Rooms 1-3 and 75-93 of Eckstein Medical Research Building house the main laboratory of the Central Microscopy Research Facility.

The main laboratory houses the most comprehensive equipment holdings as well as staff offices.

Central Microscopy Research Facility

85 Eckstein Medical Research Building
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: (319) 335-8143

Equipment located in our main laboratory is available for reservation through the CMRF online signup system.

Please note that this is not a complete list of preparation equipment; if you are interested in beginning a project, please contact us.

Instrumentation list

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Scanning Electron Microscopy

Light Microscopy

Confocal/Super Resolution Microscopy

Sample Preparation

  • Denton 502B Thermal Evaporating System
  • Emitech Sputter Coater K550
  • Quorum Technologies EMS 150 T ES iridium Sputter Coater
  • Tanner Scientific TN-1700 Paraffin Embedding Center
  • Leica Automatic Freeze Substitution (AFS)
  • Leica LMD 7000
  • Leica Microm Cryostat I HM505E
  • Leica Microm Cryostat II w/ Cryo-Jane System
  • Leica CM1950 Cryostat with Cryo-Jane System
  • Leica Microtome RM2135
  • Leica EM UC6 Ultramicrotome
  • Leica EM UC6 Ultramicrotome w/ Cryo Attachment FC6
  • Leica EM UC7 Ultramicrotome
  • Microm Microtome HM355
  • Pelco BioWave Microwave
  • Polaron Critical Point Dryer (CPD)
  • Reichert-Jung Quick Freeze KF80
  • Sakura Tissue-Tek VIP 6 AI
  • Shandon Cyto-Spin 3
  • Sledge Microtome
  • Sakura Diversified Stainer DRS-601
  • Spencer Microtome
  • Vibratome Automated 1500

Image Analysis