BioTEM Facility

The Hitachi HT7830 is a user-friendly transmission electron microscope (TEM), capable of a wide range of analysis from biological research to soft materials science. This TEM is designed to operate in tunable accelerating voltages ranging from 20kV up to 120kV, allowing users to image their specimens in a variety of conditions such as low magnification, wide-field high contrast (HC) and high resolution (HR). Several advanced features like advanced stage navigation, image stitching, 3D tomography, STEM, EDX and Diffraction. This instrument can achieve a resolution of 0.14 nm at 120kV. Images can be taken at a maximum magnification of up to 1,000,000x.

See our complete price list (expand the blue bar). Note: All prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD$).

Questions? Submitting a sample?

Contact: Mishi Groh
mishi.groh@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567 x32375

When emailing a request, be sure to include your research advisor’s name and email, the type of request (general, training, service), details about your sample and number of samples, and any examples of other images (if relevant).

Hitachi HT7830 Transmission Electron Microscope

BioTEM Facility services and fees

Academia & non-for-profit organizations

Service

Fee (CAD)

TEM training

$100.00/user

Usage of TEM and/or ancillary equipment (Monday to Friday 8am-6pm)

$35.00/hour

Usage of TEM and/or ancillary equipment (Monday to Friday 6pm-8am and weekends)

$25.00/hour

TEM expert operating TEM or ancillary equipment

$50.00/hour

Sample preparation 

$50.00/hour

UranyLess staining 

$1.00/grid

TEM training refresher 

$50.00/user

Ultramicrotome training session

$30.00/user

Uncoated Copper grids

$1.00/grid

Coated F/C Copper grids

$5.00/grid

A batch of E/A resin

$50.00/batch

Vial of OsO4

$25.00/vial

Vial of Gluteraldehyde

$25.00/vial

Vial of RuO4

$100.00/vial

A glass slab

$10.00/slab

For-profit (e.g. industry) organizations

Service

Fee (CAD)

TEM Training

$150.00/user

Usage of TEM and/or ancillary equipment (Monday - Friday 8am-6pm)

$120.00/hour

TEM expert operating TEM or ancillary equipment

$120.00/hour

The BioTEM Facility image gallery

Images highlighting the BioTEM Facility capabilities. Click on the gallery to view the full images with their respective scale bars.