Biology 392, Winter Semester 1999
Topics in Electron Microscopy
Class Description
- This is a basic course designed to give you enough
"E.M." skills so as to: (i) better understand
the photomicrographs you see in reference material, (ii)
develop your own rudimentary talents, and (iii) give you
the potential to build on those talents for more advanced
projects (like your own research). This course can be a
"stand alone" program, or a beginning for your
arsenal of analytical techniques. I WILL ENCOURAGE
(however not require) YOUR OWN "MINI-PROJECTS".
- See cell biology from the "inside"
(Transmission Electron Microscopy, or TEM)
or from the "outside" (Scanning Electron
Microscopy, or SEM)!
The Biology
Dept. has partnered with the Physics Dept. and the Center for
Molecular Electronics to achieve this (microscopic)
goal.
- Ray Narconis, Instructor
- Reference Number 13025
- Lecture 00A, T 04:00-06:00 R223E
- Lab 0A1, R 04:00-06:00 S301
A Few Electron Micrographs, by way of
Example!
Can you guess their magnifications, how they were
prepared, and what in detail they show?
Click on these for LARGER images of the same...
TEM Images of kidney cells (left) and lung
cells (right).
SEM Images of Ovarian Cell Cilia (left) and a
Latex Replica of Kidney Veins (right).
Cultured Ovarian Cell in SEM (left) and Hollow
Chrysotile Asbestos Fibers in TEM (right)
Diffraction Pattern Streaks from One Asbestos
Fiber
Electronic mail address
narconis@stlnet.com
Prerequisite
Junior or Senior Standing, and Consent of Instructor.
Credit
3.0 Credit Hours, Course Fulfills Lab Requirement (same as Bio
492, Section G04).
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Contents Copyr. (1998), Ray Narconis and P. Fraundorf
Last revised: November 25, 1998.
