Louise Hughes

Oxford Instruments
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Louise Hughes earned an MSc and a PhD in Biological Electron Microscopy from Aberystwyth University. She is now a Business Manager at Oxford Instruments.

Articles by Louise Hughes

Ultramicrotomy for Electron Microscopy

Ultramicrotomy is the process by which a sample is cut into very thin slices or “sections”, usually for imaging by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) or relatively new techniques using scanning electron microscopy (See Array tomography in three dimensional scanning electron microscopy for biology). This technique requires a bit of finesse, and this article will help…