An automated 3D electron microscopy facility

一个自动化的3D电子显微镜设备：这个项目的目的是建立下一代的电子显微镜设备，一个完全自动化的工具，使3D成像。自动串行切片系统集成在扫描电子显微镜规避了透射电子显微镜的限制，它提供了独特的见解，在高分辨率的分子结构和细胞成分，然而，面积和体积的大小限制在几微米。这种新型显微镜可以对整个生物体成像，可供非电子显微镜使用。它将被安置在一个开放的设施中，以满足人们对3D电子显微镜日益增长的需求。

An automated 3D electron microscopy facility: The aim of this project is to establish the next generation of electron microscopy facility, with a fully automated tool enabling 3D imaging. The automated serial section system incorporated in a scanning electron microscope circumvents the limitation of transmission electron microscopy, which provides unique insights into molecular structures and cell components at high resolution, however, the area and volume are limited in size to a few microns. This new type of microscope can image whole organisms and be used by non-electron microscopists. It will be housed in an open access facility and will meet a growing demand for 3D electron microscopy.