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MICROSCOPY PLATEFORM OF Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée

CONTACT
Coordinates 43.29236346203756, 5.359133426541125
Contact name Artemis Kosta
CIVIS Label No
Acronym MICROSCOPY PLATFORM IMM-PTA
Scientific domain

LS1_8 - Structural biology - Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms, Structures and Functions


Keywords

Microscopy


 

CryoEM


 

TEM


 

Super-resolution Microscopy


 

CLEM


Partner institution

Aix-Marseille Université


Website No
Technical staff available No
Remote access details Two levels of access are offered: -provision of the results after experiments and analyses are directly conducted by the platform staff; -direct access to the equipment after being trained by the platform staff (especially recommended when a repeated use of the equipment is foreseen); a certification is issued.
Remote access available No
Open to external users No
Equipment The tools and methods offered by the platform include super-resolution SIM (Structured Illumination Microscopy), fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (room temperature or cryo) and scanning electron microscopy.
Open access to updated information database No
Online booking system details Usage regulations of the IMM Microscopy platform: https://www.imm.cnrs.fr/microscopie/spip.php?article4 Charte des Plateformes Technologiques Aix-Marseille (PTA): https://www.univ-amu.fr/system/files/2021-07/Charte%20PTF%20AMU%20M%C3%A0J21.docx.pdf
Online booking system available No
Description The IMM Microscopy Platform includes two main plateaux: one for optical microscopy and another for electron microscopy, and allowing the analysis of various biological systemssuch as bacteria, viruses, giant viruses, amoebae, micro-algae, as well as macromolecules.