Building electron microscope

Hi.

I heard that building an electron microscope would require "a lot of
money and the resources of a university engineering department". Now, a
few questions, just for curiosity:

1. Would the cost of all the equipment needed to build the thing far
exceed the cost of buying an already-made one (which is around $50,000
- $100,000 last time I checked)?

2. If I had $500,000,000, would getting access to the resources of a
university engineering department be trivial?

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