21/05/2020
Dear colleague
Due to the decline in the use of conventional electron microscopy (EM) methods in biomedicine, that is partly understandable due to the emergence of problem-dependent alternate solutions and the recent successful focus of EM on structural biology problems, we believe that the need to visualize ultrastructural/ microstructural/ nanostructural detail, and to put the existing equipment to good work, is still there. Just like light microscopy that is going on as an essential methodology for centuries, observation of organelles and macromolecular detail fits together with other methods in the toolbox of the biology, biomedical and other researchers and plays an important role for success.
To understand the views of our colleagues in this matter, we are conducting an extended inquiry and would very much appreciate your contribution. Questions are simple and quick to answer and the answers are completely anonymous.
Please go to the form at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ7Ydsqu9P5Voxs5S3WLh_dXT1y1nMFU0SriHe9qjZnxOuOw/viewform
If you would like to benefit from our help in performing electron microscopy, please contact us at [email protected].
Thank you for your contribution.
A.P. Alves de Matos (Biologist, Ph. D., former President of the Portuguese Society for Microscopy (2005,2012-2013). Head of the Electron Microscopy and Histopathology Centre of Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL.
Below the transmission electron microscope image of a coronavirus
Dear colleague Due to the decline in the use of conventional electron microscopy (EM) methods in biomedicine, that is partly understandable due to the emergence of problem-dependent alternate solutions and the recent successful focus of EM on structural biology problems, we believe that the need to....
