Advanced Microscopy Unit
The Advanced Microscopy Unit (UMA) of the National Center for Structural Biology and Bioimaging (CENABIO/UFRJ) is the most complete microscopy facility in Latin America, providing a wide variety of advanced equipment in the areas of light microscopy, electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy to the academic community and to the private sector; moreover, it houses two optical tweezers and an X-ray diffractometer.
The UMA has a scientific body renowned for biological specimen imaging. It has a highly qualified staff operating various microscopy techniques to support users in acquiring their high-quality micrographs. Among the several techniques at their disposal, one can highlight confocal microscopy with spectral detection in 32 channels; super-resolution light microscopy with structured illumination, such as PALM (Photoactivated Localization Microscopy) and STORM (Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy); multiphoton microscopy; total internal reflectance microscopy; optical tweezers; atomic force microscopy; super-high resolution scanning electron microscopy equipped with a cryostage (Cryogenic Scanning Electron Microscopy); microscopy analysis with X-ray diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); high-resolution transmission electron microscopy equipped with a cryostage (CryogenicTransmission Electron Microscopy) and an automated system for cryo-electron tomography.
Publications from UMA
On the button below you will find a list with some publications using UMA’s infrastruture.
UMA News
- CENABIO at LABI 2025 in Buenos Aires
Following the successful 2024 meeting, organized by UMA-CENABIO, the 2025 LABI meeting was held at the University of Buenos Aires.… Read more: CENABIO at LABI 2025 in Buenos Aires - 30th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Microscopy and Microanalysis
CENABIO was present at CSBMM 30 , represented by professors Moara Lemos and Márcia Attias, who gave lectures on their most… Read more: 30th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Microscopy and Microanalysis - Professional Postgraduate Program student wins international competition
This image of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of the dengue virus and Zika Virus, was the winner in the… Read more: Professional Postgraduate Program student wins international competition
