Cryostat Microm NX70

Description:

Cryosectioning of samples from 5 µm to 30 µm can be performed using either fresh or fixed material.

The cryostat is a cryogenic instrument designed to maintain low temperatures ranging from +10 °C to –50 °C within a thermally insulated chamber. A microtome housed inside this enclosure allows sectioning of tissues hardened by freezing (from 4 µm to 30 µm). These high-performance instruments are used for routine work and for research in biology and medicine, as well as in industrial applications.

All types of pre-prepared samples can be sectioned using a cryostat. The instrument is equipped with a section de-wrinkling device that uses suction, and a disinfection system that vaporises a disinfectant solution. Cryostats allow the production of serial or non-serial sections from fixed or unfixed tissues. The sections are then transferred onto specialised histological slides (Superfrost +, Probe On gelatin-coated, or silanised slides).

Applications in optical microscopy are diverse, ranging from simple structural staining to immunolabelling with a wide variety of tracers — including multiple fluorochrome labelling, double enzyme labelling, and double labelling with colloidal gold and silver. Cryosectioning is also a method of choice for in situ hybridisation.

This equipment can be booked for use.

Cryostat Microm NX70