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:
- Leica RM2235 microtome
- Leica ST5010 Autostainer XL
- cryostat
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