Students from Talcott Mountain Academy of Science, Mathematics and Technology (TMA) in Avon visited the Central Electron Microscopy Facility (CEMF) at UConn Health in Farmington. The sixth to eighth grade students had just completed a course on cell biology having used light microscopes to study cell and tissue structure. At UConn Health, they were interested to see how electron microscopes can be used to observe the fine details of cell structure.

Dr. Arthur Hand, professor of Craniofacial Sciences and Cell Biology, and CEMF research assistant Maya Yankova demonstrated how specimens are prepared, how the transmission and scanning electron microscopes are used to image the specimens, and what they look like when seen at very high magnification.

TMA Dean Lydia Gibb, science teacher Thomas Noonan, math teacher John Lombardo, and parent Dr. Angabeen Khan, accompanied the 28 students.

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