Microscopy Core Facility provides expertise, training and support in ultrastructural visualization technologies. We design EM experiments and develop novel techniques to further research in collaboration with groups from within and outside the ZMNH. Projects have included the ultrastructural analysis of genetically engineered primary cell cultures, numerous analyses of synaptic structure in the central nervous systems of knock out mouse models and analysis of many other tissues including bone. We localize gene products including RNA and proteins using immunohistochemistry and advanced labeling techniques and perform both conventional EM and 3D electron tomography.
MICHAELA SCHWEIZER
Head - Electron microscopy