Short Announcements from 2025

Coming soon - cryo fib on the Helios

The installation of the cryo FIB on the Helios has begun!  Step one was to install the EasyLift cryo nanomanipulator from Thermo Scientific.  That has been completed, and now, we are waiting with bated breath for the installation of our second cryo transfer system.  The Quorum cryo transfer system allows samples to be flash frozen in slushed nitrogen, fractured, and sputter coated with platinum all within the cooled transfer system.  Unlike the cryo system on the Apreo in WSLR, this new cryo system will have the capability to tilt and rotate the stage to enable cryo FIB and lamella lift out.  

Stay tuned for more updates!

 - posted August 2025 -