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POLE FACULTAIRE DE MICROSCOPIE ELECTRONIQUE (PFMU)

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While the resolution of optical microscopy is above 200nm, electron microscopy allows the observation and analysis of biological specimen with resolution approaching 1nm.

EM is notably for :

  1. visualizing normal and abnormal cell and tissue morphology
  2. analyzing the intracellular localization of proteins, lipids and other macromolecules.
The "Pôle Facultaire de Microscopie Ultrastructurale (PFMU)" at the Medical Faculty of Geneva is a multi-user facility performing most aspects of biological research that require the use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Anyone in the University research community who needs to use the PFMU facilities is welcome to do so. The facility is also open to users from other Universities and from companies.
To cover part of the costs and to be able to maintain the equipment, annual fees to have access to the equipments and fees for specimen preparation are charged to the users. A "price list" can be found below.

Initial contact

A prospective user should contact a member of the PFMU staff (see contact) and determine if the instruments in the facility are suitable for the proposed research.