2:21 p.m. The instruments are back online.
1:07 p.m. There was a brief power outage and the instruments are down until I can get them back online. Hopefully it will only take an hour or so.
The Vice President for Research Office (VPR) has awarded Century II Campaign Endowed Equipment Fund (C2E2) awards at the recommendation of the C2E2 Committee.
Among the recipients is Elizabeth Miller (MSE) for Purchase of a Large Window Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy Detector for the ACMAL Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope.
Nov. 23, 6:13 p.m.: The filament on the ESEM is burned out. Until it is replaced the ESEM is not available.
Nov. 24, 10:50 a.m.: The filament has been replaced and the ESEM is back online. I’ll be off for the rest of the week.
The ESEM repairs have been completed and the instrument is available for use. Thank you for your patience during the extended down time. Unfortunately the repairs were more extensive than we initially expected.
The ESEM repairs are moving forward. IT has been troubleshooting a software issue and a technician from Thermo Fisher will be onsite next week.
The repairs on the ESEM are still ongoing. We are continuing to work with Thermo Fisher on this issue.
Last week, the EDS system on the FESEM was sent out for repairs. It will likely be 3-4 weeks before the system is back online.
The FESEM is still available for imaging.
Unfortunately, the ESEM is still offline. We believe the problem has been identified. Hopefully, Thermo Fisher will be able to ship the part this week. Once the new part has been installed I will know more.
Thank you for your patience,
The EDS system on the FESEM is not initializing. I’m working with a technician to solve the problem. The FESEM is still available for high resolution imaging.
The Laboratory of Mechanistic Glycobiology research group, led by Dr. Tarun Dam, is studying how the function of biomolecules from plant cells translates to human cells. Hemolysin X is a biomolecule that can disrupt and disintegrate cell membranes. The image above depicts how Hemolysin X systematically disintegrates a red blood cell. The research group is looking into how this molecule reacts with other types of mammalian cells, including cancer cells.
Image taken by Jared Edwards, Chemistry PhD candidate, on ACMAL’s Hitachi S-4700 FE-SEM.
Learn more about the Laboratory of Mechanistic Glycobiology research group: Laboratory of Mechanistic Glycobiology
Visit the Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory’s webpage to learn more about our shared facility and instruments available to the Michigan Tech research community: ACMAL