The central portion of the 3500 sq ft laboratory suite accommodates sample preparation, with high-velocity stainless-steel fume hoods. Surrounding the preparation area are a conference room, staff offices, and rooms designed specifically for installation and operation of electron microscopes (with isolated centrally plumbed water and nitrogen lines, etc.) and micro-computed tomography.
The facility is equipped with two transmission electron microscopes, three scanning electron microscopes, micro-computed tomography (microCT), and an array of sample-preparation equipment and supplies, as well as a variety of light microscopes and secure image storage and sharing.
The NDSU Microscopy Core is staffed by experienced scientists with demonstrated knowledge and expertise in techniques required for successful completion of your research objectives.
History of the NDSU Electron Microscopy Core
The Electron Microscopy Core of North Dakota State University is a central multidisciplinary multi-user microscopy imaging facility, in existence in its present form since 1975, and one of the original NDSU core research labs.
Throughout the decades
Learn the history of Electron Microscopy at North Dakota State University from 1963 to 2018.
JEOL JSM-35
A brochure for the JEOL JSM-35 scanning electron microscope installed at NDSU in 1976.
Take a virtual tour of the Electron Microscopy Core
Tour of the Electron Microscopy Core with Director Scott Payne and Laboratory Manager Jayma Moore