Ultramicrotome with cryochamber

The object of the procurement is a modular ultramicrotome equipped with all the needed hardware and software for plastic sectioning, cryo-sectioning, serial sectioning and including automated functions for alignment, trimming and target trimming based on µCT data. The instrument will be used for life science research in multi-user environment and will be located in the electron microscopy core facility at Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu. The instrument and all of its parts must be new. The procurement is funded by the Research Council of Finland, FIRI 2023: roadmap research infrastructures 2021–2024. Please note that the contracting entity has a maximum sum of EUR 197 000 (VAT 0%) available for the procurement and cannot accept tenders exceeding this value.