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New Director of the Electron Microscope Unit

Robert Knutsen was appointed as the Director of the Electron Microscope Unit at the University of Cape Town in January 2020

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EBL and RISE

Would you like to know more about Electron Beam Lithography or Raman Intergrated Scanning electron Microscopy? We can come to you!

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Online Equipment Reservations

You must be registered with the Centre for Imaging and Analysis before you can make instrument bookings. To register, please contact Miranda or Mohamed.

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Sir Aaron Klug passes away

Sir Aaron Klug was born in Lithuania and educated in South Africa. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to Crystallographic electron microscopy.

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Cryo Electron Microscopy scoops Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, win the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry | learn more

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The Aaron Klug Centre for Imaging and Analysis

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The Electron Microscope Unit (EMU), provides a central microscopy service to all departments of the University of Cape Town, as well as to other universities, research institutions and private companies. Staff at the Unit are able to advise users on many aspects of electron microscopy, light microscopy and digital imaging and can take on joint research. The Unit offers a versatile, high quality range of instruments and techniques serving the needs of Engineering (Material and Chemical), Biological Science, Physical Science, Geoscience, Agricultural Science, Biotechnology and Medical Sciences. The Unit is located on the first level (room 1.01) of the New Engineering Building on Madiba Circle on the Upper Campus.