Pathology Electron Microscopy Facility

Room 323C Department of Pathology The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 78284-7750
The Pathology Electron Microscopy Facility
Phone: (210) 567-4055 Fax: (210) 567-6729 E-Mail: emlab@pathology.uthscsa.edu

The Pathology Electron Microscopy Facility offers technical support and state-of-the-art equipment to faculty and students of the Health Science Center. Our proficient staff provides technical service for diagnostic interpretation upon request. Technical assistance is available for research and development on and off campus.

Equipment:

Transmission microscopes

JEOL 100CX plate and 35mm film

Philips 301 plate and 35mm film

Philips 208S plate and AMT digital imaging system
Scanning

Leo 435VP polaroid or zip archiving

Balzars vacuum evaporator Med010 $20/use
Denton turbo III vacuum evaporator $20/use
Darkrooms
- Durst enlargers
- Ilford 2240
- Ilford 2150

Clinical technical support with interpretation - $600
Clinical technical support only - $250

Users supply film (Kodak 4489) and RC coated paper or billed at $.60 each
Use of microscope is billed at $30/hr. minimum 1 hr.
Technical services are billed at $25/hr.
Corporate services are billed at $100/hr. and $50/hr. scope time

Faculty expertise is available in the following areas:
Pulmonary biology and pathology
Clinical renal pathology
Ultrastructure of tumors
Hematopathology
Cardiovascular and myocardial biology and pathology
Cell injury and experimental renal biology
Pathobiology of vascular stenting procedures