Core Imaging Laboratory
About the Lab
The Department of Pathology's Core Imaging Laboratory offers state-of-the-art electron microscopy equipment, services, techniques, and expertise for the current needs of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers University, and private sector users.
Services
We carry out a wide range of services from conventional electron microscopy to negative staining. The facility is organized to encourage the use of the equipment by individual users both within and outside the university. Individual and small-group instruction in the use of equipment and in electron microscopy techniques is provided to faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows and residents. In addition, electron microscopy services are available for a set fee.
Examples of some of the services provided: Routine sample preparation for transmission electron microscopy, including specimen preparation, specimen observation and image capturing, ultrathin sectioning and negative staining.
Equipment
- JEOL 1200EX electron microscope with AMT-XR41 digital camera
- Philips CM12 electron microscope with AMT-XR11 digital camera
- Reichert-Jung Ultracut-E microtome
- Leica EM UC-6 ultra-microtome
- Leica EMstain grid staining machine
- Leica EMKMR 2 Knife breaker
- Pelco esiGlow glow discharge unit
- Edwards 306 vacuum evaporator
- JEOL JEE-420 vacuum evaporator
- Pelco Biowave Microwave
- Zeiss light microscope
CryoEM Core Facility
If you are interested in cryo-electron microscopy, please visit the Rutgers CryoEM and Nanoimaging Facility located in the Rutgers Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine.
Pricing
| Equipment & Supplies | Units | Internal Rutgers |
Institutional External |
Other |
| Electron microscope usage | per hour | $60.00 | $72.00 | $90.00 |
| Process and embed in resin | per sample | $40.00 | $48.00 | $60.00 |
| Thick sectioning | per sample | $75.00 | $90.00 | $112.50 |
| Thin sectioning | per sample | $75.00 | $90.00 | $112.50 |
| EM staff time | per hour | $75.00 | $90.00 | $112.50 |
| Negative staining | per hour | $75.00 | $90.00 | $112.50 |
| Glow Discharge | per run | $10.00 | $20.00 | $30.00 |
| Carbon coat | per run | $75.00 | $90.00 | $112.50 |
| Carbon coater usage | per hour | $45.00 | $54.00 | $67.50 |
| Grid boxes | each | $10.00 | $12.00 | $15.00 |
| Formvar/carbon grids | each | $3.00 | $3.60 | $4.50 |
| Complete EM service* | per sample | $325.00 | $390.00 | $487.50 |
*Includes processing, sectioning, staff time, and scope time for individual to use.
Contact Us
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
683 Hoes Lane, Room 024
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-235-4648
Fax: 732-235-4819
Email: rpatel@rwjms.rutgers.edu