Instructional Videos

Making a capillary specimen holder 1 of 7: Pulling

Making a capillary specimen holder 2 of 7: Cutting outer tube

Making a capillary specimen holder 3 of 7: Gluing

Making a capillary specimen holder 4 of 7: Dipping & Clipping 1 - Starting up apparatus

Making a capillary specimen holder 5 of 7: Dipping & Clipping 2 - Preparing 2X Gold and Poly L Lysine

Making a capillary specimen holder 6 of 7: Dipping & Clipping 3 - Dipping & Clipping

Making a capillary specimen holder 7 of 7: Dipping & Clipping 4 - Shut down

Loading a capillary specimen holder

01 Preparing the beamline for imaging

02 Cryo-transfer specimen to the X-ray microscope

03 Positioning specimen on goniometer

04 Securing specimen to goniometer

05 Check specimen integrity before aligning and imaging

06 Aligning specimen prior to imaging