New x-ray microtomography instrument will assist in biopolymer discoveries

Kat Gilmore on August 18, 2025

Breeanna Urbanowicz, associate professor and lead for the plant biopolymers group at the UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, with the Sigray Eclipse XRM-910 Micro-CT.
Breeanna Urbanowicz, associate professor and lead for the plant biopolymers group at the UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, with the Sigray Eclipse XRM-910 Micro-CT.

Researchers at the University of Georgia New Materials Institute now have access to a powerful new tool in their quest for biopolymers: the Sigray Eclipse XRM-910 Micro-CT. 

The x-ray instrument leads the field in zoom capabilities, software, phase retrieval, AI-enhanced routines, and spatial resolution down to 0.3 microns. It was acquired for UGA’s Georgia Electron Microscopy (GEM) core facility through a Major Research Instrument grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant was coauthored by Breeanna Urbanowicz, a member of the UGA NMI faculty who is an associate professor in the UGA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the lead for the Plant Biopolymers Group at the UGA Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, which plans to use the instrument in biopolymer research.

Click here to read more about the Sigray Eclipse XRM-910 Micro-CT