Collaborative projects
This page showcases various research applications and case studies utilising CAM's microscopy techniques.
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Multiple imaging techniques used to assess nanofibrous biomaterials for brain repair potential.
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Food poisoning is a major health burden worldwide. Foodborne bacteria and their toxins can cause damage and trigger inflammation, contributing to diarrhoea and vomiting. Prof. Si Ming Man and his team are trying to understand how the immune system fights against these disease-causing bacteria.
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Dr Ryan McQuinn has analysed plant architecture and leaf structure using cryo scanning electron microscopy at CAM
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Dr Ben Long, Dr Wei Yih Hee and Prof. Dean Price from Research School of Biology have successfully synthesised structural carboxysomes within the chloroplast of the model plant, tobacco, using a minimal gene set. Using TEM, Rubisco can be seen encapsulated in the negatively stained, purified plant carboxysomes.
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Scanning electron microscopy (QEMSCAN) has been used to help discover more about Neanderthal occupation of Chagyrskaya Cave.
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In the following application, researchers were interested in determining where plant disease resistance proteins are active and which function they display from various locations within a cell.
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Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) is a technique available in the SEM.
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Frequently in materials science, advanced techniques are used in order to improve the original properties of the starting material.
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The TEM can be used to visualise the complexity of cells and show cellular structures.