Electron Microscopy Core Laboratory (HSC Cores)
Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
📍 Salt Lake City, UT · Website ↗
The Electron Microscopy Core Laboratory is a broad EM core in the HSC Cores system, directed by David Belnap and based at 2500 Sorenson Molecular Biology Building, offering room-temperature and cryogenic TEM, SEM and cryo-FIB. Its cryo-capable instruments are a Titan Krios G3 with a Gatan K3 detector and energy filter (Beckman Foundation funded, installed 2017-2018 in the Crocker Science Center as the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cryo-EM), an Aquilos 2 cryo-FIB-SEM, a Vitrobot and a Leica UC7 cryo-ultramicrotome; a Tecnai 20, a JEOL JEM-1400 and a Zeiss GeminiSEM 300 round out the core. Hours are 9 to 5 Monday to Friday.
Equipment Inventory(7 instruments)
Roster verified against the facility's own published instrument list, September 2026.
Aquilos 2
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Cryo-FIB Milling
Vitrobot
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Leica EM UC7
Leica Microsystems · Ultramicrotome
Zeiss GeminiSEM 300
Zeiss
JEOL JEM-1400
JEOL · Screening / Negative Stain
Tecnai T20
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Screening
Titan Krios G3
Thermo Fisher Scientific · Single Particle / Tomography
Published Rates
As published by the facility, retrieved Aug 10, 2026 · source. Rates change; confirm with the facility before budgeting.
| Service | Rate | Applies to | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquilos 2 (hourly) | $38.50/hr | external | — |
| Titan Krios (hourly) | $89.82/hr | external | outside academic institutions |
| Aquilos 2 (hourly) | $77/hr | industry | — |
| Titan Krios (hourly) | $125.00/hr | industry | commercial |
| Aquilos 2 (hourly) | $25/hr | internal | — |
| Titan Krios (hourly) | $58.33/hr | internal | University of Utah |