History of Electron Microscopy

Press Release: The 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics

Professor Ernst Ruska, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope.

The Development of the Electron Microscope and of Electron Microscopy

Ernst Ruska – Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1986

George E. Palade EM Slide Collection

Historic Microscopy Image Gallery

The collection includes some of the earliest electron micrographs from Rockefeller University and Yale University. Many of the images are significant for their contribution to our understanding of cellular structure and processes including the image in the column to the left. The images were used in the cell biology courses at Yale University by Drs.George Palade and Marilyn Farquhar. The transmission electron microscope image above is from the Yale image gallery.

Intracellular Aspects of the Process of Protein Secretion

George E. Palade – Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1974

Charles Oatley: Pioneer of  scanning electron microscopy

K C A Smith, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge

Scanning Electron Microscopy 1928-1965

D. McMullan, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK.

Journey Into The Cell: Celebrating 50 Years of Electron Microscopy and Cell Biology

History of electron microscopy at Rockefeller University and the first published electron micrograph of an intact cell

James Hillier: Electron Lens Correction Device

National Inventors Hall of Fame ™