Microscopy Facility

Get Closer to Life

Life on Earth ranges from vast ecosystems, huge mammals, to single cells and organelles. All of it is beautiful, and here at the electron microscopy suite at StFX we like to focus on the small things.

There is more to the world than meets the eye; explore it with us.

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Explore the Microscopic World with StFX

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The Microscopes

Find out more about the various microscopes available at StFX.

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Microscopes in Action

See some of the projects our microscopes have been involved in

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Gallery of Small Things

Explore some of the images taken with our microscopes

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The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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