Northwestern University
Vinayak P. Dravid
2220 Campus Drive
EPICTEM, Cook Hall, 1154EPICSEM, Cook Hall 1114
Evanston, IL 60208
http://www.nuance.northwestern.edu/epic/index.asp
RRID: RRID:SCR_026361
2 Fischione Ion Beam Thinning , IBT, 2 Gatan precision dimplers, Abrasive Slurry Disc Cutter, Denton Desk III Sputter coater, FEI Helios NanoLab Dual Beam focused ion beam electron microscope, FEI Quanta environmental scanning electron microscope, Fischione Plasma Cleaner, Gatan Dry pumping station for TEM holders, Gatan Ultrasonic Disc Cutter, HF-2000 transmission electron microscope, Hitachi H-8100 transmission electron microscope, Hitachi S3400N-II scanning electron microscope, Hitachi S4800-II scanning electron microscope, JEOL JEM-2100F FAST transmission electron microscope, LEO Gemini 1525 scanning electron microscope, Precision Ion Polishing System, Stuers Electropolisher (twin jet), Ultramicrotome
Electron Microscopy
Microscopy
1.) Wang Z, Huang J, Chen C, Ye Z, Mirkin CA (2025 Oct 8). Polyelemental Nanoparticle Synthesis Enabled by Noncontact Metallothermic Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(40), 36669-36676. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c12003. PMID: 41004627.
2.) Huang C, Yang Y, Liu C, Chen H, Chaudhuri S, Jeon WC, Li M, Rolston N, Bati ASR, Gilley IW, Kumral B, Serles P, Filleter T, Schatz GC, Kanatzidis MG, Chen B, Chen LX, Sargent EH (2025 Oct). Electrostatically Enhanced Buried Interface Binding of Self-Assembled Monolayers for Efficient And Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 37(43), e08740. . PMID: 40787876.
3.) Schaumann EN, Cho NH, Odom TW (2025 Oct). Cellular Responses to Nanoscale Topography Mediated Through the RhoA/ROCK Pathway. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 21(40), e05685. . PMID: 40820800.
4.) Seo SE, Lee B, Oh T, Girard M, Mirkin CA (2025 Sep 24). Salt-Induced Polymorphs Observed in Colloidal Single Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(38), 34831-34839. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c10844. PMID: 40932419.
5.) Du F, Yuk SA, Qian Y, Mbaye EHA, Vincent MP, Bobbala S, Abbott TM, Kim H, Li Y, Li H, Yi S, Qiao B, Scott EA (2025 Jul 1). A biomimetic multi-component subunit vaccine via ratiometric loading of hierarchical hydrogels. Nature communications, 16(1), 5443. . PMID: 40592824.
6.) Srour L, Qannan A, Oshima J, Megarbane A, Bejaoui Y, El Hajj N (2025 May 28). Investigating telomere length in progeroid syndromes: implications for aging disorders. Aging, 17(5), 1190-1205. . PMID: 40440483.
7.) Murphy KB, Ye Y, Tsalenchuk M, Nott A, Marzi SJ (2025 May 19). CHAS infers cell type-specific signatures in bulk brain histone acetylation studies of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Cell reports methods, 5(5), 101032. . PMID: 40300607.
8.) Li Y, Zhou W, Zhou Y, Cheng HF, Lee B, Hu X, Roth EW, Dravid VP, Glotzer SC, Mirkin CA (2025 Apr 18). Cocrystals combining order and correlated disorder via colloidal crystal engineering with DNA. Science advances, 11(16), eadu4919. . PMID: 40249813.
9.) Antwi SO, Jnr Siaw AD, Armasu SM, Frank JA, Yan IK, Ahmed FY, Izquierdo-Sanchez L, Boix L, Rojas A, Banales JM, Reig M, Stål P, Gómez MR, Wangensteen KJ, Singal AG, Roberts LR, Patel T (2025). Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Markers Associated With Metabolic Liver Cancer. Gastro hep advances, 4(5), 100621. . PMID: 40275933.
10.) Antwi SO, Siaw ADJ, Armasu SM, Frank JA, Yan IK, Ahmed FY, Izquierdo-Sanchez L, Boix L, Rojasti A, Banales JM, Reig M, Stål P, Romero Gómez M, Wangensteen KJ, Singal AG, Roberts LR, Patel T (2024 Nov 15). Genome-wide DNA methylation markers associated with metabolic liver cancer. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, (), . . PMID: 39606355.
11.) Campbell KA, Colacino JA, Dou J, Dolinoy DC, Park SK, Loch-Caruso R, Padmanabhan V, Bakulski KM (2024 May 9). Placental and Immune Cell DNA Methylation Reference Panel for Bulk Tissue Cell Composition Estimation in Epidemiological Studies. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), . . PMID: 38766167.
12.) Tam PLF, Cheung MF, Chan LY, Leung D (2024 Jan 2). Cell-type differential targeting of SETDB1 prevents aberrant CTCF binding, chromatin looping, and cis-regulatory interactions. Nature communications, 15(1), 15. . PMID: 38167730.
13.) Polakkattil BK, Vellichirammal NN, Nair IV, Nair CM, Banerjee M (2024). Methylome-wide and meQTL analysis helps to distinguish treatment response from non-response and pathogenesis markers in schizophrenia. Frontiers in psychiatry, 15(), 1297760. . PMID: 38516266.
14.) Betancor YZ, Ferreiro-Pantín M, Anido-Herranz U, Fuentes-Losada M, León-Mateos L, García-Acuña SM, Vaamonde-Rodríguez V, García-Pinel B, Cebey-López V, Villaverde-Viaño R, Lombardía-Rodríguez H, Kotrulev M, Fernández-Díaz N, Gomez-Tourino I, Fernández-Baltar C, García-González J, Tubio JMC, López-López R, Ruiz-Bañobre J (2024). A three-gene expression score for predicting clinical benefit to anti-PD-1 blockade in advanced renal cell carcinoma. Frontiers in immunology, 15(), 1374728. . PMID: 38660294.
15.) Awada Z, Cahais V, Cuenin C, Akika R, Silva Almeida Vicente AL, Makki M, Tamim H, Herceg Z, Khoueiry Zgheib N, Ghantous A (2023 Dec). Waterpipe and cigarette epigenome analysis reveals markers implicated in addiction and smoking type inference. Environment international, 182(), 108260. . PMID: 38006773.
16.) Ma M, Ghosh S, Tavernari D, Katarkar A, Clocchiatti A, Mazzeo L, Samarkina A, Epiney J, Yu YR, Ho PC, Levesque MP, Özdemir BC, Ciriello G, Dummer R, Dotto GP (2021 Feb 1). Sustained androgen receptor signaling is a determinant of melanoma cell growth potential and tumorigenesis. The Journal of experimental medicine, 218(2), . . PMID: 33112375.
The Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC- NUANCE) offers a wide range of electron microscopy (both transmission and scanning), accessory instrumentation, and expertise to the scientific and engineering community through education, collaboration, and service. The laboratory provides facilities for the preparation and examination of many types of bulk and thin specimens (foils/films), fine particles, and replicas, including biological materials, by transmission and scanning electron microscopy.
