News

June 2026

EMCF Awarded NIH S10 Grant for New JEOL JEM-120i TEM

The Electron Microscopy Core Facility at UT Southwestern is excited to announce that we have been awarded an NIH S10 instrumentation grant to support the acquisition of a new JEOL JEM-120i transmission electron microscope.

This new 120 kV TEM will expand access to high-quality electron microscopy for the UT Southwestern research community. The instrument is designed to be compact, user-friendly, and expandable, making it well suited for a broad range of applications, including biological and soft-material samples.

We are grateful for NIH support and excited to bring this new capability to EMCF. The addition of the JEM-120i will help us support more users, strengthen imaging workflows, and enable new research opportunities across campus.

More information about availability, training, and scheduling will be shared as installation plans move forward.

September 2025

Pricing has been increased as of September 1st, 2025.

August 2025

Grid availability update: Grids for all negative staining will be supplied at both the South and North locations until September 30, 2025. Beginning October 1, 2025, users will need to bring their own grids. Grids can be purchased here.

Dear EMCF customers, the Tecnai is now available for use!

May 2025

We are happy to report that the installation of Hydra PFIB microscope is now complete, and we are fully ready to begin new projects using this advanced system. We are excited about these upgrades and the new research possibilities they will enable!

We anticipate that the Tecnai will be available—hopefully late August.

January 2025

We are thrilled to announce that starting on February 5th, 2025, we will begin relocating our Tenai Spirit microscope from North Campus (NL1.160G) to South Campus, K Building, Room 232A.

At the same time, we will also begin the installation of our new Thermo Fisher Hydra Bio Plasma-Focused Ion Beam (PFIB) microscope at North Campus (NL1.160G), with installation starting in February.

We are excited about these updates and the new capabilities they will bring!