About the Centre

Adelaide Microscopy, or the Electron Optic Centre as it was originally known, has been working with researchers, students and industry since 1977 when the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ brought together its electron beam instrumentation and associated sample preparation equipment into one central location.

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A facility funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), we are now located in four key laboratories across the campus:

  • Helen Mayo North Building on Frome Road offers not only the latest in electron beam techniques but also optical, confocal, in vivo, live cell and x-ray imaging techniques.
  • Waite facility, Agriculture, Food and Wine (West), Building WT80, Waite campus. Offering immediate access to high end microscopy techniques associated with food, plant and agricultural science.
  • Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences (AHMS) Building - Level 6 - North Terrace (City-West Health Precinct). Researchers have access to a range of optical imaging equipment including digital slides scanners, laser micro-dissection, live-cell confocal and high content plate-based imaging. For preclinical imaging the AHMS offers the Vevo 3100 in vivo Ultrasound and the IVIS Lumina X5 Optical and X-Ray Imaging System.
  • Molecular Life Sciences (MLS) Building - Ground Floor, our new Bio-imaging facility offers optical microscopy for imaging animal cells under biological conditions, and advanced light microscopy allowing super-resolution imaging for both live and fixed samples.