Electron Microscopy at the University of Tampa

In the summer of 2011, the University of Tampa purchased and installed a JEOL 6010LA Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope to support its program in electron microscopy. This instrument will serve as the focus for formal courses (Essentials of Electron Microscopy and Forensic Science) as well as a workhorse for faculty and student research. Below are some of the first images obtained with this new instrument. Updated 5/5/2016

Fireworm head

Fireworm setae

Close-up of Fireworm setae

Terminal segment of the local Polychaete, Polydora

Dorsal cilia of Polydora

Ventral surface of the fish louse, Argulus

Ventral suckers of Argulus

Detail of the Argulus sucker

Thoracic leg of Argulus

Microspines on Argulus

Female Copepod with egg case

Copepod leg spines

Clausidium female with attached male

Clausidium female with attached male

Brown Widow Spider Juvenile

Brown Widow Spider fangs

Sanddollar spine

Base of Sanddollar spine

Sponge Spicules

Sponge Spicules

Sponge Spicules

Sponge Spicules

Small Sponge Spicules (5500x)

Wingless Mutant of Drosophila

Drosophila antenna

Drosophila eye

Drosophila eye units (ommatidia)

Drosophila setae

Drosophila toes (tarsal spines)

Daphnia, a Freshwater Crustacean

Nereid polychaete head

The STEM (Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope) adaptor allows us to view thin sections on the SEM

Section of epidermal glands in the polychaete, Streblospio

Section of the gut lining in Streblospio

Pluteus larvae of Sea Urchin

Lytechinus larval skeletons

Arbacia larval skeletons

Arbacia 7 day larval skeleton

Lytechinus 11 day larval skeleton

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was discovered by Stomatopods!