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BioImaging Center, Electron Microscopy

University of Delaware

📍 Newark, DE · Website ↗

The University of Delaware's BioImaging Center operates a Thermo Scientific Talos L120C transmission electron microscope for room-temperature and entry-level cryo-TEM single-particle screening. The instrument is fitted with a Gatan Elsa cryo-holder, cryo-transfer station and a Thermo Scientific Vitrobot for plunge-freezing biological specimens. Published user guides cover both standard imaging and cryo-TEM workflows on the same microscope.

Equipment Inventory(2 instruments)

Roster verified against the facility's own published instrument list, September 2026.

Vitrobot

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sample Prep

Configuration: Used for reliable and reproducible plunge-freezing of aqueous suspensions ahead of cryo-TEM imaging on the Talos L120C.

Talos L120C

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Screening / Negative Stain

TEM

Voltage: 120 kV

Configuration: 120 kV TEM with Ceta-16M camera, used for standard room-temperature imaging and entry-level cryo-TEM single-particle screening; fitted with a Gatan Elsa cryo-holder, cryo-transfer station and Gatan pumping station.