University of Ulster opens FEI center for advanced imaging

Oct. 30, 2006 — University of Ulster announced it has opened the FEI Center for Advanced Imaging in Northern Ireland.

The center is intended to provide a suite of FEI electron microscopes for all major research areas within the university’s Biomedical Sciences Research Institute. It will also support academic research from other faculties within the university and beyond, including industrial R&D for the university’s industrial partners within the region.

The new centeris equipped with a suite of FEI tools including a Quanta ESEM (environmental SEM), a Tecnai cryo TEM, and a Nova NanoLab. Advances incorporated in the Nova NanoLab were developed through close collaboration between FEI and Dr. George McKerr of the university.

The new center is funded in part by an investment by the Department for Employment & Learning and the Office of Science & Innovation through the UK Science Research Investment Fund 2006-08.

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