Umeå University
Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM)
A university and national resource for research and higher education in electron microscopy techniques, hosting the SciLifeLab Cryo-EM Umeå node.
Equipment
Titan Krios G2
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Transmission Electron Microscope
- Ceta CMOS detector
- Falcon 4i detector
- Selectris energy filter
Glacios Cryo-TEM
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Cryo-EM Microscope
- Ceta-D CMOS detector
- Falcon 4i detector
- Micro-electron diffraction (MicroED)
Talos L120C
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Transmission Electron Microscope
- Ceta CMOS detector
Aquilos DualBeam FIB-SEM
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Focused Ion Beam SEM
- FIB lamellae preparation
Leica Cryo Thunder
Leica
Wide-field Light Microscope
- Cryo-CLEM support
Services
- Single-particle cryo-EM
- Cryo-electron tomography
- Micro-electron diffraction (MicroED)
- FIB lamellae preparation
- High-pressure freezing
- Cryo-CLEM support
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- Sample preparation
- Computational image processing
- Training courses
About UCEM
The Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy (UCEM) is a university and national resource for research and higher education in electron microscopy techniques. The center supports structural, physical, chemical, and functional characterization work across micro- and nanometre scales.
UCEM hosts the SciLifeLab Cryo-EM Umeå node and partners with the Biochemical Imaging Centre Umeå (BICU).
Services
The facility provides:
- High-quality research project support and service for sample preparation
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography
- Micro-electron diffraction (MicroED)
- FIB lamellae preparation
- Computational image processing support
- Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM)
- Basic and advanced practical courses and training
Specializations
- Medical, biological, and soft sample preparation optimized for electron microscopy
- Structural biology projects via cryo-EM and advanced computational image processing
- Hosts the SciLifeLab Cellular and Molecular Imaging platform
Access
Access to UCEM is available through the SciLifeLab infrastructure portal.
Contact
Director: Linda Sandblad
For more information, please visit the UCEM website.