Current News and Events

Oxford Image Contest - Due July 31

Oxford Instruments is holding an image contest called The Insight Awards with image categories of life science, physics, materials science, chemistry, and semiconductors.  The Insight Awards reward scientifically captivating and visually stunning images, spectra, graphics and movies acquired using Oxford Instruments products and offers scientists a great opportunity to further publicize their research. The awards are judged by an internal panel of experts, with $1,000 worth of Amazon vouchers (or other e-voucher) for the winner of each category.

The closing date is July 31st.  In the PEMC, EDX or EBSD data collected on the Quanta 3D, Apreo 2S, Hitachi, or Helios are eligible.  Note that EDX or EBSD data from the Quanta 650 in ARMS are NOT eligible.  

 For more information, see Oxford's website here. 

CTSI-Certified...again!

The PEMC has just renewed our Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) certification.  

New Equipment - (S)TEM on Apreo 2S

A new (S)TEM detector has been installed on the Apreo 2S in WSLR thanks to Alex Laskin, who was awarded the funds from the Office of Research equipment fund.  As part of this funding, we will also be upgrading the Aztec EDX software to include "AztecFeature," which is used for particle analysis.  Read more about AztecFeature here. 

Thanks to Alex Laskin's decision to place this equipment within the PEMC, all users can benefit from this new capability.  Read more about Dr. Laskin's research on his research group's website here.