Articles tagged "Freeze-Substitution"

The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Power of FIB-SEM Tomography for Biological Samples
Caroline Kizilyaprak (1), Florence Niedergang (2), Damien De Bellis (1), Willy Blanchard (1), Jean Daraspe (1), Niko Geldner (3), Bruno Humbel (1)
1. Electron Microscopy Facility, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Suisse 2. Inserm U1016-CNRS UMR8104- Université Paris Descartes, Institut Cochin, Paris, France 3. Plant Cell Biology Lab - DBMV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Suisse
Three-dimensional (3-D) spatial distribution of organelles within cells at nanometer resolution is essential to better understand cellular processes and functions. Currently, FIB-SEM tomography provides a…
The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016
Spatial relation of organelle membranes in the coccolith forming marine alga Emiliania huxleyi.
Andreas Ziegler (1), Xiaofei Yin (2), Erika Griesshaber (2), Lothar Miersch (3), Thorsten B. Reusch (3), Paul Walther (1), Wolfgang W. Schmahl (2)
1. Central Facility for Electron Microscopy , University of Ulm, Ulm, Allemagne 2. Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Allemagne 3. Marine Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Allemagne
The marine unicellular alga Emiliania huxleyi forms a shell of calcite scales called coccoliths. It can form large blooms and thus is the most important…