Lunchtime Symposiums at European Microscopy Congress 2024

Introducing our new EELS-TEM: The first fully integrated advanced analytical (S)TEM 
Lecture Theatre 1, Bella Center
13:00 to 14:00

We’re proud to introduce the Thermo Scientific EELS-TEM, a new fully integrated advanced analytical (S)TEM platform featuring the new Thermo Scientific EELS Spectrometer and Energy Filter as well as the NanoPulser, our new electrostatic beam blanker. The new Thermo Scientific EELS Spectrometer and Energy Filter inherits the advanced optics and high stability of Thermo Scientific Selectris Imaging Filters and brings numerous innovations necessary to offer deep integration with the microscope optics and streamline EELS data collection for every application. Multimodal integration of EELS, EDS, and the NanoPulser ensures the most advanced and effective electron dose optimization strategies. EELS data collection is extended with easy-to-use Thermo Scientific Velox Software, making even the most challenging experiments accessible to every user, including novices. Nearly every component in our new Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope can be fully accessed via Python scripting using AutoScript Software, making it possible to create new data collection workflows and adopt AI-based data collection and processing strategies.

Safer, faster, and cleaner: an overview of our latest advances for cryo-tomography
Lecture Theatre 1, Bella Center
13:00 to 14:00

Cryo-electron tomography has become an indispensable tool for cell and structural biology. A key to this success is the production of cryo-lamellae from vitrified biological samples using cryo-dual beam microscopes. Throughout the years we have developed a dedicated portfolio of cryo-FIBs covering a wide range of applications. These range from cryo-lamella preparation, cryo-lift-out, correlative cryo-fluorescence, cryo-slice & view to the automated Arctis Cryo-Plasma-FIB with automatic sample loading system and direct connectivity to our cryo-TEMs. Advances in automation and data acquisition software have likewise contributed to the success and adoption of tomography. Our ongoing mission is to further improve the connectivity between the cryo-FIB and cryo-TEM for an even more streamlined tomography workflow. In this symposium we will give an overview of our latest developments relevant to cryo-electron tomography.