[3dem] Re: 3dem Digest, Vol 54, Issue 1

Robert Marshall rmarshal at bluebottle.com
Wed Feb 1 08:40:22 PST 2012


You might check around to see if there is an original Balzers for sale.  I'm sure there are a few sitting around in labs that no longer use them.

Robert Marshall
Dept. of Biology
Texas A&M University
ISLB 3128

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>    1. HPF, options? (David M?ndez Mart?n)
>    2. RE: HPF, options? (Fang Zhao)
>    3. HPF, options? (reinhard rachel)
>    4. Re: HPF, options? (Paul Verkade)
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> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:30:53 +0100
> From: David M?ndez Mart?n <dmendez at bionand.es>
> Subject: [3dem] HPF, options?
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> Dear colleagues,
> 
>  
> 
> Our lab has the possibility to purchase a HPF but not enough money
> for EM
> PACT2. I´m thinking about the HPM100 but have never seen it: anyone
> with
> this equipment that could send me some feedback? Does it worth it?
> Are there
> any other valuable options in the market?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
>  
> 
> David Méndez
> 
> www.bionand.es
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> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:46:44 +0200
> From: "Fang Zhao" <fang.zhao at helsinki.fi>
> Subject: RE: [3dem] HPF, options?
> To: " 'David M?ndez Mart?n' " <dmendez at bionand.es>,
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> There won’t be HPM100 anymore, as BAL-TEC was bought by Leica two
> year back.
> All BAL-TEC’s products are sold as Leica’s. I think, HPM100 is
> discontinued.
> 
>  
> 
> Fang
> 
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> 
> Fang Zhao, MD. PhD. Unit supervisor
> 
> Advanced Microscopy Unit (AMU)
> 
> Haartman Institute 
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> [mailto:3dem-bounces at ncmir.ucsd.edu] On
> Behalf Of David Méndez Martín
> Sent: 01 February 2012 16:31
> To: 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
> Subject: [3dem] HPF, options?
> 
>  
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
>  
> 
> Our lab has the possibility to purchase a HPF but not enough money
> for EM
> PACT2. I´m thinking about the HPM100 but have never seen it: anyone
> with
> this equipment that could send me some feedback? Does it worth it?
> Are there
> any other valuable options in the market?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
>  
> 
> David Méndez
> 
> www.bionand.es
> 
>  
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:06:27 +0100
> From: "reinhard rachel"
> <reinhard.rachel at biologie.uni-regensburg.de>
> Subject: [3dem] HPF, options?
> To: <dmendez at bionand.es>, "Fang Zhao" <fang.zhao at helsinki.fi>,
> 	<3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu>
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> Dear Fang, dear David, dear all, 
> 
> > There won’t be HPM100 anymore, as BAL-TEC was bought by Leica
> two year
> back.
> > All BAL-TEC’s products are sold as Leica’s. I think, HPM100
> is
> discontinued.
> 
> direct comment and correction on this topic: 
> look at:
> http://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/electron-microscope-sample-preparation/industrial-materials/cryo-preparation/details/product/leica-em-hpm100/
> 
> the HPM100 high-pressure freezer, which was formerly designed and
> initiated by
> BAL-TEC, is now - after the take-over of BAL-TEC "electron
> microscopy and
> sample preparation and ... " - marketed as Leica HPM100, by Leica
> itself. 
> kind regards,
> Reinhard
> 
> 
> -- 
> Prof. Dr. Reinhard Rachel
> University of Regensburg
> Centre for EM / Anatomy
> Faculty of Biology & Preclin. Med.
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> D-93053 Regensburg - Germany
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> next microscopy conferences: 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:38:27 +0000
> From: Paul Verkade <p.verkade at bristol.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [3dem] HPF, options?
> To: David M?ndez Mart?n <dmendez at bionand.es>
> Cc: 3dem at ncmir.ucsd.edu
> Message-ID: <5FC18826-EF82-4095-BA55-C2F182E7B888 at bristol.ac.uk>
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> 
> Hi David,
> 
> There is indeed the HPM100 from Leica but there is also the old
> HPM010 still sold through some companies and there is also the
> Wohlwend machine available. These are probably the cheapest around
> but less versatile. It all dpends what you want to do.
> 
> Best,
> Paul
> 
> Paul Verkade PhD
> Reader in Cell Biology
> Wolfson Bioimaging Facility
> Schools of Biochemistry and Physiology & Pharmacology
> Medical Sciences Building
> University of Bristol
> University Walk
> BS8 1TD Bristol
> United Kingdom
> 
> tel.+44-117-3312179
> Fax. +44-117-3312168
> mail: p.verkade at bristol.ac.uk
> websites:
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> http://www.bris.ac.uk/phys-pharm/research/staffresearch/paulverkade.html
> http://www.bristol.ac.uk/biochemistry/wbif
> 
> On 1 Feb 2012, at 14:30, David Méndez Martín wrote:
> 
> > Dear colleagues,
> >  
> > Our lab has the possibility to purchase a HPF but not enough
> money for EM PACT2. I´m thinking about the HPM100 but have never
> seen it: anyone with this equipment that could send me some
> feedback? Does it worth it? Are there any other valuable options in
> the market?
> >  
> > Thanks a lot,
> >  
> > David Méndez
> > www.bionand.es
> >  
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