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IALS Electron Microscopy Core Facility

University of Massachusetts Amherst

📍 AMHERST, MA · Website ↗

Electron microscopy core of the Institute for Applied Life Sciences at UMass Amherst, housed in the Conte National Center for Polymer Research. It operates a 100 kV Tundra cryo-TEM, a Tecnai T12 with cryo-transfer capability, a 200 kV JEOL JEM-2200FS, a Magellan 400 XHR-SEM and a Vitrobot Mark IV, with published rates for other academic institutions and industry.

Equipment Inventory(6 instruments)

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

Vitrobot Mark IV

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Vitrification

Sample Prep

Leica EM GP2

Leica Microsystems · Vitrification

Sample Prep

FEI Magellan 400 XHR

FEI / Thermo Fisher Scientific

SEM

Configuration: XHR-SEM, Oxford X-MAX 80 mm2 EDS, EBSD, low-voltage STEM

Tundra

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Screening

TEM

Voltage: 100 kV

Configuration: 100 kV, X-FEG, Ceta-F CMOS camera, automated data collection

Tecnai T12

Thermo Fisher Scientific

TEM

Configuration: 80-120 kV, LaB6, cryo-transfer capability

JEOL JEM-2200FS

JEOL

TEM

Configuration: 200 kV, Schottky emitter, in-column energy filter (EELS/EFTEM), Oxford X-MAX 80 mm2 EDS, HAADF STEM, tomography

Rates

This facility publishes its rates as a document rather than a web page. View the facility's rate document →