We have been getting our infrastructure set up at the University of Pittsburgh over the last few months. Everything always takes longer than you expect when moving a lab, and these electron microscopes are no exception. That said, we are now close, just waiting on Gatan to get things together so they can install our camera.
This is Kevin Rapp, a technician in the lab running some test captures on our original JEOL transmission electron microscope. This microscope is likely the highest use electron microscope on planet Earth, having been run effectively non-stop for over a decade. This microscope, purchased through a generous gift from Martha Ann Dumke Healey made possible our entire connectomics initiatives.
This is Becca Pfeiffer setting up a test capture on our new JEOL electron microscope. We’ve customized this scope, like our previous scope, and it is taking us a little while to track down some variables with a piece of equipment this complex and hammer them down. My thanks to Becca, Jamie and Kevin for working through this together.