ANU ELECTRON MICROSCOPY UNIT
2004 Annual Report
CONTENTS
1. THE ANUEMU AND ITS OBJECTIVES………......…………………………………2
2.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR..........………………………………………………......2
3. RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS....…...……………………..…….2
4. PUBLICATIONS........……………………………………..………………… ……......5
5. PERSONNEL…………………………………………….……………………………12
6. FINANCE......…………………………………………….…………………................12
7. ORGANISATION........…………………………………....…………………………..13
8. COLLABORATION AND OUTREACH ……………..…………………...................14
9.APPENDICES………………………………………...............................................…..16
(i) School and Departmental Use of the ANUEMU in 2004
(ii) Numbers of users 1989-2004
(iii) Trends in Equipment Use within ANUEMU 1990-2004
(iv) Distribution of ANUEMU Electron Microscope Use across the university,
1990- 2004
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1. THE ANUEMU AND ITS OBJECTIVES
The unit is a central ANU facility that provides access to light and electron microscopy and
related techniques to staff and students from all areas of the ANU. Major equipment includes
four transmission electron microscopes (TEMs), four scanning electron microscopes (SEMs),
a dual beam Focused Ion Beam/SEM, confocal, structured illumination deconvolution and
other light microscopes, a laser capture microscope, a small scanning tunneling microscope,
cryo-preparation instruments and a range of other ancillary equipment for specimen
preparation, analysis and image processing. Most instruments are housed in the Research
School of Biological Sciences, which administers the Unit, while two of the electron
microscopes are sited in the Research School of Earth Sciences. A full description of the
operation of the facility can be found through the web page
http://www.anu.edu.au/EMU/index.htm.
Objectives of the Unit, as set out in its establishment paper (2498/1988):
“The purpose of the unit is to provide an efficient service in scanning and transmission electron
microscopy to the University community at large and to users external to the University, where
appropriate. This service shall include provision for access to modern EM equipment, service for
occasional users, training in EM methods for regular users and consultation on applications of EM.
The Unit is encouraged to provide leadership in the development and implementation of new EM
equipment and methodology. It is an objective of the University to maintain the standard of the facility
at a level commensurate with the University's heavy commitment to research and to the major research
objectives within the programs of the Schools and Faculties”.
2. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
*The versatility of the inverted scanning confocal light microscopy system was enhanced with
the addition of an upright microscope and new objectives. This ‘upright’ option has been
extensively used since coming on line.
*Funding was secured for a laser capture microdissection system with optical traps, to be run
as a university facility jointly with RSBS Molecular Biology Facility. At time of writing, the
system has been successively deployed.
3. RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS.
A. Instrument Use
Overall, the use of the Unit’s major facilities increased again in 2004. EM usage increased
about 7% (to 7491 hours) , mostly due to a 10% increase in SEM use (to 5642 hours). TEM
use remained almost constant at 1849 hours. Light microscopy use continued to increase
(5%). A major change was in microtome use, up 45% to 2218 hours, much of this due to
cryomicrotomy as a prelude to cold stage SEM.
Distribution of use by School and Department is given in the appendices.
B. Instrument Development:
FIB/SEM. A dual beam FIB/SEM was installed last year. The configuration is an Orsay
Physics Canion gallium ion gun on a JEOL 6460 SEM, with 3 gas injectors. The major
immediate use has been for lithography applications, in particular for the fabrication of optical
elements. A pattern generator being developed by RSPhysSE (Laser Physics Centre/CUDOS
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CRC) has been a major factor in the success of this initiative, which is already attracting users
from other universities.
C. New Instruments
Installed:
1. A new motorized Leica upright microscope, sharing the confocal lasers and scanning
system with the existing inverted microscope. Together with additional high resolution and
long working distance objectives, this arrangement has produced an extremely versatile
system at a comparatively low cost. It was partially funded from an ANU NHMRC Equipment
Grant.
2. Funded by an ANU Teaching Facilities grant, the EMU acquired a number of small items
(projector, camera, screen, video display screens) that have made individual and small group
training, and larger workshops, much more convenient and effective.
Funding secured:
Despite the failure of an ARC Linkage grant, funding for a laser capture microscope was
secured from ANU Major Equipment Committee, CSIRO, Charles Sturt University, and ANU
Schools (RSBS, BAMBI), RSBS research Groups (Visual Sciences, CSD) and individuals
(Barry Rolfe, Josette Masle, Barry Pogson).
This is a very exciting development which will introduce important new molecular biological
methodology to the ANU. Laser capture microscopy allows identification and collection of
visually identified cells, even chromosomes, that can then be used in “downstream” analysis
techniques. Fixed, sectioned, and even live material can be sampled with no contamination
from surrounding tissue, and without the necessity of an identifying fluorescent tag. The
material dissected can be used in techniques such as microarray, RT-PCR, even proteomic
methods such as 2D-electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, to provide sample-specific
outcomes at a very small scale (a few cells, even one cell).
C. TEACHING
Most of the Unit’s teaching is performed on a one-to-one basis, but the ANUEMU delivers or
contributes to several courses and undergraduate laboratories each year. ANUEMU staff
conduct an annual open access “Microscopy, Imaging and Analysis” course at a level
appropriate for non-specialist postgraduates. The format is a series of one or two-day lectures
and practical sessions with some “core” sessions delivered every year and other more
specialised sessions varying from year to year according to demand and staff time.
1. “Microscopy Imaging and Analysis 2004”, held in June, included:
1. Light Microscopy -2D and 3D Imaging and Deconvolution Methods.
An overview, working from the basics of light microscopy to more specialised
techniques including DIC, epi-fluorescence, confocal, computational and
"Apotome" deconvolution methods, and an introduction to some 3D
reconstruction software packages. ( with Lino Montuno, Zeiss Australia)
2. Understanding and Manipulating Images, from acquisition to
publication. Principles of digital image acquisition with emphasis on light and
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electron microscopes, processing the image to reduce noise or emphasis
features, introduction to some commonly available measurement and image
processing programs.
3. Introduction to SEM
An introduction to EM columns and to the principles of Scanning Electron
Microscopy.
4. Introduction to TEM
Continuation of introduction EM columns, and to the principles of
Transmission Electron Microscope operation.
5. X-ray Analysis of Elements. An introduction to the analysis of elemental
composition by energy dispersive (EDXA) and wave-length dispersive (WDS)
x-ray analysis. (with Ashley Norris, RSES microprobe)
2. Basic and Advanced SEM Courses run by Steve Chapman (Protrain Ltd, UK, with
Anaspec Ltd ) were held in ANUEMU in September. ANUEMU staff assisted with the
week-long courses, which attracted both national and international participants.
3. Customised one or two day courses held in 2004:
1. Two day microtomy workshop for CSIRO Plant Industry, January
2. 1-day Summer Scholars “Microscopy Toolbox” Course.
3. One-day Course in SEM for Archeologists, for RSPAS
4. Other Teaching Activities by ANU EMU staff:
Dr. Frank Brink taught practical EDXA/SEM for CRC-LEME Environmental
Mineralogy course, June
Dr. Roger Heady lectured in Basic SEM and EDXA in the University of
Canberra Conservation and Materials Course, gave a lecture on Wood
Structure and Identification” to the Wood Workshop, School of Art, and
tutored on Wood anatomy and wood identification in the SRES Forest
Products course 3016.
Dr. CX Huang contributed to Prof. Margaret McCully’s CSIRO PI /GRDC
workshop in Root/soil biology in Agriculture – Towards a New Conceptual
Framework IV.
Dr. Sally Stowe co-supervised two PhD students (RSBS), and one Masters
Student (RSPhysSE).
D. ANU SHARED EQUIPMENT WEBSITE
In conjunction with the Biomolecular Resources Unit at JCSMR, ANUEMU have developed a
website to help students and staff track down equipment that is available for shared use,
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whether in departments or common facilities. While still in development , the site
(http://www.anu.edu.au/equip/) is visited regularly. Suggestions and additions are welcome
E STAFF PUBLICATIONS: Publications produced by EMU staff in 2004
Asgary S, Parirokh M, Egbal MJ, Brink F (2004) A Comparative study of white mineral
trioxide aggregate and white Portland cements using X-ray microanalysis. Aust Endodontic J
30:1-4
Brink FJ, Norén L, Withers RL (2004) Electron Diffraction Evidence for Continuously
Variable, Composition-Dependent O/F Ordering in the ReO3 type, NbV1-xNbIVxO2-xF1+x, 0  x
 0.48, Solid Solution. J. Solid State Chem. 177: 2177-2182,.
Cheung A, Azvedo G de M, Glover CJ, Llewellyn DJ and Elliman RG (2004) Structural
perturbations within Ge nanocrystals in silica. Appl Phys Lett, 84, 278-280.
Liu Y, Withers RL, Brink F,J, Norén L (2004) Cubic Perovskite-Related Phases in the Ternary
SrO-CuO-Nb2O5 System, J. Solid State Chem 177: 3141-3149
Parirokh M, Asgary S, Eghbal MJ, Stowe S, Kakoei SH (2004). A scanning electron
microsocpe study of plaque accumulation on silk and PVDF suture materials in oral mucosa.
Int. Endodontic J. 39: 776-781
Parirokh M, Asgary S, Eghbal MJ, Zade AE, Shabahang S (2004) A comparative study of
white and grey mineral trioxide aggregate as pulp capping agents in dog’s teeth. Dental
Traumatology 2004:1-5
Stavenga DG, Stowe S, Siebke K, Zeil J, Arikawa K (2004 ) Butterfly wing colours: scale
beads make pierid wings brighter. Proc Roy Soc B 271:1577-1584
Ridgway MC, Azvedo G De M, Glover CJ, Elliman RG, Llewellyn DJ, Cheung A, Johanessen
B, Brett DA and Foran GJ (2004) EXAFS characterisation of Ge nanocrystals in silica. Nucl
Instr Methods Phys Res B, 218, 423-426.
Stowe S, Parirokh M, Asgary S, Eghbal MJ (2004) The benefits of using low accelerating
voltage to assess endodontic instruments by scanning electron microscopy. Australian
Endodontic Journal 30: 1-6
Withers RL, Brink FJ,. Norén L, Welberry TR, Liu Y, (2004)Local Strain, Structured Diffuse
Scattering and Oxygen Fluorine Ordering in Transition Metal Oxyfluorides, Conference
proceedings Aperiodic 2003, Ferroelectrics 305: 123-126, 2004.
Withers RL, Welberry TR, Larsson A-K, Liu Y, Norén L, Rundlof H, Brink FJ (2004) Local
Crystal Chemistry, Induced Strain and Short Range Order in the Cubic Pyrochlore (Bi1.5αZn0.5-β)(Zn0.5-γNb1.5-δ)O(7-1.5α-β-γ-2.5δ) (BZN). J. Solid State Chem 177:, 231-244
In Press
Asgary S, Parirokh M, Eghbal MJ, Brink F. Chemical Differences Between White and Gray
Mineral Trioxide Aggregate. J. Endodontics
Asgary S, Parirokh M, Eghbal MJ, Brink FB, Stowe S A qualitative X-ray analysis of white
and Grey MTA using compositional imaging. J. Materials Science:Materials in Medicine
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Heady RD, Evans P. The wood anatomy of Actinostrobus (IAWA J)
McCully ME, Canny MJ, Huang, CX. The management of extracellular ice by frost-resistant
herbaceous petioles. Annals of Botany.
4. PUBLICATIONS using the ANUEMU facilities, 1990-2004
(Not including abstracts, theses or papers in press. NB For statistical and reporting purposes items are not in
addition to those listed in Departmental and School reports)]
YEAR
av. 1990 - 1993
av. 1994 - 1997
av. 1998 - 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 collected to date
RSBS
9.75
10
10
15
10
8
10
OTHER
19.25
50.5
61
69
90
83
82
TOTAL
28.5
60.5
71
84
100
91
92
2003 not previously listed
Spandler CJ, Arculus RJ, Eggins SM, Mavrogenes J.A, Price RC, Reay AJ (2003) Petrogenesis of the Greenhills
Complex, Southland, New Zealand: magmatic differentiation and cumulate formation at the root of a Permian
island-arc volcano. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 144, 703-721.
Spandler CJ, Hermann J, Arculus RJ, Mavrogenes JA (2003) Redistribution of trace elements during prograde
metamorphism from lawsonite blueschist to eclogite facies; implications for deep subduction-zone processes.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 146, 205-222.
Glikson AY ( 2003) Comment on "Extraterrestrial influence of mantle plume activity" by D.H. Abbott and A.E.
Isley, Earth Planetary Science Letters, v. 215, pp. 425-427
Glikson AY (2003), Comment on "Early Archaean spherule beds: chromium isotopes confirm origin through
multiple impacts of projectiles of carbonaceous chondrite type, by Kyte et al., Geology, Online Forum pp. e36.
Glikson, AY ( 2003) Discussion of Extraterrestrial influences on mantle plume activity by D.H. Abbott and A.E.
Isley (2002, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 205, 53-62). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 215, 425-427.
Glikson AY( 2003) Early Archean spherule beds: Chromium isotopes confirm origin through multiple impacts of
projectiles of carbonaceous chondrite type: comment Geology: Online Forum, pp. e36.
2004 Publications (users and staff)
1.
Asgary S, Parirokh M, Egbal MJ, Brink F (2004) A Comparative study of white mineral trioxide aggregate
and white Portland cements using X-ray microanalysis. Aust Endodontic J 30:1-4
2.
Ball, E.E., Hayward, D.C., Saint R., Miller, D.J. (2004) A simple plan-cnidarians and the origins of
developmental mechanisms Nature Rev. Genetics 5:567-577
3.
Ball MC, Canny MJ, Huang CX, Heady RD (2004) Structural changes in acclimated and unacclimated leaves
during freezing and thawing. Functional Plant Biology 31:29-40
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4.
Black LP, Kamo SL, Allen CM, Davis DW, Aleinikoff JN, Valley JW, Mundil R, Campbell IH, Korsch RJ,
Williams IS, Foudoulis C ( 2004) Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a
trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID-TIMS, ELA-ICP-MS and oxygen isotope documentation for
a series of zircon standards. Chemical Geology, 205, 115-140.
5.
Bradby JE. Williams J S, Swain MV(2004) Pop-in events induced by spherical indentation in compound
semiconductors Journal of Materials Research, 19, 380
6.
Brink FJ, Norén L, Withers RL (2004) Electron Diffraction Evidence for Continuously Variable,
Composition-Dependent O/F Ordering in the ReO3 type, NbV1-xNbIVxO2-xF1+x, 0  x  0.48, Solid Solution.
J. Solid State Chem. 177: 2177-2182,
7.
Butcher KSA, Wintrebert-Fouquet M, Chen P P-T, Tansley T L, Dou H, Shrestha SK, Timmers H, Kuball
M, Prince KE, Bradby JE (2004). Nitrogen-Rich Indium Nitride Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 6124
8.
Carnerup AM,. Hyde S., Larsson A-K, Christy AG, Garcia-Ruiz J.M (2004)
'Silica-carbonate biomorphs and the implications for identification of microfossils’ In: J. Seckbach ,J. ChelaFlores ,Tobias Owen ,Frantois Raulin (eds) ‘Life In The Universe: From The Miller Experiment To The
Search For Life On Other Worlds’ (Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology) Kluwer
Academic Publishers.
9.
Cocherie A, Guerrot C, Fanning CM, Genter A, (2004) Datation U-Pb des deux faciès du granite de Soultz
(Fossé rhénan, France). Comptes Rendus Geoscience 336, 775-787
10. Brink FJ, Norén L,.Withers RL (2004) Electron diffraction evidence for continuously variable, compositiondependent O/F ordering in the ReO3 type, NbV1-xNbIVxO2-xF1+x, 0 d x d 0.48, solid solution. J.Solid
State Chem. 177, 2177-2182,
11. Carter ML, Withers RL (2004) An electron and X-ray diffraction study of the compositely modulated
barium nickel hollandite BaxNixTi8-xO16, 1.16 < x < 1.32, solid solution" Z.Krist. 219, 763-767
12. Chen Y and Chadderton L (2004) Improved growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by mechanical activation. J
Mater Res, 19, 2791-2794
13. ChenY, Conway MJ, Fitz Gerald JD. Williams JS, Chadderton LT (2004) The nucleation and growth of
carbon nanotubes in a mechano-thermal process. Carbon, 42, 1543-1548.
14. Cheung A, Azvedo G de M, Glover CJ, Llewellyn DJ and Elliman RG (2004) Structural perturbations within
Ge nanocrystals in silica. Appl Phys Lett, 84, 278-280.
15. Crowhurst PV, Maas R, Hill,KC, Foster DA, Fanning CM (2004) Isotopic constraints on crustal architecture
and Permo-Triassic tectonics in New Guinea: possible links with eastern Australia. Australian Journal of
Earth Sciences, 51, 107-122.
16. Curtis ML, Millar IL, Storey BC, Fanning M. (2004) Structural and geochronological constraints of early
Ross orogenic deformation in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Bulletin,
116, 619-636
17. Dantas EL, Van Schmus WR, Hackspacher PC, Fetter AH. de Brito Neves BB, Cordani, U., Nutman, A.P. &
Williams, I.S(2004) The 3.4–3.5 Ga São José do Campestre massif, NE Brazil: remnants of the oldest crust in
South America. Precambrian Research, 130(1-4), 113-137.
18. Dortch J (2004) Late Quaternary vegetation change and the extinction of Black-flanked Rock-wallaby
(Petrogale lateralis) at Tunnel Cave, southwestern Australia Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology xx xxx– xxx www.elsevier.com/locate/palaeo
19. Fanning CM, Link PK ( 2004) U-Pb SHRIMP ages of Neoproterozoic (Sturtian) glaciogenic Pocatello
Formation, southeastern Idaho. Geology, 32, 881-884.
20. Fanning, C.M., Pankhurst, R.J., Rapela, C.W., Baldo, E.G., Casquet, C. & Galindo, C. (2004) K-bentonites
in the Argentine Precordillera contemporaneous with rhyolite volcanism in the Famatinian Arc. Journal of
the Geological Society, London, 161, 747-756.
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21. Faul UH, Fitz Gerald JD, Jackson I (2004) Shear wave attenuation and dispersion in melt-bearing Olivine
polycrystals II. Microstructural interpretation and seismological testing. J. Geophys. Res., 109, B06202,
doi:10.1029/2003JB002407.
22. Gamaly EG, Rode AV( 2004) Nanostructures created by lasers, in: Encyclopaedia of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, Ed. H. S. Nalwa, (American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Range, v. 7, 783-809.
23. Garcia-Garcia FJ,.Larsson A-K,.Norén L,Withers RL (2004) The crystal structures of Co 3Se4 and Co7Se8
Solid State Sciences 6, 725-733
24. Gibson GM, Nutman AP (2004) Detachment faulting and bimodal magmatism in the Palaeoproterozoic Willyama
Supergroup, south-central Australia: keys to recognition of a multiply deformed Precambrian metamorphic core
complex. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 161, 55-66.
25. Gilotti JA, Nutman AP, Brueckner HK (2004) Devonian to Carboniferous collision in the Greenland
Caledonides: U-Pb zircon and Sm-Nd ages of high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 148: 216-235.
26. Glikson, AY, Allen C ( 2004) Iridium anomalies and fractionated siderophile element patterns in impact
ejecta, Brockman Iron Formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia: evidence for a major asteroid impact
in simatic crustal regions of the early Proterozoic earth. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 220, 247-264
27. Glikson, AY, AllenC, Vickers J (2004). Multiple 3.47 Ga-old asteroid impact fallout units, Pilbara Craton,
Western Australia. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.,
28. Glikson AY (2004) Early Precambrian asteroid impact-triggered tsunami: excavated sea-bed, debris flows,
exotic boulders and turbulence features associated with 3.47-2.47 Ga-old asteroid impact fallout units,
Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Astrobiology, 4, p.19-50.
29. Goodge JW, Myrow P, Phillips D, Fanning CM, Williams, I.S (2004) Siliciclastic record of rapid denudation
in response to convergent-margin orogenesis, Ross Orogen, Antarctica. In Bernet, M., and Spiegel, C., eds.,
Detrital thermochronology - Provenance analysis, exhumation, and landscape evolution of mountain belts:
Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 378, p. 105-126.
30. Goodge, J.W., Williams, I.S. & Myrow, P., 2004: Provenance of Neoproterozoic and lower Paleozoic
siliciclastic rocks of the central Ross orogen, Antarctica: Detrital record of rift-, passive- and active-margin
sedimentation. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 116 (9-10), 1253-1279.
31. Gray, D.R, Hand, M., Mawby, J., Armstrong, R.A., Miller, J. McL. and Gregory, R.T. (2004). Sm-Nd and
zircon U-Pb ages from garnet-bearing eclogites, NE Oman: constraints on high-P metamorphism. Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, 222, 407-422.
32. Harbel B, Bradby JE, Swain MV, Williams JS,. Munroe P(2004). Phase transformations induced in relaxed
amorphous silicon by indentation at room temperature. Applied Physics Letters 85, 5559
33. Hardham AR (2004) Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens: Cell Biology. Encycl. Plant & Crop Science
480-483.
34. Hardham AR (2004) Functioning Cells. In: Biology 3rd Edition. Eds P. Ladiges, B. Evans and R. Saint.
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Sydney.
35. Hayward DC, Mille, DJ, Ball EE. (2004) snail expression during embryonic development of the coral
Acropora: blurring the diploblast/triploblast divide? Dev Genes Evol 214:257-260.
36. Hyde ST, Carnerup AM, Larsson A-K,. Christy AG, Garcia-Ruiz J.M. (2004)
'Self-assembly of carbonate-silica colloids: between living and non-living form' Physica A 339, 24-33
37. James M..Cassidy D, Goossens D J, Withers RL (2004). "The Phase Diagram and Tetragonal Superstructure
of the Rare Earth Cobaltate Phases Ln1-xSrxCoO3-¥ (Ln = La3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Y3+, Ho3+,
Dy3+, Er3+, Tm3+ and Yb3+)" J. Solid State Chem. 177, 1886-1895,
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38. James M,. Cassidy D,.Wilson KF, Horvat J,.Withers RL (2004) Oxygen Vacancy Ordering and Magnetism
in the Rare Earth Stabilised Perovskite Form of 'SrCoO3-¥'" Solid State Sciences 6, 655-662,
39. John BE, Foster DA Murphy, JM, Cheadle MJ, Baines AG. Fanning, CM, Copeland P. (2004) Determining
the cooling history of in situ lower oceanic crust-Atlantis Bank, SW Indian Ridge. Earth and Planetary
Science Letters, 222, 145-160
40. Kazama H, Dan H, Imaseki H, Wasteneys GO (2004) Transient exposure to ethylene stimulates cell division
and alters the fate and polarity of hypocotyls epidermal cells. Plant Physiology 134:1614-1623
41. Kinny PD, Nutman AP, Occhipinti SA (2004) Reconnaissance dating of events in the southern part of the
Capricorn Orogen. Precambrian Research. 128, 279-294.
42. Kluth P, Johannessen B, Giraud V, Cheung A, Glover CJ, Azevedo G de M, Foran GJ and Ridgway MC
(2004) Bond length contraction in Au nanocrystals formed by ion implantation into thin SiO2. Appl Phys
Lett, 85, 3561-3563.
43. Kokonyangi, J, Armstrong, R., Kampunzu, A.B., Yoshida, M, Okudaira, T. (2004). U-Pb zircon
geochronology and petrology of granitoids from Mitwaba (Katanga, Congo): implications for the evolution
of the Mesoproterozoic Kibaran belt. Precambrian Research 132, 79-106
44. Laux, J.H.; Pimentel, M. M.; Dantas, E. L.; Armstrong, R., Armele, A. and Nilson, A.A. (2004). Mafic
magmatism associated with the Goiás Magmatic Arc in the Anicuns region, Goiás, central Brazil: Sm-Nd
isotopes and new ID-TIMS and SHRIMP U-Pb data. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 16, 599614.
45. Lever H, Fanning CM (2004) Alunite alteration of tuffaceous layers and zircon dating, Upper Permian
Kennedy Group, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 51, 189-203.
46. Liu Y, Withers RL, Brink F, Norén L ( 2004) Cubic perovskite-related phases in the ternary SrO-CuONb2O5 system. J. Solid State Chem. 1`77, 3140-3148,
47. Liu Y,.Withers RL, Norén L (2004). The pyrochlore to 'defect fluorite' transition in the Y2(ZryTi1-y)2O7
system and its underlying crystal chemistry. Journal of Solid State Chem. 177, 4404-4412,
48. Machowiak, K., Muszynski, A and Armstrong, R. (2004) High-level volcanic-granodioritic intrusions from
Zelezniak Hill (Kaczawa Mountains, Sudetes, SW Poland). In: Breitkreuz, C and Petford, N (eds), Physical
Geology of High-Level Magmatic Systems. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 234, 67-74.
49. Maksaev, V, Munizaga, F, McWilliams, M., Fanning, M., Mathur, R, Ruiz, J & Zentilli, M. (2004) New
Chronology for El Teniente, Chilean Andes, from U/Pb, 40Ar/39Ar, Re-Os, and Fission Track Dating:
Implications for the Evolution of a Supergiant Cu-Mo Porphyry Deposit. Society of Economic Geologists
Special Publication 11, 15-54.
50. Mapeo, R.M.B., Armstrong, R.A., Kampunzu, A.B. and Ramokate, L.V. (2004). SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages
of granitoid rocks from the western domain of the Kaapvaal Craton, southeastern Botswana: implications for
crustal evolution. Kaapvaal Craton Special Volume, South African Journal of Geology 107, 159-172.
51. Mapeo, R.B.M., Ramokate, L.V., Armstrong, R.A. and Kampunzu, A.B. U-Pb zircon age of the Palapye
Group (Botswana) and regional implications Journal of African Earth Sciences, 40, 1-16.
52. McCourt, S., Kampunzu, A.B. Bagai, Z. and Armstrong, R.A. (2004). The crustal architecture of Archaean
terranes in northeastern Botswana. Kaapvaal Craton Special Volume, South African Journal of Geology 107,
147-158.
53. Nicholas WL (2004) Oxyonchus longisetosus n.sp.Oxyonchus evelynae n. sp. And Oxyonchus culcitatus
Wiesner, 1959 (Thoracostomopsidae:Enoplida:Nematoda) from Australian ocean beaches, together with
observations on the variability of taxonomic characters and a key to species of the genus Oxyonchus.
Hydrobiologia 511:47-64
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54. Nutman AP, Friend CRL, Bennett VC (2004). Dating of the Ameralik dyke swarms of the Nuuk district,
southern West Greenland: Mafic intrusion events starting from c. 3510 Ma. Journal of the Geological
Society of London. 161, 421-430
55. Parirokh M, Asgary S, Eghbal MJ, Stowe S, Kakoei SH (2004). A scanning electron microsocpe study of
plaque accumulation on silk and PVDF suture materials in oral mucosa. Int. Endodontic J. 39: 776-781
56. Pimentel, M. M.; Filho, C.F.F, Armstrong, R A. (2004). SHRIMP U-Pb and Sm-Nd ages of the Niquelândia
layered complex: Meso- (1.25 Ga) and Neoproterozoic (0.79 Ga) extensional events in central Brazil.
Precambrian Research, 132, 133-153.
57. Ridgway MC, Azvedo G De M, Glover CJ, Elliman RG, Llewellyn DJ, Cheung A, Johanessen B, Brett DA
and Foran GJ (2004) EXAFS characterisation of Ge nanocrystals in silica. Nucl Instr Methods Phys Res B,
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59. Roberts J, Offler R, Fanning M (2004) Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian volcanic successions of the
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60. Robold AV, Hardham AR (2004) Production of monoclonal antibodies against peripheral vesicle proteins
in zoospores of Phytophthora nicotianae. Protoplasma 223, 121-132.
61. Rode AV, Gamaly EG, Christy AG, Fitz Gerald JG, Hyde ST, Elliman RG, Luther-Davies B, Veinger AI,
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low temperature recrystallization of zircon and their significance for trace element incorporation in zircon.
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69. Stavenga DG, Stowe S, Siebke K, Zeil J, Arikawa K (2004 ) Butterfly wing colours: scale beads make
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5.PERSONNEL
Facility Coordinator
Sally Stowe, MSc Hons (Auck), PhD
Senior Technical Officers
Frank Brink, BAppPhys (SA) MSc(LaTrobe)
Roger Heady, BappSc (CCAE), GradDipElec(CCAE), GradDipResMan(CCAE), PhD
Cheng X. Huang, MSc (Beijing Agricultural), PhD (La Trobe)
David Llewellyn, DipEng(Bruce TAFE)
Research Officer
Daryl Webb BSc(NTU), MSc (Med)(prelim) (USyd).
Technical Officers
Ruolan (Lily) Shen, DipTCM(Guangzhou)
Casual Programmer
Darren Freeman (from November)
Visitors
Saeed Asgary, Endodontics Department, Shahid Beheshti Dental School, Tehran,
Iran. (to January)
Atieh Sadr Lahijani, (Rafsanjan Univ. of Health and Medical Sciences, Iran) JulyDecember)
6. FINANCE
(Formal returns are provided through RSBS, which administers the main part of ANUEMU, and
RSES, which administers the account covering the use of the CM300 TEM).
Charging Policy: The ANUEMU charges non-university government users at a rate that covers all
costs apart from capital equipment. Industry users are charged at commercially competitive rates that
also cover major equipment replacement costs. The Unit recovers major consumable costs and a
proportion of operating costs from academic users with available grants. However for some
instruments with high and predictable maintenance costs, (the confocal light microscope and
FIB/SEM), all academic users are subject to a minimum hourly rate.
Operating Funds. Overheads such as electricity, water, and most administration costs are covered by
RSBS, or RSES in the case of the CM300. RSES also provides the salary of Dr John Fitz Gerald, who
manages that instrument with the assistance of an ANUEMU staff member, Mr David Llewellyn.
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In 2004 the ANUEMU received an operating grant of $484,000 to cover salaries and on-costs,
operating expenses, minor equipment and all instrument maintenance. Overheads such as electricity,
water, and most administration costs are covered by RSBS. Additional operating income in 2004,
comprising contributions from grants awarded to ANU staff, income from courses, and external
earnings, totalled $49307 (RSBS site), compared to $49,229 in 2003. $19,625 was from sources
external to the ANU.
In addition the RSES CM300 TEM account received $13,165 (cf $11,725 in 2003) in earnings and
recoveries for consumables in 2004, of which $10,000 was contributed by the EME department of
RSPhysSE.
External Equipment Funds.
$50,000 NH&MRC Equipment Grant for 3D Fluorescence Microscopy
$50,000 CSIRO Plant Industry, $10,000 Charles Sturt University, towards Laser Cell Capture
Microscope (with $232, 862 from MEC, $112,000 ANU individuals and departments)
Research Grants to Staff:
Stange G, Chahl JS, Stowe S, Ibbotson M. AFOSR International Research
Initiative Grant. Title: “A Biomimetic Algorithm for Flight Stabilization in
Airborne Vehicles, Based on Dragonfly Ocellar Vision." 2002-05 (A$ 360,000)
Income opportunities.
In 2004, the amount of funds derived from ANU users, government organisation, and
commercial sources were very similar to 2003 levels (which had increased by about 30% in
comparison to 2002).
There is however significantly increased cooperation developing between ANUEMU and the
CSIRO Black Mountain Microscopy Centre, evidenced by the CSIRO contribution to the
ANU’s Laser Cell Capture Microscope, which will be run jointly by ANUEMU and the RSBS
Biomolecular Resource Facility.
Income from other Australian universities was $4,000 in 2004, up from nothing in 2003 and
$1,100 in 2002. If this trend continues it will be a promising development, and in keeping
with the ANU’s role as “Australia’s National University”. The ANUEMU facilities are made
available to staff and students from these universities under the much the same conditions as
ANU staff.
7. ORGANISATION
The ANUEMU is a central facility serving both the IAS and the Faculties and currently
performing about equal amounts of biological and physical sciences work. The Unit is housed
within RSBS and uses its administrative and support structures. The Facility Coordinator
reports to the Director of RSBS, who has overall responsibility for the Unit’s operation and
chairs an advisory group concerned with provision of microscopy infrastructure at the ANU:
The Coordinator and Director RSBS are advised by the Microscopy Strategic Advisory
Group (MSTAG) whose members in 2004 were:
Professor Jonathan Stone (Director RSBS) ex officio (Chair)
Dr Sally Stowe (ANUEMU Facility Coordinator) ex officio
Dr Paul Cooper BOZO - (Nominee of the Dean of Science)
Dr Ian Williams RSES
Dr Tim Senden RSPhysSE, Scanned Probe Facility Coordinator.
Dr Frances Shannon JCSMR
Dr Edie Sevick RSC
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Dr Zbigniew Stachurski, FEIT (Director of Centre for the Science & Engineering of
Materials)
Professor Barry Luther-Davies, RSPhysSE
Dr Patrick De Deckker, Earth and Marine Sciences Dept
Dr Rosemary White Microscopy Centre, CSIRO Plant Industry - External Advisor
Associate Professor Simon Ringer, Director Sydney University EMU- External Advisor
User Input. Feedback from users comes from responses to news and queries on the users’
email list, and from written surveys conducted by the Unit to canvass requirements for
equipment and various organisational matters. The ANUEMU website is used to solicit
comment from users and MSTAG members on a range of matters including planned major
equipment purchases.
8. COLLABORATION and OUTREACH
Collaborations within the ANU
Brink FJ, PhD project supervised by RL Withers and JG Thompson (RSC).Crystal structure of
metal oxy-fluorides.
Heady RD is School Research Associate in the School of Resources, Environment and
Society. Studies of Wollemi Pine.
Collaborations with Australian Universities
Heady RD with G Burrows, CSU. Branch abscission in Wollemi Pine
ANUEMU facilities are used by visitors to many departments of the ANU. In addition, they
were used in 2004 by staff and research students from ADFA, the University of Canberra,
University of Western Sydney, Charles Sturt University and the University of Sydney.
Collaborations with Other Institutions
Heady RD with Prof PD Evans, Centre For Advanced Wood Processing, Univ British
Columbia, Canada. Callitroid thickening in Callitris pine.
Huang CX with ME McCully, CSIRO Plant Industry. CryoSEM studies of dissolved
element distribution and air embolism in roots.
Stowe S with Prof. Nicholas Strausfeld (Univ. Arizona, USA) and Dr David Rowell
(BOZO). Onychorphoran neuroanatomy and phylogeny.
Stowe S with Prof. D Stavenga (University of Groningen) and J Zeil, K Siebke (RSBS).
Optically active microstructure of lepidopteran cuticle
Cooperation with Government, Industry & Commerce
The ANUEMU Facilities were used by a number of Government organisations - CSIRO Plant
Industry and Entomology Divisions, GeoScience Australia, The Australian Federal Police,
National Gallery of Australia and the National Museum of Australia. Commercial users
included ProSciTech, Robson Laboratories, AOFR and Sustainable Technologies
International.
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Involvement with professional bodies including service on committees, editorial
activities, refereeing of grant applications, provision of expert advice.
Brink FJ, ACT representative for the Australian MicroAnalytical Society (AMAS)
Reviewed for Chemistry of Materials
Stowe S served as:
Member of the International Advisory Board of “Medical Electron Microscopy” (Springer
Verlag Tokyo),
Member of the Advisory Board of the ANU’s Centre for the Structure and Engineering of
Materials,
Member of the advisory committees of JCSMR and CSIRO Black Mountain Microscopy
Units,
Referee for “Nanotechnology”(Institute of Physics, UK),
Evaluated image analysis journal for Springer Verlag,
Membership Secretary and listserver administrator of WISENET (Women in Science Enquiry
Network) ,
ACT representative for the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
Administrator of the Australian and NZ Microscopy listserver.
Outreach Activities - Conferences, presentations and workshops.
National
(platform presentations:)
Brink F. Electron Diffraction Evidence for Continuously Variable, Composition Dependent,
Oxygen/Fluorine Ordering in Niobium Oxyfluorides. 18th Australian Conference on
Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM18 ) Geelong, February
Heady RD. The Forest, the Timber Industry and the Microscope” at the conference of the
Forest History Society, Augusta, WA, and
Public lecture “Secrets of Wollemi Pine” at the Australian National Botanic Gardens,
Canberra, July.
Stowe S . Biological Applications of Focused Ion Beam. AMMS 18, Geelong, February.
Exploring Materials at the ANU . Future Materials Workshop, ANU, August.
Unit staff contributed to the activities of the National Youth Science Forum, and a workshop
for the National Science Teachers Conference.
Two school students were hosted as part of the 2004 CSIRO Student Research Scheme
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9 APPENDICES
(i) School and Departmental Use of the ANUEMU in 2004
Group (number of
users)
TEMs
SEMs
LMs
PCs
MICROTOMES
1
1
0.4
0.2
0.5
BAMBI (7 )
BOZO (12)
CRES (1)
FEIT (11)
SRES (4)
EMS (26)
Nat Int of Arts (2)
105
17
-81
---
-82
7
143.5
50
753
7
26.5
44
-8
3.5
16
2
JCSMR (3)
RSBS (73)
RSC (6)
RSES (35)
RSPAS/ANH (7)
RSPhysSE (42)
General Courses (3)
OH&SU (2 )
EMU Staff
TOTAL ANU (234)
28
221
109
194
-951
28
-57
1793
17
413
88.5
1385
100
1452
118
6.6
727
5350
-1468
-3
11
32
53
-142
1809
-45
75
122
13
2
--
33
2
10
61
1849
5642
Weight
Other Univs (6)
GOVT (8)
COMMERCIAL(5)
Miscellaneous
(unattrib,
outreach) (3)
(21 external users)
TOTALS (256)
17
135
-3.5
--
weighted
hours
% use
124
184
7
227
51
760
8
1.3
2.0
0.1
2.4
0.5
8.1
0.1
0.5
23.5
2.1
16.8
1.1
25.8
1.8
0.1
9.7
95.9
4
3
3
8
-1832
---23
4
14
426
146
2157
45
2215
198
1581
105
2428
171
7
917
9030
12
--
86
168
0.9
1.8
-
--
33.8
0.4
43
20
40
112
1.2
1827
447
2218
9420
100
390
(ii) Numbers of users 1989-2004
YEAR
RSBS
1989
av. 1990-93
av. 1994-97
av. 1998-99
25
43
63.5
66
av. 2000-2003 60
73
2004
OTHER
IAS
21
51. 8
88.8
75
FACULTIES OTHER
TOT AL
42
65. 8
68.8
88
19
24.8
34.5
32.5
107
180.8
262.8
260
85
93
69
63
38
27
252
256
Undergraduate courses and other student groups are counted as one user. The numbers of users have been
roughly constant for some time following a steep increase in the first few years of operation.
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(iii) Trends in ANUEMU Equipment Use 1990-2004
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(iv) Distribution of ANUEMU Electron Microscope Use across the university,
1990- 2004
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