SUBJECT
Electron microscopic techniques of plants II
practical
master
4
Semesters 1-4
Autumn/Spring semester
Main part of practical is the conventional TEM and SEM. Other techniques will be presented according to the possibilities of our department and agreements with other institutes. Because of the special practical trait, lessons are planned as 6 hour-long practicals:
1. Fixation, dehydtation, embeding
2. Coating of grids, vacuum evaporation of carbon, staining, preparing of glass knifes
3. Section, negative staining
4. Sample processing from fixation to coating with gold
5. TEM, centering of TEM, demonstration of artifacts in work with TEM
6. SEM, centering of SEM, demonstration of different settings on image quality, presentation of artifacts in work with SEM
7.Examination of samples prepared by students (TEM and SEM)
8. EELS, image processing
9. X-ray microanalysis work in an other istitute
10. Demonstration of cryomethods in an other institute.
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J. L. Hall and C. Hawes: Electron microscopy of plant Cell, Academic Press, London, 1991.