Electron Microscopy Core Facility

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Electron Microscopy Core Facility (EMCF) provides instrumentation and technical assistance to research programs utilizing Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The EMCF is available to all University of Nebraska personnel, as well as outside institutions and industrial users. The Director and two full-time Electron Microscopy Specialists are available for consultation and service. The managing microscopist has 40 years of experience and is fully certified by the Microscopy Society of America (MSA). His expertise cover a diverse range of specimens including bacteria, viruses, algae, marine organisms, particulate samples, as well as eukaryotic cell structure and tissue architecture. The facility is supported, in part, by user fees to cover supplies, instrument time and the EM Specialists' time to carry out any part of a project.

Visit our website at: http://www.unmc.edu/vcr/cores/vcr-cores/electron-microscopy/index.html

Featured Publications

• Dutta, S., Roy, S., Polavaram, N. S., Stanton, M. J., Zhang, H., Bhola, T., Honscheid, P., Donohue, T. M., Band, H., Batra, S. K., Muders, M. H., Datta, K. (2016). Neuropilin-2 regulates endosome maturation and EGFR trafficking to support cancer cell pathobiology. Cancer Research, 76(2), 418.
  University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Ericson, B. L., Carlson, D. J., & Carlson, K. A.* (2016). Characterization of nora virus structural proteins via western blot analysis. Scientifica, 2016.
  University of Nebraska Kearney

• Wu, B., Huang, Y., Braun, A. L., Tong, Z., Zhao, R., Li, Y., Liu, F., Zheng, J. C. (2015). Glutaminase-containing microvesicles from HIV-1-infected macrophages and immune-activated microglia induce neurotoxicity. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 10(1), 61.
  University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Ogun, O., & Zallocchi, M. (2014). Clarin-1 acts as a modulator of mechanotransduction activity and presynaptic ribbon assembly. The Journal of Cell Biology, 207(3), 375.
  Boystown Research Hospital

• Romereim, S. M., Conoan, N. H., Baojiang, C., Dudley, A. T. (2014). A dynamic cell adhesion surface regulates tissue architecture in growth plate cartilage. Development, 141(10).
  University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Mistry, P. H., Mohapatra, S. K., & Dash, A. K. (2012). Effect of high-pressure homogenization and stabilizers on the physicochemical properties of curcumin-loaded glycerol monooleate/chitosan nanostructures. Nanomedicine (London, England), 7(12), 1863.
  Creighton University

• Thurlow, L. R., Hanke, M. L., Fritz, T., Angle, A., Aldrich, A., Williams, S. H., Engebretsen, I. L., Bayles, K. W., Horswill, A. R., Kielian, T. (2011). Staphylococcus aureus biofilms prevent macrophage phagocytosis and attenuate inflammation in vivo. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md.: 1950), 186(11), 6585.
  University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Kim, J. O., Sahay, G., Kabanov, A. V., & Bronich, T. K. (2010). Polymeric micelles with ionic cores containing biodegradable cross-links for delivery of chemotherapeutic agents. Biomacromolecules, 11(4), 919.
  University of Nebraska Medical Center