MIT grad student conducts collaborative research using the BioCryo Facility of EPIC
Amer Deirieh from MIT visited the BioCryo Facility of EPIC for one week of experiments using the S4800 cryoSEM, the HPM100 high-pressure freezer, and the ACE600 cryo coater. Dr. Irene Yin-Ting Chang, a postdoc from Derk Joester’s Group, was working with him on the project.
Technological Institute: J-Wing Construction Progressing Marvelously
The construction is progressing on the new J-Wing of the Northwestern University Technological Institute. When finished, tentatively in December of 2015, the 1st floor will house EPIC instruments and offices.
NUANCE Center has received the 2014 Outstanding Core Facility Award!
The NUANCE Center was one of four core facilities selected by the Office for Research for the 2014 Outstanding Core Facility Awards. L-R: Jay Walsh, Qianqian Li, Chad Goeser, Xin Wang, Raymond Bailey, Mary Pat Doyle, Eric Miller, Gajendra Shekhawat, Ben Myers, Eric W. Roth, Mike Ambrogio, Xinqi Chen, Tsunenori Nomaguchi, Phil Hockberger
EPIC-BioCryo facility
High pressure-frozen and freeze fractured primary mesenchyme cell from a sea urchin embryo. Image taken by Irene Chang, Post Doctoral Fellow (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Joester group) with the Hitachi S4800. * Grand Prize Winner - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
EPIC-SEM Facility
SEM micrograph of a severed blood vessel within a 3D-printed Hyperelastic Bone scaffold. At the time of chemical fixation, the vessel was in the middle of bleeding. Red blood cells, as well as a monocyte can be seen. Nerve fibers surround the vessel wall. Image taken by Adam Jakus, Graduate Student (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shah group) with the LEO Gemini 1525. * Honorable Mention - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
Tour of NUANCE-Keck-II facility
Students and Faculty from the Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City, MX) toured our Keck-II and EPIC facilities 9/18/2014
EPIC-SEM facility
From a High School Outreach project. A gnat eye false colored to look even more awesome. Image taken by Mark Trosper McClendon, Graduate Student (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Stupp group) with the Hitachi S4800. * Honorable Mention - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
EPIC-SEM facility
An image of polymer dewetting on Si substrate after annealing, while Au nanoparticles are formed. Image taken by Yu Zhou, Graduate Student (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Mirkin group) with the Hitachi S4800. * Honorable Mention - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
NUANCE at 2014 M&M Meeting!
The NUANCE Center was at the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2014 Meeting in Hartford, CT. Attendees stopped by our booth, where they learned about what NUANCE could do for them, and received free take away items!
New discovery - Alzheimer's Research
"Towards non-invasive diagnostic imaging of early-stage Alzheimer's disease" Kirsten L. Viola, James Sbarboro, Ruchi Sureka, Mrinmoy De, Maíra A. Bicca, Jane Wang, Shaleen Vasavada, Sreyesh Satpathy, Summer Wu, Hrushikesh Joshi, Pauline T. Velasco, Keith MacRenaris, E. Alex Waters, Chang Lu, Joseph Phan, Pascale Lacor, Pottumarthi Prasad, Vinayak P. Dravid & William L. Klein Nature Nanotechnology 10, 91–98 (2015)4.254
EPIC-TEM facility
The image is of regrown gold nanoprisms. The gold prisms shaded red have zero corner truncations, while blue, green, and purple correspond to one, two, and three corner truncations, respectively. Image taken by Roshan Abid, Undergraduate Student (NU Department of Chemistry, Mirkin group) with the Hitachi H-8100. * Honorable Mention - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
Keck-II facility
This photomicrograph depicts a 1-mm sized, boron-doped diamond (called type-IIb diamond) grown by Dr. Liu, who is investigating the properties and distribution of boron-rich regions, revealed by darker shades in this image. Image taken by Xiaobing Liu, Post-Doctoral Fellow (NU Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jacobsen group) using the 3D Optical Microscope. * Honorable Mention - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
SPID facility
High Resolution Confocal Images of S1P and thrombin differentially altered F-actin structure in human pulmonary endothelium cells (Lung Cells). Taken by Mary Brown, Senior Research Specialist (University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine) with the Bruker Dimension FastScan AFM. * Honorable Mention - 2014 NUANCE Image Gallery Contest *
2014 NU Scientific Images Contest, "Capturing the Beauty of Science"
NUANCE's own Eric Miller received 5th place for his image, “Enamel Crystals”, in the annual SiS Image Contest
