Cryo-soft X-ray Tomography (cryo-SXT)

This relatively new technique provides unique capabilities to capture high resolution (25nm) images of cellular architecture. By maintaining the native state of the samples, this method enables you to investigate the intricate molecular interactions within whole cells to observe biological activities such as viral replication, bacteria clearance, parasite egress, sporulation and many more in unprecendented detail.

Near Native Cell Imaging

• Generates 3D slices through the sample
• Collects data on intact and unstained cells through entire cell thickness (up to 8 μm)
• Probes a wide range of sample types from bacteria to whole mammalian cells

• Studies the effect of drugs on living cells
• Follows the effects of biological processes on the cell e.g. starvation
• Monitors cell regulation processes
• Investigates impact of nanoparticles on cells

• Studies cell infection
• Images viral particles within infected cells
• Examines changes to cell organelles post infection
• Explores host-pathogen interactions

• Performs correlative studies with cryofluorescence microscopy
• Reveals localisation of fluorescent proteins within complex organelles
• Captures processes of dynamic membrane trafficking.