Hey, I recently developed an intrest in microbiology, and have a great microscope. However I'm greedy, and wondered if any of you knew where I could rent an electron microscope.

Hey, I recently developed an intrest in microbiology, and have a great microscope. However I'm greedy, and wondered if any of you knew where I could rent an electron microscope.

You might be able to rent time on one from a university.

You might be able to rent time on one from a university.

okay, about how much $ are we talking here?

okay, about how much $ are we talking here?

No idea.

 

If any university does offer this service (and they won't let just anyone play with their kit), you can expect them to set their own fees for that kind of thing.

No idea.

 

If any university does offer this service (and they won't let just anyone play with their kit), you can expect them to set their own fees for that kind of thing.

Okay. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you.

oook. First of all...what exactly are you studying to where you need an electron scanning mic? If you have an excellent microscope, you should be able to see just about everything at an amazing quality (see some of my other posts to check that out)

Its not exactly something for the average hobbier, so depending upon your credentials and training, I might expect the university to take into consideration your age and experience before letting anyone use their equipment.

(dont mean to bring anyone down)

oook. First of all...what exactly are you studying to where you need an electron scanning mic? If you have an excellent microscope, you should be able to see just about everything at an amazing quality (see some of my other posts to check that out)

Its not exactly something for the average hobbier, so depending upon your credentials and training, I might expect the university to take into consideration your age and experience before letting anyone use their equipment.

(dont mean to bring anyone down)

Have you ever seen a picture from an electron microscope?

And yes, I know, they're not for the average hobier.

Have you ever seen a picture from an electron microscope?

And yes, I know, they're not for the average hobier.

yes, Ive seen electron micrograms before, a few weeks ago, we had a few done for this bacteria that we've found- incredible quality. but what exactly are you studying that needs to be looked at this closely?

Are you a student, or a researcher?

yes, Ive seen electron micrograms before, a few weeks ago, we had a few done for this bacteria that we've found- incredible quality. but what exactly are you studying that needs to be looked at this closely?

Are you a student, or a researcher?

Both, I'm looking for a cheap antibacterial. I know that the world has enough antibacterials, but it would be nice to know there's another. And yes, I know that the world will probably not need my discoveries.

You'll find it cheaper and less time consuming to use cultures on agar plates then.

 

Unfortunately one can't just whack a sample of something under an electron microscope and take a peek straight away.

Was it a high power electron microscope that the IBM-xenon-nickel thing picture was taken with? With the individual atoms showing and all.

Just out of interest and in case anyone knows this:

Is the image above colored by means of image-processing? Or is it possible to get (usefull) colored pictures in an electron microscope by taking the direct information like assigning a color to certain intensities of the tuple (Secondary Electrons, Back Scattered Electrons) ?

 

On topic: I doubt that universities offer "rent an electron microscope"-services. But if you manage to convince the rigt persons that your research is interesting they might let you use it for free under supervision (I´ve got no idea what you´re doing so I cannot judge if someone might consider it worth doing).

Alternatively I´d bet that there are smaller companies specializing in doing tasks like quality control that use electron microscopes for their tasks. If you´re able to tell what you want to have measured in advance they might do this for you for a fee (but you´ll most certainly miss the fun of playing around with an electron microscope).

 

In both cases you should really know in advance what you are going to do and how it works. Everyone will be very displeased if your sample doesn´t stand vacuum and ends up smearing on the walls of the mircroscope ...