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August 2014

August 2014

August 2014:  Scanning Electron Micrograph of rat lung. Scale 100μm

Submitted by Ms Suzanne Crotty. Biosciences Imaging Centre.

Image shows the surface of an exposed rat lung which has been prepared by sputter coating the surface with gold and imaged using a Jeol JSM 5510 Scanning Electron Microscope.

Suzanne Crotty is a Senior Technical Officer in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC, and looks after the day to day running of the BioSciences Imaging Centre.

Suzanne graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. in Neuroscience from University College Cork. She has expertise in electron, light and fluorescence microscopy including wide-field, confocal and two-photon microscopy. Suzanne has a strong research background in the preparation of biological specimens for microscopy, including scanning and transmission electron microscopy.

The Bioscience Imaging Centre provides a microscopy service for staff and researchers throughout the university, and also investigators from other universities and from industry. Services provided at the BioSciences Imaging Centre include a wide range of microscopy techniques, specimen preparation (of biological or materials samples) and microscopy training.

Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience

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Room 2.33, 2nd Floor, Western Gateway Building, University College, Cork, Ireland

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