What: A two-day mini-workshop with presentations, demonstrations and hands-on sessions for cryomicrotomy and cryoultramicrotomy, including toolmaking (wire loops and hair probes), glass knife making, evaluation of glass knives, care and cleaning of diamond knives and operation of the cryomicrotome and cryoultramicrotome.
When: Tuesday, June 8 and Wednesday, June 9, 2004, 9:00am-4:00pm
Where: Room 101, Materials Characterization Facility Advanced Materials Processing & Analysis Center University of Central Florida
12443 Research Parkway Orlando, FL 32826Background: These techniques are of special interest to anyone working with polymers or other materials which could benefit from sectioning or surface "polishing" at low temperatures (no embedding required). The sections may be used for transmission electron microscopy, optical microscopy, IR spectroscopy or FTIR. The polished surface of the bulk material is suitable for atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray microanalysis and elemental mapping.
Important Info: Attendance is open to everyone for the presentations and demonstrations on the first day. However, attendance is limited for the cryosectioning hands-on sessions on the second day.
Contacts: To RSVP and to reserve a spot for the hands-on sessions, please contact either Ms. Kim Megaw at Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. (,
800.552.2262) or Ms. Nancy Crouch at ICMAS, Inc. (, 865.984.8058)Sponsors and Organizers: University of Central Florida Advanced Materials Processing & Analysis Center Materials Characterization Facility RMC Products Group, Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. ICMAS, Inc.
Hope to see you there!
Bob Chiovetti Senior Product Specialist Boeckeler Instruments, Inc.