Facilities

Current group facilities include:

• Agar Scientific sputter coater + pumping system
• JEOL JSM-IT100 SEM
• Lampert PUK U4 welding system
• Leica DM 2700 light microscope with spectrophotometer
• Leica EM UC7RT ultramicrotome
• Leica S8 APO stereomicroscope with integrated digital camera
• Memmert IPS 260L constant temperature incubator (× 3)
• Memmert VO200 vacuum oven with pump
• Perkin Elmer Spotlight micro FT-IR system
• Strata Technology custom-built high-pressure maturation rig

  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

Other facilities within BEES include:

• Leica VZ 700C high-power precision optical zoom lens
• Renishaw inVia Raman microscope
• Dedicated histology lab including:
  • Tissue-Tek TEC 5 Tissue Embedding Console System inc. cryostat
  • Leica RM2235 microtome + microbath
  • Leica ST5010 Autostainer XL
    

    

    

    
    

    

    

    
    

Other facilities within UCC available to the research group include:

• FIB-SEM at Tyndall National Institute
• FEI Quanta 650 FEG SEM at Tyndall National Institute
• JEOL 2100 TEM at Tyndall National Institute
• SEM at the Environmental Research Institute